Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, stressed self-reliance and strength in science and technology as the "key" in building China into a great modern socialist country.
Xi made the remarks when he visited a national information technology (IT) innovation park in Beijing on February 9.
He urged efforts to concentrate strength for major undertakings, pool all quality resources to secure breakthroughs, and move faster to tackle prominent weaknesses to achieve the country's strategic objectives.
At the park, Xi learned about IT application and innovation, and was briefed on Beijing's efforts to expedite the development of an international sci-tech innovation center. He checked the display of sci-tech innovation outcomes, and talked with researchers and heads of sci-tech enterprises.
Established in 2019, the national IT innovation park has emerged as a pivotal engine for transforming cutting-edge research into industrial reality.
Dedicated to advancing China's IT application innovation sector, the park is building a fully localized ecosystem of hardware and software infrastructure. Attracting leading enterprises, investment institutions, and academic partners, it is systematically cultivating a robust industrial chain, accelerating breakthroughs in core and common technologies, and facilitating the commercialization of innovative applications.
To date, it has welcomed over 1,000 companies spanning critical domains such as central processing units of computers, operating systems, supercomputing, cybersecurity services, and application software, creating a dynamic, competitive innovation landscape.
It is also integrating next-generation technologies such as AI, quantum information, 6G communications, and intelligent hardware into its industrial framework, fostering deep synergy between established innovation systems and emerging tech frontiers. This is strengthening foundational technological capabilities while enhancing cross-sector collaboration.
The park's initial 530,000-square-meter development zone is already producing significant scale effects and driving industrial momentum. An additional 1.17 million square meters of high-tech industrial space is set to come fully online this year, injecting new energy into the ongoing transformation of China's digital economy.