Commentary: At 30, Shanghai's Pudong sheds light on China's future

BEIJING, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- As Shanghai's Pudong, the forefront of China's reform and opening-up, embraces its 30th birthday this year, the significant progress it made is becoming a powerful driver for China to unlock new possibilities in pursuing high-quality development.

Efforts should be made to make Pudong a pioneer of reform and opening-up at a higher level and a vanguard of fully building a modern socialist country, said Chinese President Xi Jinping in his speech at a grand gathering held Thursday to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the development and opening-up of Pudong.