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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has called
for advancing the development of China's western regions to a new level
by drawing strength from reform and opening up and innovation-driven
development. Li, also a member of
the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party
of China (CPC) Central Committee, made the remarks Monday at a meeting
of a State Council leading group on western development. Li is head of
the leading group. Vice Premier Han
Zheng, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau
of the CPC Central Committee and deputy head of the leading group,
attended the meeting. Li urged the
western regions to commit more efforts to empowering market entities,
improving the business environment, and expanding opening up. The
regions should give full play to the leading role of scientific and
technological innovation, and cultivate and develop characteristic
industries and emerging industries, Li said. The
western regions should better leverage their advantages in wind, solar
and hydro-electric energy as well as mineral resources to build
large-scale clean-energy bases and enhance their capacities in
guaranteeing energy and important resources for the country, he added. The
premier stressed efforts to strengthen ecological protection and
restoration and environmental governance, noting that the regions should
strive to boost green development. He
also underscored efforts to consolidate and escalate the gains in
poverty alleviation, maintain the stability of major favorable policies,
and promote rural vitalization.
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