GUANGZHOU, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Xi Jinping, the new leader of China's ruling Communist Party of China (CPC), vowed, "No stop in reform, and no stop in opening up," during his trip to south China's Guangdong Province from Dec. 7 to 11.
Xi, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, said the 18th CPC National Congress issued "a new declaration" and "a new mobilization order" for deepening reform and opening up.
He called on the entire Party and people from all ethnic groups to unswervingly adhere to the path of reform and opening up and put greater focus on pursuing reform in a more systematic, whole and coordinated way.
Xi said he chose Guangdong, which served as the testing grounds for reform and opening up policies more than 30 years ago, as the destination of his inspection tour because he wanted to "conduct an on-site retrospective of the history of reform and opening up and declare the resolve to continue to push forward the policy."
On the morning of Dec. 8, Xi laid a basket of flowers in front of the statue of late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in Lianhuashan Park in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province.
Cumquat market in S China's Guangxi