Xi calls for promoting reform, innovation in Gansu

President Xi Jinping, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, greets local residents during his inspection of a section of the Yellow River near Zhongshan Bridge in Lanzhou, Gansu province, on Wednesday. Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks during an inspection tour of Gansu province from Tuesday to Friday. He urged Gansu to fully implement the decision and deployment of the CPC Central Committee on the national strategies of developing China's western region as well as promoting ecological conservation and high-quality development in the Yellow River basin, and carry out solid work to improve the people's well-being and the region's prosperity. Xi also urged Gansu to actively serve and align with the strategies of regional coordinated development, expand inter-regional cooperation, and deeply integrate into the high-quality construction of the Belt and Road and the development of the New Western Land-Sea Corridor, a trade and logistics passage jointly built by provincial-level regions in western China and members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.