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China’s Xi Jinping pushes ‘disruptive innovation’ at first Politburo study session of the year

  • At meeting of Communist Party’s top policymaking body, Xi says China must ‘fight the battle in core technologies’ and increase supply chain resilience
  • Beijing has made tech self-reliance a top priority as it faces containment by the US and its allies

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Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) inspects an exhibition on science and tech innovations in Shanghai on November 28. The Chinese leader said at a Politburo meeting on Wednesday that China must use innovation to cultivate new industries. Photo: Xinhua
Vanessa Caiin Shanghai
Chinese President Xi Jinping called for efforts to boost “disruptive innovation”, integrate technology with industry, and increase supply chain resilience as he presided over this year’s first Politburo study session.
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At the meeting of the Communist Party’s top policymaking body on Wednesday, Xi said China must strengthen scientific and technological innovation – especially “original and disruptive” innovations – as well as achieve scientific and tech self-reliance and “fight the battle in core technologies”.

He told Politburo members that innovation should be used to “transform and upgrade traditional industries, cultivate and expand new industries, plan and construct future industries, and improve and modernise the industrial system”, according to state news agency Xinhua.

He also stressed the importance of improving the “resilience and security” of supply chains and ensuring that the industrial system is “autonomous and controllable, safe and reliable”.

Xi made the remarks as the 24-member Politburo held its first group study session of the year.
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