Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang conducted an inspection tour in northeast China's Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces from Monday to Wednesday, emphasizing the need to advance industrial revitalization and high-quality development and through sci-tech innovation.
During his visit, Ding, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, inspected key projects and localities including the Songhua River water source relocation and pipeline project, Yanjiagang Farm of the Beidahuang Group, the Harbin central grain reserve depot, and the Nanguan District finance bureau in Jilin's Changchun City.
He called for more proactive fiscal policies with improved efficiency in fund utilization, stressing that major national projects should focus on safeguarding national security in terms of national defense, food, ecology, energy, and industry.
Ding also visited enterprises such as CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles, Chang Guang Satellite Technology, Harbin Boshi Automation, and Case IH and New Holland Agriculture. He highlighted innovation as the core driver of corporate development.
The vice premier noted that foreign-funded enterprises in China are Chinese enterprises, encouraging them to deepen their roots in the Chinese market.
Ding also visited Jilin University and the Changchun Institute of Optics under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, underscoring the importance of integrating education, sci-tech development, and talent development. He called for speeding up the process of achieving sci-tech self-reliance, and urged strengthened collaboration between universities, research institutes and enterprises to produce more results and cultivate more innovative talents.
During the trip, Ding expressed hope that Heilongjiang and Jilin will pioneer new pathways for high-quality development, contributing to national growth while addressing local revitalization needs.
Vice premier inspects northeast China, stresses sci-tech-driven industrial revitalization
