Senior leader urges publicity, culture sectors to support development

ZHENGZHOU, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- A senior Chinese leader on Monday called on China's publicity, ideological and cultural sectors to step up support for the country's social and economic development.

Li Changchun, a member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Political Bureau, made the remarks during a five-day inspection tour that ended Monday to the central province of Henan.

The sectors should increase efforts to boost confidence, promote reforms, encourage innovation, push forward development and protect stability, in order to implement the CPC Central Committee's policies to promote China's economic growth, improve people's livelihoods, and safeguard social stability, Li said.

Visiting enterprises in Henan, Li urged the province to build a market-oriented technology innovation mechanism in which enterprises played the main role, and production and research were combined.

He also urged local authorities to improve services at museums, to turn them into venues for patriotic education, classrooms for the students, tourist sites for both domestic and foreign guests and platforms for cultural exchanges, scientific research and education.

Li also visited grassroots cultural centers and a television broadcast company.