XINING — President Xi Jinping stressed the need to always put the people first and advance reform and opening-up in efforts to promote ecological conservation and high-quality development on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. 

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks during his inspection tour of Northwest China's Qinghai province from June 7 to 9. 

The trip took Xi to the provincial capital Xining and the Haibei Tibetan autonomous prefecture. On the afternoon of June 7, Xi visited a carpet production company in Xining, where he learned about efforts in preserving and carrying forward local craft of hand-knitting carpets. 

Xi stressed encouraging industries that have the most distinctive local features and the most vigorous enterprises in promoting high-quality development. 

He also called for fostering a policy environment that encourages, supports and guides the development of private enterprises, as well as coordinating the development of industries and enterprises with efforts in boosting employment and promoting rural vitalization and ethnic unity. 

Xi then went to a residential community in Xining. He stressed the roles of primary-level Party organizations and Party members in community governance, urging efforts to build residential communities into important platforms for promoting ethnic unity and progress. 

Inspecting the county of Gangcha in Haibei on June 8, Xi said the achievements in conserving the ecological environment of Qinghai Lake are hard-won, and must be cherished, consolidated and expanded. 

He called for accelerated efforts in building a nature reserves system "centering on national parks, based on natural reserves and supplemented by various kinds of natural parks" to better protect the eco-environment and biodiversity. 

Xi then went to a village in Shaliuhe township where herdsmen have resettled. Visiting the home of a Tibetan herdsman, Xi said the Party has won the people's wholehearted support because it has always served the people with heart and soul and strived for the wellbeing of all ethnic groups. 

Speaking with villagers, Xi said he felt delighted to learn that they are leading happy lives. "We shall continue to work hard, and by the time New China celebrates its centenary, the Chinese nation will, without a doubt, stand firmer and stronger among the world's nations," he said. 

Not a single ethnic group should be left behind in the efforts to fully build a modern socialist China, Xi said, adding that the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation can be only achieved when all ethnic groups remain closely united like the seeds of a pomegranate that stick together. 

On the morning of June 9, Xi listened to the provincial Party committee and government of Qinghai report their work, and acknowledged the achievements the province has made in various fields.

President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, visits a company producing carpets to learn about how it leveraged the advantages of local resources and used new design concepts to boost its products' competitiveness, create jobs and increase the income of locals in Xining, Northwest China's Qinghai province, June 7, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]

President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, visits a company producing carpets to learn about how it leveraged the advantages of local resources and used new design concepts to boost its products' competitiveness, create jobs and increase the income of locals in Xining, Northwest China's Qinghai province, June 7, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]

President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, greets employees of a company producing carpets in Xining, Northwest China's Qinghai province, June 7, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]

President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, talks with employees of a company producing carpets in Xining, Northwest China's Qinghai province, June 7, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]

President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, visits a residential community to learn about its efforts to strengthen Party building, improve community-level governance and advance ethnic unity and progress in Xining, Northwest China's Qinghai province, June 7, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]

President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, visits a residential community to learn about its efforts to strengthen Party building, improve community-level governance and advance ethnic unity and progress in Xining, Northwest China's Qinghai province, June 7, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]

President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, visits a residential community to learn about its efforts to strengthen Party building, improve community-level governance and advance ethnic unity and progress in Xining, Northwest China's Qinghai province, June 7, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]

President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, talks with local people while visiting a residential community in Xining, Northwest China's Qinghai province, June 7, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]

President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, is briefed about the environmental protection efforts in the Qilian Mountains and Qinghai Lake, and inspects achievements made in comprehensively addressing environmental problems and protecting biodiversity at the lake, in Gangcha county of Haibei Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Northwest China's Qinghai province, June 8, 2021. Xi on June 8 visited Gangcha county during his inspection tour of Qinghai province. [Photo/Xinhua]

President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, is briefed about the environmental protection efforts in the Qilian Mountains and Qinghai Lake, and inspects achievements made in comprehensively addressing environmental problems and protecting biodiversity at the lake, in Gangcha county of Haibei Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Northwest China's Qinghai province, June 8, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]

President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, inspects the achievements made in comprehensively harnessing environmental problems and protecting biodiversity at the Qinghai Lake, in Gangcha county of Haibei Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Northwest China's Qinghai province, June 8, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]

President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, learns about the lives of local Tibetan residents while visiting a village of Shaliuhe township in Gangcha county of Haibei Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Northwest China's Qinghai province, June 8, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]

President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, learns about the lives of local Tibetan residents while visiting a village of Shaliuhe township in Gangcha county of Haibei Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Northwest China's Qinghai province, June 8, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]

President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, waves to villagers while visiting a village of Shaliuhe Township in Gangcha county of Haibei Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Northwest China's Qinghai province, June 8, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]

President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, talks to local Tibetan residents while visiting a village of Shaliuhe township in Gangcha county of Haibei Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Northwest China's Qinghai province, June 8, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]