Xi Urges Development through Scientific Innovation

　　Chinese President Xi Jinping has issued a new call for a greater focus on scientific innovation, saying it should be the driving force for China's development.

 

　　Xi Jinping's comments have been made during a stop at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

 

　　He says a strong command of science can help "revitalize" the country.

 

　　"We should introduce and learn from international advanced technologies, and more importantly to take an unbeaten path. To be innovative¹, we should bear with innovative thinking and the courage to challenge existing theories, as well as to open up research in new direction, to eliminate obstacles and achieve execellency. "

 

　　Xi Jinping has also called on the scientists at the Academy to be more ambitious and eliminate the obstacles that hinder scientific development.

1 innovative   

adj.革新的，新颖的，富有革新精神的

参考例句：

• Discover an innovative way of marketing.发现一个创新的营销方式。
• He was one of the most creative and innovative engineers of his generation.他是他那代人当中最富创造性与革新精神的工程师之一。