Special Report: China's war on snow havoc
BEIJING, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- "We have the faith, courage and ability to overcome the severe natural
disaster," Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao told the country on Saturday on board a
train in disaster-hit central Hunan Province.
"I am now on a train bound for Chenzhou City with the accompany of heads of relevant departments of the State Council. We are helping with the relief work," Wen said in his address on China National Radio.
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao inspects the Xiangtan Power Plant, the largest heat power plant in central China's Hunan Province, Feb. 2, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)
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delivered Spring Festival wishes to all people in the country.
"The general public, especially those who sacrifice
their lives in the disaster relief, are those who moved me most," Wen was quoted
as saying in TV footage from Hunan Economic TV Station. "Inface of the disaster,
they show us composure, bravery and the spirit of sacrifice."
"I often hear people express out of their own will
thankfulness to the government. But those we really should thank are the
masses," he said.
It was Wen's second visit to disaster-hit Hunan.
He flew out of Beijing on Monday night to Hunan but had to land at Tianhe Airport in neighboring Hubei Province because of the bad weather. He completed his journey by train and arrived in Changsha City, the provincial capital, on Tuesday morning.
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao waves to truck drivers who were stranded by the severe snowstorm and frost on an expressway near Chenzhou of central China's Hunan Province, Feb. 2, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)
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He flew to Hunan for the second time on Friday
afternoon shortly after chairing a meeting that morning in Beijing. For days on
end, China's senior leaders have been leaving the capital to go to
disaster-affected regions to boost public morale amid the worst snow in decades.
China President Hu Jintao made an inspection tour on
Thursday to coal fields in Datong, Shanxi Province, and Qinhuangdao Port in
Hebei Province, through which much of Shanxi's coal is shipped.
Hu entered a mine more than 400 meters underground,
taking an elevator down to meet miners of the Datangtashan coal mine co-op in
Datong who had worked overtime in temperatures of minus 20 degrees Celsius to
increase supply.
Other members of the Standing Committee of the
Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee also ventured
into the field to join the relief efforts.
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) talks to a resident whose house has been out of power for 10 days due to the severe snowstorm and frost, in Chenzhou of central China's Hunan Province, Feb. 2, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao convenes an emergency meeting right after arriving in Changsha, capital of Hunan, Friday afternoon. (Xinhua Photo)
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Leaders' visits boost morale amid
China's winter-weather crisis
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Chinese President Hu Jintao (C) talks to
miners during his inspection to coal fields in central China's Shanxi
Province, Jan. 31, 2008. Chinese President Hu Jintao took an inspection
tour on Thursday to coal fields in Datong of Shanxi Province and
Qinhuangdao Port in Hebei province. (Xinhua Photo)
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BEIJING, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Amid China's worst
snow disaster in decades, the Chinese leaders have shown the public a hands-on
approach by visiting people working on the front lines of the weather crisis.
After chairing two key meetings in as many days in
Beijing, President Hu Jintao took an inspection tour on Thursday to coal fields
in Datong of Shanxi Province and Qinhuangdao Port in Hebei province, through
which much of Shanxi's coal is shipped. Full story
Chinese premier visits passengers
stranded at Guangzhou railway station
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao talks with
passengers on a train leaving for Nanchang in east China's Jiangxi
Province, at the Guangzhou Railway Station in Guangzhou, capital of south
China's Guangdong Province, Jan. 30, 2008.(Xinhua Photo)
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BEIJING, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on
Wednesday visited passengers stranded at the railway station in the southern
city of Guangzhou, saying the government will try its best to make sure they can
go home for family reunion for the upcoming lunar New Year.
Speaking through a megaphone to a large crowd, Wen told
passengers: "You all want to go home and I completely understand how you feel.
We are now fixing the power grid. Once the power supply resumes, trains will be
running. Full story
Premier Wen rushes to Hunan Province
to direct disaster relief work
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) speaks by
a loudspeaker to the stranded passengers at the Railway Station of
Changsha in central China's Hunan Province on Jan. 29, 2008. (Xinhua
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CHANGSHA, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao
has rushed to Hunan to help with the central China province's disaster relief
work following an unprecedented snowfall.
Wen flew out of Beijing on Monday night but had to land at
Tianhe Airport in neighboring Hubei Province because of the bad weather in
Hunan. He then completed his journey by train and arrived in Changsha City, the
provincial capital, on Tuesday morning. Full story
