Hu Jintao highly appraises SINOTRUCK independent innovation

President Hu Jintao thought highly of the speech of Ma Chunji, Board Chairman of China National Heavy Duty Truck Group Co., Ltd. (SINOTRUCK) at the 11th NPC and stressed independent innovation and transformation of economic development mode to make China equipment manufacturing stronger.

On the morning of March 9, President Hu Jintao joined the Shandong Delegation to deliberate on the work reports made by Premier Wen Jiabao and Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee Wu Bangguo and he highly praised the speech of "strengthening independent innovation capability and making China equipment manufacturing stronger" delivered by Ma Chunji.

Hu said that Ma's opinion is very good and they have examined the decision of the CPC Central Committee in their own practices. As Ma mentioned, China has to take improving independent innovation capability as the central part of changing economic development mode and promote original innovation, integrated innovation and innovation after introduction and digestion.

In Ma's speech, he expressed that they have actual experiences of independent innovation talked about in Premier's report, which proposed to insist on taking enhancing independent innovation capability as the central part of changing economic development mode. SINOTRUCK, as a large-scale state-owned enterprise will give full play to its main body role in independent innovation and take the responsibility of leading Chinese advanced manufacturing. [Chinese version is available on China Business Herald News Weekly]