President Hu Jintao talks to the locals during his inspection tour to Ningxia
Autonomous Region in northwest China. President Hu has urged local officials
to make greater efforts to fight against desertification and improve the
living conditions of impoverished people in drought areas during the
tour.(Xinhua Photo/Ju Peng) Photo
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YINCHUAN, April 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao
has urged local officials to make greater efforts to fight against
desertification and improve the living conditions of impoverished people in
drought areas.
Hu made the appeals during his inspection tour to
Ningxia, a sandy and drought autonomous region in northwest China, from
Wednesday to Saturday.
"We should strengthen our efforts on desertification
prevention and control by relying on the power of the public and advanced
technology," Hu said.
Hu asked local officials to make continuous efforts
by sticking with environmental improvement goals and contribute to the
construction of a "green wall" in the country's western regions.
He visited families and village clinics in Xihaigu, a
storied poverty-stricken area, urging officials to try their best to accelerate
the development of the area and improve the livelihood of the people.
China has 174 million hectares of sandy areas that
mostly locate in northern and western regions. These areas affect the lives of
400 million people and cause losses of 50 billion yuan (about 6.5 billion U.S.
dollars) a year.
In the first three days of the Spring
Festival, China's Lunar New Year, Chinese President Hu Jintao visited
local residents, workers who stuck to their posts in the week-long
holidays and needy families in northwestern Gansu Province. (Xinhua
Photo) Photo
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LANZHOU, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- In the first three days
of the Spring Festival, China's Lunar New Year, Chinese President Hu Jintao
visited local residents, workers who stuck to their posts in the week-long
holidays and needy families in northwestern Gansu Province.
On the morning of Feb. 18, Hu and other officials
visited the "small West Lake" park in the provincial capital Lanzhou City. The
park was bustling with people performing the lion dance and yangge dance --
popular rural folk dances, playing endemic opera and displaying traditional
home-made handicrafts. Full story
Chinese President Hu Jintao (C, front)
talks to deputies from southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region to the
National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, March 5, 2007. Hu Jintao
attended the group discussion of the Tibetan deputies on the opening day
of the Fifth Session of the Tenth NPC on Monday. (Xinhua/Fan
Rujun) Photo
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BEIJING,
March 5 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao said Monday that to maintain a
harmonious and stable society is a prerequisite for the development of Tibet and
the well-being of all ethnic groups living there.
Emphasis should be laid on improving the living and
working conditions of farmers and herdsmen, so that they can share the
achievements of China's reform and development, said Hu while joining a panel
discussion of Tibetan legislators at the ongoing annual session of the Tenth
National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature. Full story
BEIJING, March 27 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao
has called for "unremitting efforts" to stop the spread of deserts and to ensure
sustainable economic and social development.
Wen told a national meeting on desertification prevention
and treatment, held in Beijing on March 26 and 27, that desertification
prevention and treatment was a long-term and arduous task. Full story
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao meets with
representatives of a national meeting on desertification prevention and
treatment in Beijing, March 26, 2006. (Xinhua Photo/Li Xueren) Photo
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BEIJING, March 27
(Xinhua) -- Twelve Chinese provincial governments signed responsibility
contracts with the State Forestry Administration (SFA) on Tuesday, pledging to
make greater efforts during the 2006-2010 period to combat the spread of the
country's deserts.
The move aimed to clarify the tasks and responsibilities
of the local authorities in fight against desertification, said the SFA. Full story
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