Xi calls for action to revive the northeast

President Xi Jinping used a field inspection trip to Heilongjiang province this week to spread the message about the central leadership's decision to revive China's northeastern industrial belt.

He called for more action on economic reform and on environmentally friendly development in Heilongjiang and the northeast region.

The central leadership has issued a new plan to revitalize the economy in the northeast, which has long been hampered by a lack of reform and industrial upgrading.