(260508) -- BEIJING, May 8, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, inspects Shanghai Jiao Tong University in Shanghai, east China, April 30, 2026. Ding has stressed that the country needs to comprehensively improve its basic research level and original innovation capability during recent inspection tours in Fujian Province, Shanghai and Beijing. (Xinhua/Wang Ye)