The first phase of the comprehensive scientific investigation in the southwestern and northern bay areas was held in Nanning. Chen Gang, Hou Jianguo, and Long Teng attended and spoke. Wei Tao presided over the meeting.

On December 17th, the first phase of the comprehensive scientific investigation in the Southwest and Beibu Gulf area was held in Nanning. Chen Gang, the Secretary of the Autonomous Region Party Committee and Director of the Standing Committee of the Regional People's Congress, Hou Jianguo, the President and Party Secretary of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Long Teng, the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Science and Technology, attended and delivered speeches. Wei Tao, the Chairman of the Autonomous Region, chaired the meeting. Chen Gang stated that the comprehensive scientific investigation in the Southwest and Beibu Gulf area is a major event for the development of science and technology in China. Guangxi, as one of the important provinces for this scientific investigation, will deeply implement the important discussions on science and technology innovation by General Secretary Xi Jinping and the important requirements for work in Guangxi, liberate minds, innovate and seek change, strengthen the sea and open up development, adhere to hard work as the foundation and innovation as the soul, speak with achievements and let the people evaluate, actively serve the needs of the country, actively adapt to the direction of high-quality development, make full use of the advantages of scientific research, do its best in Guangxi, closely connect and coordinate the work of this scientific investigation with various tasks in Guangxi, promote overall development and implementation, strive to achieve a win-win situation for the value of scientific investigation and local benefits, promote economic and social high-quality development in the smooth implementation of the scientific investigation, and make efforts to write a chapter of China's modern Guangxi with strength.