Special Report:
China's war on snow
havoc
Spring Festival Special
2008
BEIJING, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- In the past five
consecutive years, it has been a common sight for China's top leaders to visit
ordinary Chinese on Lunar New Year's eve. This year was no exception.
Amid China's worst weather disaster for decades,
President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao both spent the most important holiday
in disaster-hit regions, directing relief work and greeting people being
affected.
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Chinese President Hu Jintao visits
villagers in southern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on
Wednesday. (Xinhua Photo)
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Hu
was in southern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Tuesday and Wednesday.
"Lunar New Year's eve" was his favorite topic throughout the trip.
Shaking hands with road repair workers en route to
Ziyuan, a county without electricity and telecommunication service due to severe
snow, Hu said he appreciated their work on this special day.
As he came across an army transportation squad later
Wednesday, he asked them to deliver relief supplies to those in need in time for
them to have a better holiday.
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Chinese President Hu Jintao helps
soldiers load relief supplies to a helicopter on Tuesday. (Xinhua
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At a farmer's house, Hu said to the family: "We were
very concerned for you when we were in Beijing."
He told officials in company that current priorities
were to have people's livelihood well arranged.
Officials should make sure that local people had
enough food, clothes and quilts, and when they were sick they would be timely
treated, Hu ordered.
On Wednesday afternoon, Premier Wen hastened to the
eastern province of Jiangxi and visited Fuzhou City, which has been in the dark
for more than 20 days.
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R Front)
greets people at Guanyin Village of Longli County, southwest China's
Guizhou Province, on Feb. 5, 2008. Premier Wen Jiabao made an inspection
tour in Guizhou, one of the worst hit provinces amid China's weather
disaster, and extended festival greetings to local people on Feb. 5, ahead
of the Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year. (Xinhua
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Learning that electricity was expected to be restored
at about 8 p.m. Wednesday, Wen said that he felt reassured. He also showed
concern about agriculture, urging local farmers to prepare seeds and fertilizer
for the spring planting season.
Then Wen visited Jiangxi University of Finance and
Economics, where he had Lunar New Year's eve dinner with students who couldn't
go home.
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (2nd L) tries
to climb up a hill to reach a power repair site and see the workers, in
southern Guizhou Province, southwest China, Feb. 5, 2008. (Xinhua
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Both leaders seized every chance to boost public
morale on this special day, something they had been doing in the past weeks.
Hu stressed that the public should hold the firm
belief of victory over the weather disaster.
"We lost much in the weather disaster... but we also
got many things, such as courage, will and the ability to overcome difficulties.
Amid the disaster, relations between officials and the masses strengthened and
people became more united," Wen said.
President Hu: Hold firm belief in
victory over weather crisis
BEIJING, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu
Jintao called on the public on Monday to hold the firm belief of victory over
the weather crisis that is still plaguing the southern part of the country.
Hu also stressed that the public should not overlook
the situation and task of the current relief work. Full story
Chinese premier makes latest visit to
disaster-hit region, 3rd in 9 days
BEIJING, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- As most Chinese prepared
dinners for Lunar New Year's Eve family reunions, Premier Wen Jiabao had a busy
travel schedule that took him around the country's winter disaster areas.
On Wednesday afternoon, Wen hastened to the eastern
province of Jiangxi where he visited the city of Fuzhou, which has been in the
dark for more than 20 days. Full story
