BEIJING, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- China will accelerate creating a new development pattern and pursue high-quality development, Xi Jinping said on Sunday.

"To build a modern socialist country in all respects, we must, first and foremost, pursue high-quality development," Xi said in a report at the opening session of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

"We must fully and faithfully apply the new development philosophy on all fronts, continue reforms to develop the socialist market economy, promote high-standard opening up, and accelerate efforts to foster a new pattern of development that is focused on the domestic economy and features positive interplay between domestic and international economic flows," Xi said.