NANCHANG, May 22 (Xinhua) -- President Xi Jinping has required efforts to enhance the comprehensive strength and competitiveness of the country's central region and to make new advances in the rise of the central region.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks during his inspection tour of Jiangxi Province from Monday to Wednesday.

During the inspection, Xi presided over a work symposium on the rise of the central region and delivered a speech.