BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday stressed efforts to improve the modern corporate system with Chinese characteristics and foster a globally competitive open environment for scientific and technological innovation.

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Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks when presiding over the fifth meeting of the central commission for deepening overall reform of the 20th CPC Central Committee, which he heads.