Xi highlights new pattern of development

An employee observes a robotic arm working at a smart production facility in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, in July. - China Daily

BEIIJING (China Daily/Asia News Network): Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has stressed the need to accelerate the establishment of a new pattern of development with stronger steps to boost domestic demand, enhance self-reliance in science and technology and expand opening-up.

While presiding over a group study session of the Political Bureau of the 20th CPC Central Committee on Tuesday (Jan 31), Xi said that this is the only way in which China can consolidate the foundations of its economic development and enhance the security and stability of its development.