CHONGQING, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on southwest China's Chongqing Municipality to further deepen reform and opening up across the board and write its own chapter in advancing Chinese modernization.
Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks during his inspection tour in Chongqing.
Chongqing should strive to promote high-quality development, and build itself into a key strategic fulcrum for the development of China's western region in the new era and a comprehensive hub for inland opening up, Xi said.
While inspecting Chongqing International Logistics Hub Park, Xi called the logistics sector the arteries and veins of the real economy. He underscored that constructing the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor will help promote the high-level opening up of China's western and inland regions.
Xi also visited a container station in Chongqing, where he highlighted the importance of logistics in driving the development of the western region.
After hearing a report on the construction of the Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle, Xi urged Chongqing to focus on sci-tech innovation and vigorously promote the high-quality development of the manufacturing sector. ■
