Readiness to manage risks called key task

Xi outlines nation's major challenges at symposium for senior officials

President Xi Jinping emphasized the need for greater capacity among the country's senior officials to prevent and defuse major risks to enable the sustained, healthy development of the economy and social stability.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remark during the opening ceremony of a symposium attended by senior provincial and ministerial officials on Monday.