President Xi Jinping has urged sustained efforts to expand and strengthen advanced manufacturing to provide strong support for advancing Chinese modernisation.

He made the remarks in a recent instruction, which was conveyed at a national conference on advanced manufacturing held in Beijing on Wednesday and Thursday.

Efforts should be made to ensure both high-quality development and greater security, pursue smart, green and integrated development, and make the country's industrial chains more self-supporting and risk-resilient, Xi stressed.

The nation will "continue making advanced manufacturing ⁠bigger and stronger, enhance the ⁠autonomy and controllability of industrial chains", Xi said in remarks delivered at ⁠the National Advanced Manufacturing Conference in Beijing.

He emphasised the need to accelerate the development of a modernised industrial system with advanced manufacturing as the backbone and reinforce the foundations of the real economy.

Premier Li Qiang said the nation should focus on next-generation intelligent manufacturing, accelerate digital and AI-driven industrial upgrades, and strengthen its push for homegrown high-end technologies. (Xinhua)


Edited by Aaron Tam