by Huo Xiaoguang fromwww.news.cn
Translated by Wei Xutao; edited by Zhen Yanhua
Time: 2016-3-8 9:30:55 Click: 1,101,046
BEIJING March 8 (Xinhua)—On the morning of Mar. 7, Xi Jinping, general secretary of CPC Central Committee, as well as PRC’s state president and CMC chairman, attended the panel discussion held by Heilongjiang delegation, during the review time of the 4th session of 12th National People’s Congress (NPC) .
During the deliberation process, President Xi highlighted the significance of to the revitalization of old industrial bases in the Northeast of China. After listening to the report made by Wang Xiankui, CPC Secretary of Heilongjiang Committee on the trouble the coal mining industry of Heilongjiang confronts now, as well as the structural reform report on old industrial bases in heilongjiang, President Xi called upon the delegates to focus on renovating ideas, embracing the market and speeding up technological innovation to spur growthof old industrial bases in Heilongjiang Province .
When Lu Hao, Governor of Heilongjiang People’s Government, talked about some of Heilongjiang’s most attractive tourist honeypots such as Zhalong Nature Reserve, the wetlands in Sanjiang Plain and Zhenbao Island (the former Damansky Island), President Xi proposed his suggestions.
President Xi also corcerned the transfermation of Heilongjiang’s development momentum greatly, and asked a lot for the detailed information when some delegates discussed on the issues such as graduates’ self-employment, the dairy production, agriculture, forestry, livelihood and culture protection of ethnic groups, transportation project construction, legal construction, administration simplification, environmental protection, and so on, in Heilongjiang Province.
The annual sessions of NPC and CPPCC(Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference) also referred as “two sessions”. Since the last few years, it has become a standard for Chinese top leaders to join panel discussions held by some delegations during the two sessions to listen to opinions from the grassroots. (Photos by Lan Hongguang) /XINHUA NEWS AGENCY.
