Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi province, ranked top with 2.8 percent GDP growth year-on-year in the first half. Several other emerging first-tier cities, including Changsha, capital of Hunan province, and Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province, also saw their GDP increase by 2.2 percent.
Xi also said that guarding against systemic financial risks is the eternal theme of financial work and the government should take stronger initiative to monitor, warn against and deal with risks in a timely manner.
Wu, in his reply to Xi's message, expressed gratitude for Xi's congratulations and said he expected the two parties will continue to consolidate the 1992 Consensus and promote the institutionalization of peace across the Taiwan Straits.
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Xi made the remarks while delivering a report at the opening session of the 19th CPC National Congress.
Xi said in his speech that a united and stable Northeast Asia could meet the interests of all countries in the region, noting that the population of Northeast Asia countries makes up 23 percent of the global population, and that the region's GDP accounts for 19 percent of the global economy.
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Xi told the officials and entrepreneurs to have strategic views, set a global vision, have a sense of risk and at the same time seize the historic opportunity in order to move forward in the right direction when facing great changes.
Xi said that the past, present, and future have linked the Chinese and French civilizations closely together, noting the age-old cultures of the two peoples are treasures of mankind.
Xi, 30, a native of Shanghai, has since 2017 been dating the 24-year-old Ho, the third child of the casino tycoon and his fourth wife Angela Leong.
Xi paid his first state visit to Germany in early 2014 and during that year, Premier Li also visited Germany, holding the annual high-level consultation meeting with German government.