Chongqing should strive to promote high-quality development, and build itself into a key strategic fulcrum for the development of China's western region in the new era and a comprehensive hub for inland opening-up, Xi said.
Recently released economic data reflecting China’s brisk economic activities and vibrant foreign trade attest to a steady acceleration in the country’s economic growth.
China’s reform and opening-up policy has brought what many generations had toiled for – prosperity, security, and their country’s rightful place in the world.
Amid gloomy forecasts for the global economy in 2024, news of China’s 5.2 percent GDP growth in 2023 was a shot in the arm for a world still beset with regional conflicts, lackluster economic recovery, and mounting geopolitical tension.
Fujian will be supported to take strides toward aligning its pilot free trade zone with international economic and trade rules and promoting institutional opening-up, so as to explore a regulatory framework conducive to cross-Strait economic integration.