China Communist Party policy meeting endorses leader Xi’s high-tech vision for economy WFTV [Video]

BEIJING — (AP) — China’s ruling Communist Party wrapped up a top-level meeting on Thursday by endorsing policies aimed at advancing the country’s technological power and fortifying its national security.

A statement released when the four-day meeting ended provided only a broad-brush summary. More details are likely to emerge in the coming days.

“The current and future period is a critical time for comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation using Chinese-style modernization,” the statement said.

It said the tasks outlined in the meeting would be completed by 2029, the 80th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.

The statement said it is necessary to coordinate development and security, a nod to concern that expanding national security enforcement is weighing on the economy.

But it stressed that “national security is an important foundation for the steady and long-term development of Chinese-style …