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Xi praises remote villagers鈥 work

President Xi Jinping has encouraged villagers living deep in the mountains in east China鈥檚 Fujian Province to continuously forge ahead and vitalize the rural areas.

Xi made the remarks on Sunday when replying to a letter from residents of Xiadang Township in Fujian鈥檚 Shouning County.

In the letter to Xi, the villagers said that they had shaken off poverty and expressed their gratitude to the CPC Central Committee and the general secretary.

In his letter, Xi expressed delight over Xiadang villagers being lifted out of poverty and living a better life, and extended his congratulations.

Xi said he still remembered his three visits to remote Xiadang.

After 30 years of unremitting struggle by the people, Xiadang has become a place easily accessible by road with a brand new image, while local residents have a stronger sense of happiness and fulfillment, Xi said, 鈥渨hich vividly proves the old adages that weak birds take flight early and constant dropping wears away a stone.鈥

Xi expressed his hope that the villagers can maintain a persistent and hardworking spirit in consolidating their achievements made in poverty relief, actively building the township into a beautiful place and working hard to embark on a path of rural vitalization reflecting the characteristics of the eastern Fujian Province.

Deep in the mountains in Ningde, eastern Fujian, Xiadang had no highway and was hard to reach until the late 1980s. When Xi was working in Fujian, he visited Xiadang thrice to investigate and direct poverty alleviation work, even spending nearly three hours of travel by vehicle and two hours on foot during scorching summer.


 

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