President stresses promoting high-standard opening-up

President Xi Jinping has called for State-level economic and technological development zones in China to continuously stimulate their innovation vitality and development momentum, and promote reform and high-quality growth with high-standard opening-up amid the nation's modernization drive.

Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks in a recent instruction on the work of the State-level economic and technological development zones.

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the country's establishment of the first group of economic and technological development zones. Xi highlighted that the construction of such zones is a significant measure for advancing the country's reform and opening-up.