Chinese leader urges greater poverty-alleviation efforts
CHINA: Chinese leader Xi Jinping urged local authorities to
escalate poverty-alleviation work during his weekend visit to
impoverished villages in north China’s remote Fuping County.
Braving chilly weather around minus-10 degrees Celsius, Xi, General
Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee,
reached Fuping, an impoverished county set deep in the Taihang Mountains
of Hebei Province, on Saturday afternoon.
On Sunday morning, Xi visited farmers’ homes in the villages of
Luotuowan and Gujiatai in Longquanguan Township to get a first-hand look
at people’s lives there.
During chats with villagers, Xi paid special attention to
difficulties in their daily life, such as problems concerning income,
food, education and medical care. He also visited village clinics and
shops and talked with village officials. During his visit, Xi said local
officials should always bear in mind poverty-stricken groups and work
for them with their whole heart and soul.
XINHUA
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