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China’s economic powerhouses target top-tier industrial tech in national ‘high-quality growth’ drive
- Premier Li Qiang calls for ‘quick results’ on tackling the country’s economic problems
- Officials in Guangdong, Shandong, Anhui and Liaoning convene meetings to find ways to boost investment and overhaul technology
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Top officials in China’s economic heartlands got back to work on Sunday with a series of tech and investment-centred conferences across the country, signalling Beijing’s focus this year is firmly on the economy.
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In a State Council meeting attended by vice-premiers, state councillors and ministry chiefs, Premier Li Qiang called for “quick results” in tackling domestic economic problems.
“All departments must … quickly enter into work mode and pay close attention to implementation,” state news agency Xinhua quoted him as saying. “[We must] take pragmatic and powerful action to boost the confidence of the whole society.”
In the southern province of Guangdong, the country’s biggest regional economy, major provincial leaders and municipal heads met on the first day after the Lunar New Year holiday to find ways to foster innovation and industrial development.
“As a pacesetter, Guangdong should take the lead in reaching the level of a moderately developed economy and an innovative economy by 2035, but there are still large gaps and deficiencies,” Guangdong Communist Party chief Huang Kunming said.
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“The key to achieving these goals is technological innovation, industrial development, and the continuous liberation and development of productive forces.”
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