Xi Jinping: During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, it is necessary to give greater strategic importance to the development of new productive forces in a targeted manner according to local conditions.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, President of the People's Republic of China, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission Xi Jinping presided over and made an important speech at a symposium on economic and social development during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period in some provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities in Shanghai on the morning of the 30th. Xi Jinping emphasized that during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, it is necessary to place the development of new quality productive forces tailored to local conditions in a more prominent strategic position, take scientific and technological innovation as the guide and the real economy as the basis, adhere to the comprehensive promotion of the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, actively develop emerging industries, and simultaneously plan for future industries, accelerate the construction of a modern industrial system. It is necessary to improve the national innovation system, stimulate the vitality of various innovation entities, aim at the forefront of world science and technology, continue to strengthen basic research, and improve original innovation capabilities, and make efforts to break through key core technologies and cutting-edge technologies. It is necessary to promote the integrated development of education, science and technology, and talent, and establish a solid foundation and strategic support for the development of new quality productive forces.