Xi stresses strategic importance of work to raise minors' moral standards

Chinese President Xi Jinping has stressed the work to raise the intellectual and moral standards of minors, noting that it should be carried out as a strategic and fundamental task.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks in a recent instruction on the issue, calling for joint efforts to create a sound social environment for minors' healthy growth.

In the instruction, Xi underlined the importance of a collaborative education mechanism involving schools, families and society in relevant work, to guide the minors to establish lofty ideals, practice core socialist values, and develop good moral qualities and behavioral habits.

Efforts should also be made to nurture a new generation of capable young people with sound moral grounding, intellectual ability, physical vigor, aesthetic sensibility and work skills, who will fully develop socialism and carry forward the socialist cause, according to Xi's instruction.

His instruction was conveyed at a symposium on raising the intellectual and moral standards of minors held in Beijing on Monday.

Cai Qi, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and a member of the CPC Central Committee Secretariat, attended the meeting and delivered a speech.

Cai stressed the need to strengthen family education, make sustained efforts to provide children with high-quality cultural products and services, and improve minors' internet literacy.

He also urged faster progress in the development of a mental health service system for minors, as well as stronger protection of minors and prevention of juvenile delinquency.

Li Shulei, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the symposium.

Xi stresses strategic importance of work to raise minors' moral standards

Xi stresses strategic importance of work to raise minors' moral standards

Xi stresses strategic importance of work to raise minors' moral standards

The sales revenue of China's high-tech industries in the period from January 1 to March 25 increased by 14.6 percent year on year, the latest official data released by the State Taxation Administration showed Wednesday.

The growth in sales revenue highlighted the stronger competitiveness in the country's high-tech industries and deepened industrial upgrading driven by technological innovation.

The data also showed faster commercialization of scientific-technological research achievements. The sales revenue in the scientific-technological research and technical service sector rose 21 percent year on year during the very period, while the sales revenue of intellectual property-intensive sectors with high sci-tech content increased by 10.9 percent year on year.

"From January 1 to March 25, the sales revenue of core industries within the digital economy and the amount spent by enterprises nationwide on digital technology procurement grew by 9.5 percent and 9.7 percent year-on-year, respectively. [These figures] illustrate continued advancement of digital industrialization and industrial digitalization in China," said Huang Yun, spokesman of the State Taxation Administration, at a press conference in Beijing.

Next, Huang said, taxation authorities will further refine and implement preferential tax and fee policies designed to support sci-tech innovation. By leveraging tax-related big data and advanced information technology, Huang added, taxation authorities will keep delivering targeted policy guidance directly to enterprises to maximize policy dividends and help foster robust development of China's new quality productive forces.

China's high-tech industries record robust growth in early 2026