On August 21, Li Keqiang, member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee, Premier of the State Council, and leader of the Western Region Development Leading Group of the State Council presided over a meeting of the State Council's Western Region Development Leading Group to deploy and further advance the development of the western region. Han Zheng, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Vice Premier of the State Council, and Deputy Leader of the Western Region Development Leading Group of the State Council, was present.

At the meeting, the National Development and Reform Commission reported on the progress of western development. The heads of the western provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities spoke. Li Keqiang said that since the 18th National Congress of the Party, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as its core, economic and social development in the western region has achieved new historical achievements and played an important supporting role in the development of the country. The western region is a huge strategic maneuver for China's development, and it is also a key and difficult point for building a well-off society in an all-round way and realizing modernization. At present, in the face of new changes in the environment at home and abroad, we must follow the requirements of developing toward high quality and solving the problem of imbalances and inadequate development. We must rely on reform, opening up, and innovation to promote the development momentum of the western region, upgrade the industrial structure, and improve people's livelihood To expand the space for the national economy to maintain stability and improve.

Li Keqiang pointed out that to improve self-development capabilities in the western region, we must further create a "soft environment" that is more competitive. It is necessary to build on the deepening of the "decentralization of service" reform to release vitality, focus on solving outstanding problems such as hindering the development of enterprises and the difficulty of the masses, and take greater steps to reduce institutional transaction costs. It is necessary to promote innovation based on its own reality, take "double innovation" as the starting point, promote the improvement of the competitiveness of the western industry, and take greater steps in cultivating new and traditional kinetic energy. It is necessary to promote the opening up based on the characteristics of the location, actively build inland open highlands, and take greater steps to improve the level of opening up to the outside world.

Li Keqiang said that it is necessary to better combine the adjustment and optimization of economic structure with the expansion of domestic demand, highlight the key points to make up for the shortcomings, and press ahead with the construction of a number of major projects that are urgently needed in the west and meet national plans. The state will increase its support, and the western region must actively attract private capital to enter through deepening reforms. Speed up the construction of Sichuan-Tibet Railway, Chongqing-Kunming Railway and other large passages, open the "broken road" of the highway, and further promote the construction of backbone networks such as electricity, oil and gas, and information. Promote major water diversion projects such as water diversion in central Yunnan, the second phase of drought resistance in central Guizhou, Jining in Yellow River and second phase of diversion from the Yellow River, and increase support for major ecological projects such as the Three North Shelterbelt. Combining the advancement of new-type urbanization, innovative investment and operating mechanisms, speeding up the construction of urban sewage and garbage treatment facilities, and bringing into play the dual benefits of improving the ecological environment and meeting the urgent needs of people's livelihood. Optimize the consumption environment, encourage the development of online shopping, culture, health and other emerging consumption, and greater release of consumption potential in the western market. (Chinese government website)