Beijing, China - Dec 13, 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of meeting in progress, attendees
2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Han Wenxiu, executive deputy director, Office of Central Committee for Financial and Economic Affairs:
"It is essential to promote industrial upgrading through scientific and technological innovation and continuously foster new quality productive forces. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 2012, the CPC Central Committee has successively launched the construction of three international science and technology innovation centers in Beijing, Shanghai and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, which have made notable progress in recent years."
3. Various of meeting in progress, attendees
4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Han Wenxiu, executive deputy director, Office of Central Committee for Financial and Economic Affairs:
"The CPC Central Committee has decided to expand the Beijing International Center for Science and Technology Innovation to cover the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, and the Shanghai International Science and Technology Innovation Center to the Yangtze River Delta, with the aim of accelerating the formation of major sources of original innovation and jointly building strategic pillars for the development of China into a science and technology powerhouse."

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6. Aerial shots of cityscape, Oriental Pearl Tower, other landmarks

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7. Aerial shots of cityscape, Canton Tower

China will step up efforts to foster new growth drivers through innovation-led development as the country charts its economic work for the coming year, a senior official said on Friday.

Addressing the 2025-2026 Annual Conference on China's Economy in Beijing on Saturday, Han Wenxiu, executive deputy director of the Office of the Central Committee for Financial and Economic Affairs, said economic work next year should remain firmly focused on innovation-driven development and accelerate the cultivation and expansion of new growth engines.

"It is essential to promote industrial upgrading through scientific and technological innovation and continuously foster new quality productive forces. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 2012, the CPC Central Committee has successively launched the construction of three international science and technology innovation centers in Beijing, Shanghai and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, which have made notable progress in recent years," Han noted.

He noted that building high-level innovation platforms is a key step in strengthening China's capacity for original innovation and supporting the country's long-term development strategy.

"The CPC Central Committee has decided to expand the Beijing International Center for Science and Technology Innovation to cover the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, and the Shanghai International Science and Technology Innovation Center to the Yangtze River Delta, with the aim of accelerating the formation of major sources of original innovation and jointly building strategic pillars for the development of China into a science and technology powerhouse," the official continued.

The conference, organized by the China Center for International Economic Exchanges (CCIEE), focused on implementing the spirit of the Central Economic Work Conference, which was held in Beijing from Wednesday to Thursday as Chinese leaders decided priorities for the economic work in 2026.