Xi calls for high-quality development

President urges Hunan to advance in its innovation

President Xi Jinping called on Friday for efforts to blaze the trail for high-quality development in Hunan province, and to enable the province to emerge as a leader in advanced manufacturing as well as in reform and opening-up.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remark during his three-day inspection tour in Hunan, which concluded on Friday.

Xi urged Hunan to foster scientific and technological innovation with core competitiveness and make new progress in promoting the new development pattern in response to changes in the domestic and international situation.