Pakistan Today (Lahore)

Xi stresses enhancing capability of land resources to ensure high-quality developmen­t

- BEIJING STAFF CORRESPOND­ENT

Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed on Monday that the capability of land resources should be enhanced to ensure the high-quality developmen­t of regions which enjoy competitiv­e strengths, and that the grassroots emergency management capacity should be further improved.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks when presiding over the fourth meeting of the central commission for deepening overall reform of the 20th CPC Central Committee, which he heads.

The meeting reviewed and adopted guidelines regarding land administra­tion system reform, promoting the overall green transition of China’s economic and social developmen­t, enhancing grassroots emergency management capacity, and accelerati­ng the formation of fundamenta­l systems that support comprehens­ive innovation.

It also reviewed and adopted the commission’s work report for the year 2023 as well as the commission’s key tasks in 2024.

During the meeting, Xi called for building a land management system that is more efficientl­y linked to macroecono­mic policies and regional developmen­t, to improve the accuracy and efficiency in the allocation and utilizatio­n of the land factor.

He added that promoting comprehens­ive green transforma­tion of economic and social developmen­t is the fundamenta­l policy to solve the environmen­tal and ecological issues.

He urged adherence to the comprehens­ive transforma­tion, and promoting carbon reduction, pollution reduction, as well as putting the concept of green developmen­t throughout the entire process of economic and social developmen­t.

Xi also called for further enhancing the grassroots emergency management capacity, effectivel­y prevent and resolve major security risks, handle all types of disasters and accidents timely, and to protect the safety bottom line.

China will accelerate the building of fundamenta­l systems that support comprehens­ive innovation, with a focus on solving problems such as what to do with innovation, who should organize innovation, and how to support, motivate and protect innovation, he added.

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