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Xi's article on advancing basic research published

An article by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on strengthening basic research was published on Wednesday.

The article by Xi, who is also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, was published in this year's 18th issue of the Qiushi Journal, a flagship magazine of the CPC Central Committee.

Noting that basic research is the bedrock of the entire scientific system and a frontier area of global sci-tech competition, the article emphasized further efforts to develop the country's basic research to build China into a leading country in science and technology.

Compared with global leaders in science and technology, China still lags behind in basic research, the article said, calling for stronger efforts and more concrete measures to strengthen basic research, enhance the country's capacity for original innovation, and accelerate efforts toward greater self-reliance and strength in science and technology.

Vice-premier to address China-ASEAN events

Vice-Premier Ding Xuexiang will attend and address the opening ceremony of the 23rd China-ASEAN Expo and China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit, which is scheduled to be held in Nanning, the capital of the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on Thursday.

Foreign leaders and senior officials to attend the opening ceremony include Vice-President of Myanmar U Nyo Saw, Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said.

China is willing to leverage the role of the expo and the summit as platforms further to tap the potential for cooperation with ASEAN member states in various fields, achieve a higher level of mutual benefit, and promote the building of a closer China-ASEAN community with a shared future, Guo said at a regular news briefing in Beijing on Wednesday.

CHINA DAILY-XINHUA