In 2018, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, said during a research trip to the three northeastern provinces that high quality development of manufacturing is indispensable for a modernized nation and the country must stick to the path of self-reliance amid rising unilateralism and protectionism. Since the 19th National Congress of the CPC in 2017, China has rolled out major reforms of vital importance. CGTN went to one of the country's oldest state-owned enterprises in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang Province, and found out how self-sufficiency in high-end manufacturing was boosted through reforms.