Xi urges breaking new ground in Yellow River basin ecological conservation, high-quality development

LANZHOU, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday called for breaking new ground in the ecological conservation and high-quality development of the Yellow River basin.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks when he convened a meeting in Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province. ■