Xi stresses people-centered development in urban construction

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, communicates with residents while visiting a section of the Yangshupu Waterworks located in Yangpu Binjiang public space in Shanghai, east China, Nov. 2, 2019. Xi made an inspection tour in China's economic hub Shanghai Saturday. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)

SHANGHAI, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said that the concept of people-centered development must be carried out in urban construction.

Xi made the remarks during an inspection tour in China's economic hub Shanghai Saturday.

"The cities are built by the people and are for the people," Xi said while visiting a section of the Yangshupu Waterworks located in Yangpu Binjiang public space.

People now have a sense of happiness and gain as the previous rust-belt area, which had witnessed Shanghai's century-old industrial development, has now turned into a beautiful livable zone, Xi said.

Xi called for efforts to reasonably arrange the space for production, living and ecological purposes and expand public space so that the public would have places for leisure, fitness and entertainment.

"We should let the city become a paradise for the public to comfortably live and work in," Xi said.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, visits a section of the Yangshupu Waterworks located in Yangpu Binjiang public space in Shanghai, east China, Nov. 2, 2019. Xi made an inspection tour in China's economic hub Shanghai Saturday. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, communicates with citizens as he visits a section of the Yangshupu Waterworks located at Binjiang public space in Yangpu District, Shanghai, east China, Nov. 2, 2019. Xi made an inspection tour in China's economic hub Shanghai from Saturday to Sunday. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)