Senior CPC official calls for innovation-driven development

BEIDAIHE - A senior Communist Party of China (CPC) official called on the country's top scientists to innovate in economic and social development on Wednesday.

Liu Yunshan, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, made the remarks at a meeting with 54 scientists and experts who are enjoying a State-sponsored summer vacation at Beidaihe, a popular northern seaside resort near the capital.

Entrusted by President Xi Jinping, Liu extended greetings and good wishes to the scientists and experts.

Liu encouraged them to adapt themselves to the country's economic development, follow up with advanced technology and contribute to China's sustainable development.

Liu urged them to focus on new types of industrialization, digitalization, urbanization and agricultural modernization as well as the Belt and Road Initiative, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei development strategy and the Yangtze River Economic Belt.

Stressing the importance of cultural innovation, Liu urged them to be confident of socialism, Chinese culture and values.

Liu said specialists should carry forward the tradition of pursuing truth and pragmatic spirit, practice socialist core values and be role models for young talented people.

Liu reiterated that CPC committees at all levels should improve management and incentives for talents and create a better environment for scientific development and innovation.

Academics attending the meeting included members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, industrial experts and university professors.

Since 2001, more than 800 experts in various fields have been invited by the central authorities to summer vacations in Beidaihe.