President Xi Jinping visited an information technology (IT) innovation park in Beijing on Monday morning.
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.
Xi checked the display of sci-tech innovation outcomes, and talked with researchers and heads of sci-tech enterprises.
In recent years, Xi has visited various places for inspection, from research institutes and laboratories to high-tech enterprises and industrial parks. He has inspected representative scientific and technological innovation achievements.
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On the morning of April 29, 2025, Xi visited the Shanghai Foundation Model Innovation Center, a large-model incubator home to over 100 enterprises in the Xuhui district of the Shanghai Municipality. Xi learned about AI industry development in Shanghai via a video clip, visited an exhibition of large model products from major incubated enterprises, and heard a briefing about related technological research and development as well as the production and operations of enterprises.
In the exhibition hall on the first floor, three humanoid robots greeted visitors at the entrance, attracting considerable attention.
Noting that AI technologies are evolving rapidly and entering a phase of explosive growth, Xi urged Shanghai to summarize its successful experience in areas such as nurturing the AI industry through a large model industrial ecosystem, intensify exploration efforts, and strive to take the lead in every aspect of AI development and governance, thus setting an example for other regions. "AI is a nascent industry, and it's also an industry that belongs to young people," said Xi, during his visit to Shanghai.
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On October 17, 2024, during his inspection tour in Hefei, Anhui Province, Xi visited the Hefei Binhu Science City, where he took a close look at high-tech products in the fields of intelligent connected vehicles, new-generation information technology, new energy, artificial intelligence, and health and life science. He stopped in front of each product, carefully observing them and expressing his appreciation from time to time.
He said science and technology should spearhead the advancement of Chinese modernization, noting that sci-tech innovation is an essential path to Chinese modernization.
"High technology is not something that can be begged for or borrowed," Xi said, calling for accelerated efforts to achieve greater self-reliance and strength in science and technology.
Noting that scientists and researchers are the backbone of advancing Chinese modernization, Xi called on them to seize every opportunity in life, unleash their innovative potential, contribute their wisdom and talent to building the country's strength in science and technology and score remarkable achievements.
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On the afternoon of July 5, 2023, immediately after arriving in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, Xi was driven to Suzhou Industrial Park.
At the park's exhibition center, Xi stopped in front of a domestically produced artificial heart – the implantable left ventricular assist system – and carefully studied its operating principle. He was pleased to learn that more than 100 patients had already used this device, with the earliest patient having used it for over six years.
Xi emphasized the crucial role of hi-tech parks in achieving self-reliance and strength in science and technology. He called for deeper integrated development of enterprises, universities and research institutes, with enterprises taking the lead.