During his inspection tour in Henan, Xi Jinping emphasized the importance of maintaining confidence in promoting high-quality development and efficient governance, and striving to write a new chapter in advancing Chinese-style modernization in the Central

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From May 19th to 20th, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the People's Republic of China, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, visited Henan Province. This photo shows Xi Jinping with employees of the Luoyang Bearing Group Co., Ltd. smart factory during his inspection on the afternoon of the 19th.

Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yan Yan

From May 19th to 20th, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the People's Republic of China, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, visited Henan Province. This photo shows Xi Jinping interacting with visitors during his visit to the Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang on the afternoon of the 19th.

Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xie Huanchi

  ■ In the new era and on a new journey, Henan must earnestly implement the Party Central Committee's strategic deployments on accelerating the rise of the central region, ecological protection, and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin. Adhere to the general principle of seeking progress while maintaining stability, comprehensively deepen reform and opening up, focus on building a modern industrial system and a strong agricultural province, strive to improve people's livelihoods, strengthen social governance, enhance ecological and environmental protection, and promote cultural prosperity. With high-quality development and efficient governance, Henan will strive to write a new chapter in promoting Chinese-style modernization in the Central Plains.

  ■ High-quality development is an inevitable requirement for Chinese-style modernization. Faced with a complex external environment, we must strengthen confidence, unwaveringly handle our own affairs well, unwaveringly expand high-level opening up, focus on stabilizing employment, enterprises, the market, and expectations, and address various uncertainties with the certainty of high-quality development.

  ■ Leading cadres at all levels must take the initiative, excel in summarizing the Party's mass work under the new circumstances through promoting social governance, and carry out detailed and practical work tailored to the characteristics of different social groups. We must effectively address formalism to reduce the burden on grassroots organizations, support grassroots cadres in boldly acting and establishing their authority, and support the masses in resolving social governance issues through their own efforts.

  ■The eight-point central regulations are a move by the Party Central Committee to establish its credibility and a landmark measure for Party governance in the new era. Thoroughly implementing the spirit of the eight-point central regulations is a key task of Party building this year. We must work diligently to promote study, investigation, and rectification in an integrated manner, closely integrating individual Party member and cadre self-examination, rectification, and improvement with organizational self-examination, rectification, and improvement. We must truly translate the strict requirements for work style into firm measures and give ironclad rules the teeth to ensure high-quality study, vigorous investigation, and effective rectification. The Central Steering Group for Study and Education should conscientiously perform its duties and responsibilities, focusing its work on promoting problem resolution, providing precise guidance and ensuring practical results.

  ■Since the beginning of this year, droughts have occurred in some areas of my country, some of which are still ongoing. Relevant departments must work closely together to strengthen water allocation and ensure water supply for urban and rural residents and agricultural irrigation needs. Droughts can lead to floods, and we must strictly prevent a sudden shift from drought to flood. The flood season has arrived, and all regions must carefully prepare for flood control and prevention, ensuring adequate plans and a calm response. Areas prone to sudden natural disasters such as flash floods and mudslides must fully implement emergency response responsibilities

  During a recent inspection tour in Henan, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the People's Republic of China, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, emphasized that in the new era and new journey, Henan must earnestly implement the Party Central Committee's strategic deployments on accelerating the rise of the central region, protecting the ecological environment, and promoting high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin. Henan must adhere to the general principle of seeking progress while maintaining stability, comprehensively deepen reform and opening up, focus on building a modern industrial system and a strong agricultural province, strive to improve people's livelihoods, strengthen social governance, enhance ecological and environmental protection, and promote cultural prosperity. With high-quality development and efficient governance, the province will strive to write a new chapter in promoting Chinese-style modernization in the Central Plains.

  From May 19th to 20th, accompanied by Liu Ning, Secretary of the Henan Provincial Party Committee, and Wang Kai, Governor of Henan Province, Xi Jinping visited Luoyang and Zhengzhou for inspections and research.
On the afternoon of the 19th, Xi Jinping first visited Luoyang Bearing Group Co., Ltd., formerly the Luoyang Bearing Factory built during the First Five-Year Plan period. At the smart factory, Xi Jinping learned about the company's development history, listened to introductions to the uses and performance of different types of bearings, and walked the production line to observe the production process. He told the gathered company employees that manufacturing is a key pillar of the national economy, and promoting Chinese-style modernization requires maintaining a reasonable proportion of manufacturing. Modern manufacturing relies on the empowerment of science and technology, and we must vigorously strengthen technological research and pursue a path of independent innovation. He encouraged employees to cultivate a sense of ownership, work hard, and make greater contributions to the company's development.

