President Xi Jinping has urged the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region to make greater efforts to support and encourage enterprises to produce innovations to contribute to the country's high-quality development.
Xi, who is 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 the region that concluded on Tuesday.
While visiting Guangxi Liugong Machinery Co in Liuzhou on Monday, Xi said that only innovation can help the equipment manufacturing industry become stronger and a front-runner.
He said that high-quality development is the route that the Chinese economy must take during the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) period, and high-quality development of the equipment manufacturing industry is the top priority.