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GUANGZHOU, Oct. 25-- Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for greater resolve and stronger measures in deepening China's reform and opening-up in the new era. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks during his inspection tour of southern Guangdong Province from Monday to Thursday. "The international and domestic environment has undergone extensive and profound changes in the new era, presenting the reform and opening-up with new circumstances, tasks and challenges," Xi said. "To seize opportunities and counter challenges, the key is upholding the banner of reform and opening-up in the new era, and continuously deepen reform and expand opening-up in a comprehensive way, " he said. Xi visited places including Zhuhai, Qingyuan, Shenzhen and Guangzhou, where he learned about the work on applying the guiding principles of the CPC's 19th National Congress, deepening reform and opening up, as well as advancing high-quality economic development. On Monday afternoon, Xi visited an industrial park for traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in the Hengqin New area in Zhuhai, a pioneer project developed under a cooperation agreement between Guangdong and Macao. Xi called for more efforts in exploring the essence of TCM and better collaboration between enterprises, universities and research institutes to advance the industrialization, modernization and globalization of TCM. | 
