CHENGDU, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Chinese top political advisor Jia Qinglin has urged local governments in southwest China's Sichuan Province to boost post-quake reconstruction in the areas jolted by a massive earthquake last year.
Jia, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), made the remarks during his inspection tour to Sichuan Province from Aug. 14 to 18.
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Jia Qinglin (3rd L), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), talks with local residents as he visits Maiwa Township of Hongyuan County in the Tibetan-Qiang Autonomous Prefecture of Aba, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 15, 2009. Jia Qinglin visited Sichuan for an investigating and researching tour on Aug. 14-18. (Xinhua/Li Tao) |
A major earthquake measuring 8.0 on the Richter Scale hit the northwest part of Sichuan on May 12 last year.
When visiting several counties near the earthquake's epicenter, Jia asked local governmental officials to try all out to ensure that all the quake homeless could have their new houses and jobs as soon as possible.
During his visit to the provincial capital Chengdu, Jia urged officials to promote reforms in rural areas to gain experience for other regions.
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Jia Qinglin (L FRONT), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), talks with villagers in Anbei Village, Shuijing Township of Songpan County in the Tibetan-Qiang Autonomous Prefecture of Aba, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 14, 2009. (Xinhua/Li Tao) |
Jia also went to the plateau region in the province, with an average altitude of 3,400 meters above sea level, where the official visited local Tibetan herdsmen.
Jia asked religious leaders and followers of Tibetan Buddhism to continue their patriotic tradition and maintain the country's unity and solidarity.
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Jia Qinglin (2nd L), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), visits Dongfang Steam Turbine Plant in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 16, 2009. (Xinhua/Li Tao) |
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Jia Qinglin (C), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), shakes hands with workers at the building site of residential houses in the new county seat for the quake-hit Beichuan County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 16, 2009. (Xinhua/Li Tao) |
