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 innovative, 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.