Xi Jinping, China’s new leader, has issued a call for fresh economic reforms, using his first official trip outside Beijing to visit the southern province at the forefront of the economic transformation over the past two decades.
“We can brook no delay” in pursuing reforms, Mr Xi told an audience in Guangzhou, according to state media reports yesterday. “We should not avoid conflicts or cover up problems. Starting from a tough spot, we should strive for better results,” he told officials and businesses in the southern city.
“We need to have more political courage and wisdom and not waste any more time,” Mr Xi was quoted as saying in a separate report. A “stronger sense of peril”, he added, was needed to carry out “deeper reforms”.