No border area shall be left behind in advancing Chinese modernisation, said Chinese President Xi Jinping even as he stressed the importance of boosting governance and high-quality development in the border areas of the country.
While presiding over a group study session of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee recently, Xi noted that modernising the system and capacity for governance in the border areas is a major part of Chinese modernisation.
While there was no particular mention of borders that China shares with India, his comments come days after India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said in the Lok Sabha that work is progressing on some strategically important roads in Ladakh and added that the adoption of new technologies in high-altitude, remote, inaccessible and permafrost areas has also been significant.
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According to news agency Xinhua, Xi emphasised China's commitment to supporting border areas in leveraging their unique advantages to achieve high-quality development.
Further, urged border areas to increase the momentum and vitality of development through reform and opening up. It is essential to prioritize national security and social stability as the bottom-line requirement for governance in border areas, he observed.
He also called for deepening research into major theoretical and practical issues related to governance in border areas.
