Chinese premier promotes development in central, western areas
DATE:2015-02-17 SOURCE:Xinhua News Agency
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, hands a cup of instant noodle to a migrant worker who is on his way home at Zhongchao service zone on Liluo expressway in southwest China''s Guizhou Province, Feb. 14, 2015. Li made a tour in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Perfecture and Guiyang in Guizhou on Feb. 13 - 15, and extended festival greetings to locals and people of all ethnic groups ahead of the Spring Festival, which falls on Feb. 19. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)
BEIJING, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has urged central and western provinces to speed up economic growth efforts during a three-day visit to western China.
Li visited a local market, a village and an economic zone and talked with local people in an ethnic minority town and the capital city of southwest China''s Guizhou Province ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year.
The premier extended new year greetings to people from all walks of life.
Li urged local governments to improve economic, medical, ecological and infrastructure conditions as consumption in rural areas was crucial to expanding domestic demand.
Li also said the government would improve education aid policies; roll out guidelines to facilitate sector growth in central and western areas; and encourage more migrant workers to return home.
These regions can be new engines to power national economic growth and they should seek an innovative development model by facilitating industrial upgrading and supporting emerging sectors, Li added.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, hands a bag of goods for Spring Festival to family members of Lin Xianping, a villager in Pudong Village of Liping County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Perfecture of southwest China''s Guizhou Province, Feb. 13, 2015. Li made a tour in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Perfecture and Guiyang in Guizhou on Feb. 13 - 15, and extended festival greetings to locals and people of all ethnic groups ahead of the Spring Festival, which falls on Feb. 19. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, shakes hands with venders at a market in Liping County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Perfecture in southwest China''s Guizhou Province, Feb. 13, 2015. Li made a tour in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Perfecture and Guiyang in Guizhou on Feb. 13 - 15, and extended festival greetings to locals and people of all ethnic groups ahead of the Spring Festival, which falls on Feb. 19. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, communicates with college and university students who have returned for Spring Festival at Pudong Village of Liping County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Perfecture of southwest China''s Guizhou Province, Feb. 13, 2015. Li made a tour in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Perfecture and Guiyang in Guizhou on Feb. 13 - 15, and extended festival greetings to locals and people of all ethnic groups ahead of the Spring Festival, which falls on Feb. 19. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, visits the family of Lin Xianping, a villager in Pudong Village of Liping County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Perfecture of southwest China''s Guizhou Province, Feb. 13, 2015. Li made a tour in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Perfecture and Guiyang in Guizhou on Feb. 13 - 15, and extended festival greetings to locals and people of all ethnic groups ahead of the Spring Festival, which falls on Feb. 19. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, visits local villagers in Pudong Village of Liping County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Perfecture of southwest China''s Guizhou Province, Feb. 13, 2015. Li made a tour in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Perfecture and Guiyang in Guizhou on Feb. 13 - 15, and extended festival greetings to locals and people of all ethnic groups ahead of the Spring Festival, which falls on Feb. 19. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, visits workers at a construction site of Guiyang Metro system in Guiyang, capital of southwest China''s Guizhou Province, Feb. 14, 2015. Li made a tour in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Perfecture and Guiyang in Guizhou on Feb. 13 - 15, and extended festival greetings to locals and people of all ethnic groups ahead of the Spring Festival, which falls on Feb. 19. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, visits local villagers in Pudong Village of Liping County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Perfecture of southwest China''s Guizhou Province, Feb. 13, 2015. Li made a tour in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Perfecture and Guiyang in Guizhou on Feb. 13 - 15, and extended festival greetings to locals and people of all ethnic groups ahead of the Spring Festival, which falls on Feb. 19. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, visits Beijing·Guiyang Big Data Application and Exhibition Center in Guiyang, capital of southwest China''s Guizhou Province, Feb. 14, 2015. Li made a tour in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Perfecture and Guiyang in Guizhou on Feb. 13 - 15, and extended festival greetings to locals and people of all ethnic groups ahead of the Spring Festival, which falls on Feb. 19. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, listens to local villagers singing a farewell song at Pudong Village of Liping County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Perfecture of southwest China''s Guizhou Province, Feb. 13, 2015. Li made a tour in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Perfecture and Guiyang in Guizhou on Feb. 13 - 15, and extended festival greetings to locals and people of all ethnic groups ahead of the Spring Festival, which falls on Feb. 19. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)