Xi: Quality essential to bright future

President stresses progress, harmony in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region tour

Building a subadministrative center for Beijing has milestone significance and provides a great opportunity for the city's development in the new era, President Xi Jinping said on Friday.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remark during a tour that focused on the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. It includes 216,000 square kilometers and a population of over 100 million.