Xi Jinping inspects Ningxia: We must continue to develop clean energy industries such as wind power and photovoltaics

June 24, 2024

On June 21, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, recently inspected Ningxia and required that the construction of the Yellow River Basin Ecological Protection and High-quality Development Pilot Zone be used as a guide to coordinate the promotion of high-quality development and high-level protection, comprehensive deepening of reform and expansion of opening up, new urbanization and rural revitalization, ethnic unity and common prosperity, and other work, accelerate the construction of a beautiful new Ningxia with economic prosperity, ethnic unity, beautiful environment, and prosperous people, and strive to write a chapter of Chinese-style modernization in Ningxia.

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Xinhua News Agency, Yinchuan, June 21. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, emphasized during his recent inspection in Ningxia that Ningxia should thoroughly implement the new development concept, adhere to the general tone of steady progress, take the forging of a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation as the main line, and take the construction of the Yellow River Basin Ecological Protection and High-quality Development Pilot Zone as the guide, coordinate the promotion of high-quality development and high-level protection, comprehensive deepening of reform and expansion of opening up, new urbanization and rural revitalization, ethnic unity and common prosperity, and accelerate the construction of a beautiful new Ningxia with economic prosperity, ethnic unity, beautiful environment, and rich people, and strive to write a chapter of Chinese-style modernization in Ningxia.

On June 19, Xi Jinping came to Ningxia after finishing his inspection in Qinghai. In the afternoon of the same day, he went to Yinchuan City for research accompanied by Liang Yanshun, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, and Zhang Yupu, Chairman of the Autonomous Region Government.

The Great Wall Garden Community in Jinfeng District, Yinchuan City is a large community where many ethnic groups live together. Xi Jinping first came to the community party and mass service center, walked into the convenience service hall, community health station, and love supermarket, listened to the introduction of community work, and learned in detail about the community's role in playing the role of grassroots party organizations, carrying out neighborhood activities, and providing convenient and beneficial services to the people. Afterwards, he came to the community activity room, watched residents' paper-cutting creations and dance rehearsals with interest, and had cordial exchanges with everyone, encouraging retired residents to have a good life, a good life, and to contribute to their old age. Xi Jinping pointed out that community party organizations are the nerve endings of the party's connection with the grassroots masses, and they must play a leading role in the community. Once the community party organizations are well built and strengthened, community work will have a backbone. We must adhere to the leadership of party building, focus on solving the urgent, difficult, and anxious problems of residents, and do a good job in serving the people.

Xi Jinping pointed out that Ningxia has a unique geographical environment and resource endowment, and it is necessary to take a characteristic and differentiated industrial development path to build a modern industrial system that reflects Ningxia's advantages and has strong competitiveness. Ningxia's modern coal chemical industry and new materials industry, clean energy industries such as wind power, photovoltaics, and hydrogen energy, and specialty industries such as wine and wolfberry should be cultivated and developed continuously. Strengthen the deep integration of culture and tourism, and actively develop characteristic tourism and all-region tourism. Strengthen the integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, increase the transformation and application of scientific and technological achievements, promote the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, cultivate strategic emerging industries, and develop new quality productivity according to local conditions. Ningxia's northern Yellow River irrigation area, central arid zone, and southern mountainous area each have their own characteristics. We must accurately grasp the industrial development foundation, resource and environmental capacity, and open development potential of various regions, strengthen overall planning and industrial cooperation, and promote the formation of a development pattern of mountains and rivers, urban-rural integration, and regional linkage.

Xi Jinping emphasized that Ningxia should focus on deepening reforms in key areas and explore reforms with local characteristics. Improve the basic system of the market economy, actively integrate into the construction of a unified national market, continue to promote the reform of state-owned assets and state-owned enterprises, conscientiously implement policies to promote the development of the private economy, optimize the business environment, and stimulate social investment vitality. Adhere to the combination of domestic and foreign opening up, actively participate in the construction of the "Belt and Road" and the construction of the Western Land-Sea New Corridor, deepen economic and trade cooperation with Arab countries, and improve the level of inland opening up. Protecting the ecological environment of the Yellow River and Helan Mountain, Liupan Mountain, and Luoshan Mountain is the baseline for Ningxia to plan reform and development. It is necessary to deepen the market-oriented allocation reform of resource and environmental factors, improve the value realization mechanism of ecological products and the ecological protection compensation mechanism, and implement the strictest water resources management system. Fight the "Jizi Bend" of the Yellow River, coordinate the ecological protection and restoration of forests, grasslands, wetlands, deserts, and comprehensive management of saline-alkali land, so that "Sai Shang Jiangnan" will become more and more beautiful.

Source: Xinhua News Agency