Chinese President Xi Jinping (2nd L) visits the design and research center of Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) during his inspection in Shanghai, east China, May 23, 2014. Xi Jinping made an inspection tour to Shanghai from Friday to Saturday. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)

After leaving the FTZ, Xi visited the design and research center of China's state-owned Commercial Aircraft Corporation (COMAC), praising the company's technological breakthroughs in the past six years since it was founded in 2008.

China's largest home made passenger aircraft C919 was designed by the COMAC. Xi said that the research and production of large airliners represent the competitiveness of a country's aviation industry and demonstrate the national power.

China still has a long way to go in developing the industry of large airliners, which calls for perseverance and confidence, the president said.

On Saturday, Xi inspected a medical science company and an automobile company, and expected more independent intellectual property rights and innovation in Chinese enterprises.

He urged more domestic production of modern medical equipment and faster development of new energy vehicles.

The president pointed out that technological innovation has become a pillar in improving a country's strength and boosting reforms in modern times.

China should strive for breakthroughs in advanced technologies and take opportunities to update industrial structure, improve the system of applying and protecting intellectual property rights, and value the wisdom of talents, he said.

Xi urged Shanghai to lead the country in cultivating and practicing the socialist core values and promoting the values into people's daily life.

He stressed the importance of Shanghai in bolstering the exchanges and cooperation in the Yangtze River Delta, one of China's richest areas, and called on the metropolis to continue enhancing regional cooperation and integration and achieving fast economic growth.

Local officials should improve their work abilities and update their knowledge with higher vision and thought, and guard against corruption, the president added.