Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed comprehensively deepening reform to drive Chinese modernization during an inspection trip to the eastern economic powerhouse of Shandong Province. Xi's trip to Shandong, which lasted from Wednesday to Friday, marks his fourth domestic inspection tour this year.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, urged the coastal province to pursue reform-driven, high-quality development and build itself into "a hub of high-level opening up."