Xi urges more efforts to boost basic research

Realizing sci-tech strength through groundbreaking innovations stressed

President Xi Jinping has called for greater efforts and more solid measures to strengthen basic research, enhance China's capacity for original innovation, and further solidify the foundation for building the nation's strength in science and technology.

Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks on Thursday in Shanghai when attending a symposium on strengthening basic research.