The Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held a meeting on May 27 to review the "Several Policy Measures for Accelerating the Rise of the Central Region in the New Era" and the "Accountability Provisions for Preventing and Resolving Financial Risks (Trial)". Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the meeting.

The meeting noted that promoting the rise of the central region is a major strategic decision made by the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core. It is essential to deeply understand the strategic intent of the CPC Central Committee, always closely adhere to the strategic positioning of the central region as an important national grain production base, energy and raw materials base, modern equipment manufacturing and high-tech industry base, and comprehensive transportation hub, focus on advancing all key tasks, and strive to achieve new major breakthroughs in the rise of the central region.

The meeting emphasized the need to fully leverage the advantage of concentrated scientific and educational resources, adhere to innovation-driven development, and strengthen original scientific and technological research. It is necessary to develop new quality productive forces in light of local conditions, accelerate the building of a modern industrial system, make the real economy bigger and stronger, and comprehensively advance the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, cultivate and strengthen emerging industries, and plan and lay out future industries. It is necessary to leverage regional advantages, strengthen the building of a modern transportation infrastructure system, promote the efficient, free and convenient flow of factors, and better integrate into and serve the new development pattern. It is necessary to coordinate the advancement of ecological and environmental protection and green, low-carbon development, and accelerate the building of a beautiful central region. It is necessary to adhere to integrated urban-rural development and solidly advance comprehensive rural revitalization. It is necessary to vigorously enhance the capacity to ensure grain, energy and resource security, and achieve mutual reinforcement between high-quality development and high-level security. The Central Leading Group for Regional Coordinated Development should strengthen overall coordination, refine and substantiate all tasks, and advance implementation in a list-based manner. Relevant departments should increase support, and the six central provinces of Shanxi, Anhui, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei and Hunan should earnestly shoulder their principal responsibilities, pool strong synergy for the work, and strive to write a new chapter in the rise of the central region.

The meeting noted that preventing and resolving financial risks bears on national security, the overall development situation, and the safety of people's property, and is a major threshold that must be crossed to achieve high-quality development. Formulating and issuing the "Accountability Provisions for Preventing and Resolving Financial Risks (Trial)" is aimed at further promoting the implementation of the requirements for full and rigorous Party self-governance in the financial sector, effectively strengthening the centralized and unified leadership of the CPC Central Committee over financial work, further tightening the responsibilities of relevant financial management departments, financial institutions, industry regulatory departments, and local Party committees and governments, urging leading cadres at all levels to establish a correct view of political performance, and implementing all tasks for comprehensively strengthening financial supervision, preventing and resolving financial risks, and promoting high-quality financial development.

The meeting emphasized the need to earnestly implement the "Provisions", persist in strictness, dare to confront tough issues head-on, dare to manage and be strict, and truly manage with real strictness, release a strong signal that dereliction of duty will surely be questioned and accountability will surely be strict, push financial supervision to truly "grow teeth and spikes" and have edges and corners, and establish the strict tone, strict measures and strict atmosphere in the financial sector and maintain them over the long term.