Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, inspected cities in northwest China's Shaanxi Province and Gansu Province from Tuesday to Friday, and convened a symposium on ecological conservation and high-quality development of the Yellow River basin.
While inspecting Shaanxi's Baoji City on Tuesday afternoon, Xi visited the Baoji Bronze Ware Museum, the first bronze-themed museum in China for the collection, preservation, exhibition, and research of ancient Chinese bronze ware, to learn about the local efforts to enhance the protection and use of cultural relics.
He also visited a riverside ecological park in the city to learn about the ecological conservation of the Weihe River, the largest tributary of the Yellow River.
Xi then traveled to Tianshui City in neighboring Gansu Province, where he went to the Fuxi Temple, a site dedicated to the mythical ancestor of the Chinese nation Fuxi, and called for efforts to protect and pass on the valuable cultural heritage.
On Wednesday morning, the president went to a local apple production base to learn about a local water supply project and the modern specialty fruit industry in mountainous areas.
He also visited the Maijishan Grottoes, one of China's four largest Buddhist cave complexes, to understand local efforts in protecting and passing on cultural heritages.
In the afternoon, Xi visited a residential community in Gansu's provincial capital Lanzhou, where he learned about the local government's measures to improve public services, enhance the well-being of the people, and strengthen comprehensive public security maintenance.
In Lanzhou, Xi also visited the Yellow River section near the Zhongshan Bridge and was briefed on the efforts made by local authorities to promote ecological conservation in the Yellow River basin.
On Thursday morning, Xi, also chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), met with senior officers and representatives of soldiers and civilian staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army troops stationed in Lanzhou.
At the symposium on Thursday afternoon, Xi called for efforts to further deepen reform in a comprehensive way, and use it as a driving force to break new ground in the ecological conservation and high-quality development of the Yellow River basin. On Friday morning, Xi listened to the work reports from the CPC Gansu Provincial Committee and the provincial government, and urged the provincial authorities to deepen reform, make innovation, and do solid work to improve the people's well-being and the province's prosperity.
Xi makes inspections in northwest China's Shaanxi, Gansu provinces
Xi makes inspections in northwest China's Shaanxi, Gansu provinces
