Xi inspects village, afforestation area in NW China
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Updated: 2019-08-21 19:01
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LANZHOU -- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, visited a rural community and an afforestation area in northwest China's Gansu province Wednesday.
Xi visited a new community in Gulang county, which is home to rural residents relocated out of ecological concerns, and inquired about their livelihoods and progress on poverty relief.
He also inspected an afforestation program in a desert area of Gansu, where he learned about the latest developments in desertification control and environmental protection.
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