Xi Jinping calls for advancing infrastructure construction
Chinese President Xi Jinping, also head of the Central Financial and Economic Affairs Committee (CCFEA), stressed efforts on Tuesday to overall strengthen the construction of infrastructure and build a modern infrastructure network in order to lay a solid base to build fully a modern socialist country.
President XI made these remarks at the 11th CCFEA meeting.The infrastructure note is an important support for economic and social development, XI has called to balance both development and security as well as optimization of the provision, the structure, function and mode of development of infrastructure.
Work of several central ministries was reported at the meeting.The meeting said that since the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CPC), China has carried out a certain number of advanced achievements in the construction of important scientific and technological facilities, of water conservation projects, Transportation, information infrastructure and national strategic reserves, reaching great progress.
However, he also said that the development of Chinese infrastructure still does not meet the national needs for development and security.The exhaustive strengthening of the development of infrastructure is very important to protect national security, smooth the national economic circle, promote “double circulation”, extend domestic demand and advance high quality development, according to Reunion.
Currently and for a certain time, China should stick to the philosophy of development centered on people, said the meeting, urging efforts to mobilize the whole society to build a modern infrastructure network.The meeting stressed that the country should strengthen the construction of network infrastructure such as transport, energy and water conservation.
Officials have also agreed to accelerate the construction of a complete national transport network, including interior ports and waterways.Efforts should also be made to strengthen the national security infrastructure, noted Reunion, calling for accelerating the ability to respond to extreme situations.
To guarantee the construction of infrastructure, Reunion highlighted the use of coordination resources, guaranteeing capital requirements on the main national infrastructure projects, adhering to the innovation -oriented strategy and cultivating scientific talent teams and large -scale technological.
Reunion also called upon to guarantee both development and security, firm reflection on results and effectively strengthen the main risk forecasts and early alert capacity with practical and effective response plans and specific practical initiatives .He also underlined the need to guide market expectations, to clearly render political orientations and principles and to stabilize market confidence.
(Cover: a train undergoes a commissioning and joint tests on the high-speed railway from Hangzhou-Taizhou in Shaoxing, Zhejiang province, China, September 27, 2021. / CFP)
