
Premier Li Keqiang laid a flower basket at the foot of a statue dedicated to the memory of reform mastermind Deng Xiaoping in Shenzhen, Guangdong, on Monday morning.He then took a deep bow at the foot of the six-meter high bronze sculpture and bowed another three times with ministers who accompanied him on his trip to Shenzhen.
The sculpture is situated on top of Lianhua mountain in Shenzhen, a city at the forefront of Deng's reforms and an early window to the outside world.Deng decided to set up special economic zones in four coastal cities, including Shenzhen, to boost trade with overseas markets.
Li also met a group of former officials who accompanied Deng during the 1992 trip, and encouraged Shenzhen to continue exploring ways to push reform “bravely”, and not be afraid of making mistakes.
Calling Shenzhen an experimental field of reform, Li said more room will be given for the city’s reform exploration and its successful experience could be expanded to the rest of the nation.
It is a tradition for Chinese leaders to pay tribute to Deng to show their determination to deepen reform, but today’s leadership faces new missions and challenges.
In his first visit outside Beijing as top Party leader, President Xi Jinping also went Shenzhen and visited Deng’s statue at the end of 2012.
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