Xi pledges to expand opening-up

Further reform highlighted during his inspection tour in Guangdong

While wrapping up his four-day inspection tour in Guangdong province on Thursday, President Xi Jinping reiterated China's determination to comprehensively deepen reforms and expand opening-up amid profound changes at home and abroad.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remark after listening to work reports from the CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee and the provincial government in Guangzhou. It was the last stop of a trip that also brought him to Zhuhai, Qingyuan and Shenzhen.