Chinese Premier Li Qiang has stressed the need to advance high quality development, focus on the real economy and develop high-end manufacturing to form a modern industrial system.
Li, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, made the remarks at a symposium during an inspection tour in central China’s Hunan Province from Tuesday to Wednesday.
The Chinese premier also visited local enterprises and went into the workshops and laboratories to learn more about the production process during the tour.
During the inspection in Zhuzhou, a city in Hunan Province, knowing that the product technology of some enterprises has reached an internationally advanced level, Li said that the development of an advanced manufacturing industry depends on innovation.
Enterprises should vigorously cultivate scientific and technological talents, accelerate the key core technologies and major technical equipment research, to create more products and technologies with a voice, he stressed.
Noting that the vitality of technology innovation is the application, Li hailed promoting the deep integration of industry, academia, research and usage, boosting product standards and quality improvement and strengthening product design.
During the inspection in Changsha, the capital city of Hunan Province, he pointed out that enterprise is the main body of technology innovation.
He also hailed to help enterprises solve difficulties in a practical manner, to fiercely support the spirit of exceptional entrepreneurs, continuously enhance the new momentum of enterprise development, and consolidate leading positions in advantageous fields.
Fully affirming Hunan’s economic and social development achievements, Li vowed to accelerate the strengthening of the advanced manufacturing sector, technical innovation with core competitiveness, and opening-up highlands in inland areas of China.
