Leader of the Communist Party of China Xi Jinping has called for courage to help deepen reforms in the country's development.

Leader of the Communist Party of China Xi Jinping has called for courage to help deepen reforms in the country's development.?[Xinhua]

Xi Jinping compared the difficulty facing the country's deepened reform and opening up, to that in "storming a fortification", as he joined Shanghai deputies in group discussion of Premier Wen's government work report.

Xi Jinping said the government should give more respect to the law of the market and play a better role in advancing reform and opening up. He also stressed the importance of innovation and technology in breaking through the bottleneck restriction for development, and solves deeply rooted problems.

The General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee added that the government and society should facilitate innovation with a global vision, to come up with core technologies to drive industrial development.