Xi Jinping urges Anhui to drive forward Chinese modernization

Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged east China's Anhui Province to apply the new development philosophy on all fronts and leverage its role in multiple national development strategies to write an Anhui chapter in Chinese modernization.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made these remarks during an inspection tour in the province from Thursday to Friday.

On Thursday afternoon, Xi inspected Tongcheng City, where he visited Liuchi Alley, a historical cultural site known for a story from the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). The story – of an official and his neighbor both moving back their walls by a meter to resolve their disputes over property boundaries – is an example of neighborhood comity and harmony.

At the site, Xi urged efforts to strengthen the protection of history and culture, develop advanced socialist culture, promote revolutionary culture, and carry forward fine traditional Chinese culture.

He told local residents and tourists that the alley demonstrates the wisdom of ancient Chinese in resolving disputes. He called for efforts to leverage its educational function to promote the traditional Chinese virtues of comity and peace.

At his next stop, Xi visited Hefei Binhu Science City, where he examined a range of major sci-tech innovations attained by the province and exchanged views with researchers and corporate executives.

Xi took a close look at high-tech products in the fields of intelligent connected vehicles, new-generation information technology, new energy, artificial intelligence, and health and life sciences.

Noting that sci-tech innovation is an essential path to Chinese modernization, Xi called for accelerated efforts to achieve greater self-reliance and strength in science and technology and encouraged sci-tech researchers to be more innovative in helping to build the country's strength in science and technology.