Yunnan urged to open new ground

Xi calls for efforts to turn broad prospects of flower industry into benefits for people

President Xi Jinping has urged Yunnan province to explore new prospects for high-quality development on the path toward Chinese modernization.

Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks during an inspection tour in the southwestern province on Wednesday and Thursday.

He also underlined the need for the province to leverage its unique geographical advantages to actively promote high-standard opening-up, in order to build itself into a hub linking the countries of South Asia and Southeast Asia.