The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) opened on Sunday.

China will accelerate creating a new development pattern and pursue high-quality development, Xi said yesterday.

"We must fully and faithfully apply the new development philosophy on all fronts, continue reforms to develop the socialist market economy, promote high-standard opening-up, and accelerate efforts to foster a new pattern of development that is focused on the domestic economy and features positive interplay between domestic and international economic flows," Xi said.