[HIGHLIGHTS] The General Secretary presided over seven important meetings and made a key decision

On March 20, a high-profile symposium was held in Changsha, Hunan Province. It was a symposium on promoting the rise of the central region in the new era.

"Leading industrial innovation with technological innovation and actively cultivating and developing new productive forces" ranks first among the six aspects of work, said the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) The CPC also said the Yangtze River Economic Belt should transform scientific research advantages and talent advantages into development advantages.