Brief look at Liaoning Province as Xi goes on inspection tour

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday made an inspection tour to northeast China's Liaoning Province.

Xi visited the village of Zhujiagou, under the administration of Suizhong County in Huludao City, which was badly hit by floods last August.

He inspected the progress in post-disaster restoration and reconstruction.

Visiting the villagers who had moved into their new houses just before this winter, Xi inquired about the quality of the reconstructed homes and whether their daily living conditions were adequate.

Located in the industrial heartlands of northeast China, Liaoning embodies a delicate combination of modern development and beautiful natural scenery.

The coastal province has a land area of 148,000 square kilometers and a sea area of some 150,000 square kilometers, with a resident population of over 41.8 million people.

Last year, Liaoning's GDP exceeded 3.26 trillion yuan (over 448 billion U.S. dollars), registering a year-on-year growth of 5.1 percent.

Liaoning's investment growth rate in industry hit a ten-year high in 2024, helping to stabilize its industrial market. The added value of high-tech manufacturing industries above the designated size increased by 11.3 percent from the prior year, according to data.

The provincial government has also moved to strengthen the interaction between key laboratory groups and industrial clusters, consolidating the foundation for sci-tech innovation across the province.

Progress has also been made to continually optimize the local business environment and support the growth and development of private enterprises.

With a focus on improving the wellbeing of both the young and the elderly, Liaoning authorities have worked to continuously upgrade urban and rural living environments and ensure people's livelihoods.

Last year saw Liaoning's grain output exceed 25 billion kilograms, with the stable production and supply of important agricultural products guaranteed.

The provincial government has also endeavored to create a demonstration area for the integrated development of culture, sports and tourism. Last year, the province saw a 28-percent increase in the number of tourist trips and a nearly 26-percent rise in total tourism revenue.

Liaoning has also seized the opportunity of opening up to the north and the east by actively participating in high-quality cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), one of China's flagship initiatives focused on developing new infrastructure and fostering greater connectivity among participating countries and regions.

In 2024, the province handled the largest number of China-Europe freight trains in northeast China, highlighting its important standing as a key logistics hub.

Brief look at Liaoning Province as Xi goes on inspection tour

The Global Security Initiative (GSI) proposed by China has shifted the paradigm in thinking about global security away from the traditional zero-sum mentality toward a vision rooted in dialogue and development, said a Chinese expert on Tuesday.

In April 2022, China proposed the Global Security Initiative (GSI), which aims to create a new path to security that prioritizes dialogue over confrontation, partnership over alliance, and win-win over zero-sum thinking.

The initiative provides a new course and approach to addressing the root causes of international conflicts and solving security challenges facing humanity.

During an interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN), Wang Xinsong, associate professor at the School of Government at Beijing Normal University, hailed the initiative's importance amid escalating global challenges.

"It's been four years and we have witnessed that the Global Security Initiative or GSI has transformed from a framework in principle to an action plan with many actions having taken place in mediating the conflicts. The major difference between the GSI and the traditional and the existing mainstream idea about global security is that the mainstream idea is being the zero-sum mentality where the belief is that one country's safety is possible only if its neighbors safety is not existent. The GSI shifts the paradigm in thinking about global security away from the zero-sum mentality by arguing that security at the end of the day is very much related to development," Wang said.

Over the past four years, China has consistently promoted the implementation of the GSI. By the end of 2025, the initiative has received support and appreciation from more than 130 countries and regions, as well as international organizations, and has been explicitly incorporated into more than 140 bilateral and multilateral documents at home and abroad.

China's Global Security Initiative shifts paradigm away from traditional zero-sum mentality: expert