China's state-owned enterprises (SOE) should deepen reform, promote innovation, and enhance restructuring and management to contribute to a sound and stable economic development, said Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang on Monday.

Zhang made the remarks at a meeting in Beijing, urging the SOEs to make stable and relatively fast development a priority, and fulfill production targets.

Efforts should also go to industrial restructuring and encouragement of core-technology innovation to strengthen competitiveness.

Before the meeting, Zhang visited staff and workers in the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation and China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, among other companies.

(Xinhua News Agency September 28, 2009)