Xi urges quake-hit Sichuan to focus on rehabilitation
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May 24, 2013, Friday
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PRESIDENT Xi Jinping has asked provincial governments in southwest China's Sichuan, which was hit by a strong earthquake last month, to shift their focus on rehabilitation.
During a three-day visit to Sichuan that wrapped up yesterday, Xi urged local governments to carefully evaluate the damage and draft a rehabilitation plan based on local conditions.
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Lushan County on April 20, killing at least 196 people.
After he arrived in Lushan yesterday, Xi visited people in tents, inquired about the health conditions of the patients and spoke to primary school students.
Xi said the rehabilitation program should not only consider local economic and social conditions, but also provide a chance for quake-hit areas to upgrade and realize sustainable growth.
Local governments should create preferential rehabilitation policies targeting investment, taxation, land use, employment and social security, he said.
Rehabilitation should also include the participation of the private sector and local residents, he said.
"We should encourage initiatives by local people to help themselves, to rebuild their local economy and improve their own livelihood," he said.
Currently, the major work of government is to help local people get through the hard times by providing medical treatment, necessities, drinking water, food and temporary shelter, President Xi said at a meeting with local officials on Tuesday evening.
Schooling in the quake-hit zone was one particular concern of the president, who visited a primary school on Tuesday afternoon.
In Longxing Central School in Longmen Township, where prefabricated structures were erected as classrooms and offices, Xi asked students to "be strong, brave, united and fraternal."
Xi also stressed that efforts should be made to restore normality in schools and provide psychological counselling.
The president acknowledged the quake rescue and relief progress made by the Sichuan provincial government and the armed forces.
"A serious disaster tests the capacity of local Party organs and members, and also presents a chance to improve their performance," said Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee.
Local CPC organs in quake-hit regions should educate officials and members and improve their working style, he said.
"Where there are dangers and difficulties, there are CPC members," Xi said.
During his trip to the quake zone, Xi also met officers from the People's Liberation Army, military pilots, armed police, and paramilitary rescuers, praising them for their rescue and relief efforts.
Many local farmers lost their homes as well as crops in the earthquake.
While examining corn farms, Xi asked farmers to focus on agricultural production and make the best use of their land.
During a three-day visit to Sichuan that wrapped up yesterday, Xi urged local governments to carefully evaluate the damage and draft a rehabilitation plan based on local conditions.
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Lushan County on April 20, killing at least 196 people.
After he arrived in Lushan yesterday, Xi visited people in tents, inquired about the health conditions of the patients and spoke to primary school students.
Xi said the rehabilitation program should not only consider local economic and social conditions, but also provide a chance for quake-hit areas to upgrade and realize sustainable growth.
Local governments should create preferential rehabilitation policies targeting investment, taxation, land use, employment and social security, he said.
Rehabilitation should also include the participation of the private sector and local residents, he said.
"We should encourage initiatives by local people to help themselves, to rebuild their local economy and improve their own livelihood," he said.
Currently, the major work of government is to help local people get through the hard times by providing medical treatment, necessities, drinking water, food and temporary shelter, President Xi said at a meeting with local officials on Tuesday evening.
Schooling in the quake-hit zone was one particular concern of the president, who visited a primary school on Tuesday afternoon.
In Longxing Central School in Longmen Township, where prefabricated structures were erected as classrooms and offices, Xi asked students to "be strong, brave, united and fraternal."
Xi also stressed that efforts should be made to restore normality in schools and provide psychological counselling.
The president acknowledged the quake rescue and relief progress made by the Sichuan provincial government and the armed forces.
"A serious disaster tests the capacity of local Party organs and members, and also presents a chance to improve their performance," said Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee.
Local CPC organs in quake-hit regions should educate officials and members and improve their working style, he said.
"Where there are dangers and difficulties, there are CPC members," Xi said.
During his trip to the quake zone, Xi also met officers from the People's Liberation Army, military pilots, armed police, and paramilitary rescuers, praising them for their rescue and relief efforts.
Many local farmers lost their homes as well as crops in the earthquake.
While examining corn farms, Xi asked farmers to focus on agricultural production and make the best use of their land.
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