Chinese President Xi Jinping emphasized the need to pursue green development during an inspection trip on Friday to the city of Ulanqab, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, visited Chahar High Tech Development Zone in Ulanqab, and learned about Inner Mongolia's progress in advancing the construction of a hub for the East Data-West Computing Project and the development of the green computing power industry.
Ulanqab, leveraging its cool climate, abundant green electricity and proximity to Beijing with low latency, is stepping up efforts to expand its green computing industry by promoting the construction of core nodes of the East Data-West Computing Project, building green computing industrial clusters, promoting the integration of green electricity, computing power and data, expanding the application scenarios and cultivating talent for computing power.
So far, a total of 109 computing power projects have been signed in Ulanqab, with a rack scale exceeding seven million. From January to August, the city achieved a revenue of 5.68 billion yuan (about 849.5 million U.S. dollars), representing a year-on-year growth of 40.3 percent.
Xi emphasizes pursuing green development during inspection trip to Inner Mongolia
Chinese President Xi Jinping has emphasized the need to unswervingly follow the path of prioritizing ecological conservation and pursuing green development.
Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, placed the emphasis during an inspection trip on Friday to the city of Ulanqab, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
Xi urged efforts to coordinate high-quality development and high-standard environmental protection, take a holistic and systematic approach to the conservation and improvement of the ecosystems of mountains, waters, forests, farmland, lakes, grassland and deserts, and promote carbon emission reduction, pollution reduction, enlargement of green belts and economic growth in a coordinated way, resolutely taking the path of prioritizing ecological conservation and green development.
At the Huangqihai Lake nature reserve, Xi learned about Inner Mongolia's work on strengthening ecological environment protection. He called for further endeavor on respecting, adapting to and protecting nature, fully implementing the Wetlands Conservation Law, strictly enforcing ecological conservation redlines, and enhancing the quality and stability of ecosystems.
Xi visited Chahar High Tech Development Zone in Ulanqab, and learned about Inner Mongolia's progress in advancing the construction of a hub for the "East Data, West Computing" project and the development of the green computing power industry. Xi stressed strengthening scientific planning and security guarantee in furthering the construction, while promoting in-depth integration of the digital economy and real economy.
Xi also watched a display of local agricultural and livestock specialties. He encouraged local authorities to boost the connection between production and marketing to help increase the residents' incomes.
During the inspection, Xi also said that different regions in China should fully and faithfully apply the new development philosophy on all fronts, and make progresses in high-quality development based on local conditions.
Xi stresses prioritizing ecological conservation, pursuing green development
Xi stresses prioritizing ecological conservation, pursuing green development