  Afterwards, Xi Jinping visited the White Horse Temple, built during the Eastern Han Dynasty, and learned in detail about the Sinicization of Buddhism and the preservation of the temple's cultural relics. He pointed out that the White Horse Temple witnessed the introduction, development, and ongoing Sinicization of Buddhism. History has proven that adhering to the Sinicization of religions in my country is entirely correct, and we must actively guide religions to integrate with China's fine traditional culture and adapt to socialist society.

  The Longmen Grottoes, with a history of over 1,500 years, are a significant World Cultural Heritage. Xi Jinping visited the grottoes to inspect their overall layout, representative caves, and statues, and to exchange cordial views with on-site cultural relic preservation workers. He emphasized the importance of protecting, inheriting, and disseminating these treasures of Chinese culture. The tourists were delighted to see the General Secretary and extended their greetings. Xi Jinping frequently engaged with the group, particularly encouraging the children to explore Chinese culture and cultivate cultural confidence from an early age. He noted that the integration of culture and tourism holds broad prospects, emphasizing the need to promote high-quality development of the cultural and tourism industry, truly making it a pillar industry, a livelihood industry, and a source of prosperity.

  On the morning of the 20th, Xi Jinping listened to work reports from the Henan Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government, commended Henan's achievements in various areas, and laid out requirements for future work.

  Xi Jinping pointed out that high-quality development is an inevitable requirement for China's modernization. Faced with a complex external environment, we must remain confident, unwavering in our commitment to our own work, unwaveringly expand high-level opening up, and focus on stabilizing employment, businesses, the market, and expectations, addressing various uncertainties with the certainty of high-quality development. As a major economic province, Henan must further consolidate its foundation as a real economy, guided by scientific and technological innovation, develop new high-quality productive forces tailored to local conditions, and enhance the support capacity of its modern industrial system for high-quality development. We must strengthen the protection and development of arable land, shoulder the responsibility for food security, extend the modern agricultural industry chain, and drive comprehensive rural revitalization through integrated urban-rural development, promoting shared prosperity for both urban and rural areas. We must persistently strengthen ecological protection and governance in key river basins, deepen pollution prevention and control efforts, and build a solid ecological security barrier.

  Xi Jinping emphasized that Henan Province boasts a large population, high population density, and high population mobility, and faces complex and diverse social challenges. We must solidly strengthen social governance. We must fully implement Party leadership, improve social governance systems and mechanisms, and strengthen Party-building efforts in new economic organizations, new social organizations, and new employment groups. We must better serve the people, improve mechanisms for coordinating their interests, enhance public services, and address their pressing needs with care and compassion. We must prioritize grassroots work, strengthen the foundation, and consolidate fundamentals, pushing resources, services, and management down to the grassroots level to ensure that all aspects of social governance are fully implemented. We must attach great importance to the rule of law and integrity, give full play to the role of the rule of law in regulating and safeguarding social governance, strengthen the value of honesty and trustworthiness, and enhance the integrity of the government, businesses, and society. We must closely monitor the identification and management of potential risks, strengthen overall public security prevention and control, effectively prevent and mitigate risks in key areas, and truly maintain social harmony and stability. Leading cadres at all levels must take the initiative and excel at summarizing the laws governing the Party's mass work under the new circumstances from advancing social governance, focusing their work on a detailed and practical basis, tailored to the characteristics of different social groups. We must effectively address formalism to reduce the burden on grassroots organizations, support grassroots cadres in boldly taking action and establishing their authority, and support the masses in resolving social governance issues through their own efforts.

  Xi Jinping pointed out that the eight central regulations are a move by the Party Central Committee to establish its credibility and a landmark measure for Party governance in the new era. Carrying out in-depth study and education on the implementation of the eight central regulations is a key task of Party building this year. Efforts must be made to promote study, investigation, and rectification in an integrated manner, closely integrating individual Party members' and cadres' self-examination, rectification, and improvement with organizational self-examination, rectification, and improvement. We must ensure that the strict requirements for work style are translated into firm measures and that ironclad rules have iron teeth, ensuring high-quality study, vigorous investigation, and effective rectification. The Central Steering Group for Study and Education should conscientiously perform its duties, prioritize efforts to resolve problems, provide precise guidance, and strive for practical results.

  Xi Jinping emphasized that droughts have occurred in some areas of my country this year, some of which are still ongoing. Relevant departments must work closely together to strengthen water allocation and ensure water supply for urban and rural residents and agricultural irrigation needs. Droughts can also lead to floods, and we must strictly prevent the sudden transition from drought to flood. The flood season has arrived, and all regions must meticulously prepare for flood control and prevention, ensuring adequate plans and a calm response. Areas prone to sudden natural disasters such as flash floods and mudslides must fully implement emergency response responsibilities.

  He Lifeng and officials from relevant departments of the central and state organs accompanied the inspection. Officials from the Second Central Guidance Group for Thoroughly Implementing the Central Committee's Eight-Point Regulations attended the briefing.

  People's Daily (May 21, 2025, Page 1)