Jia Qinglin, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), said this during his inspection tour to quake-affected Shaanxi and Gansu provinces from Sunday to Thursday that there have been heavy tasks for local governments in terms of relocating quake survivors and rebuilding damaged or destroyed facilities.
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Jia Qinglin (2nd L), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), receives Tibetan scroll painting Tangka and Hada, a long piece of silk used as a traditional greeting gift, offered by a living Buddha of the Labrang Lamasery during his visit to the Lamasery in Xiahe County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province, July 9, 2008. |
He told officials to ensure food, water, clothes and bedding continue to get to survivors, focus on solving housing problems and make scientific plans for reconstruction.
Jia, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, also visited several high-tech enterprises in Gansu.
"Although we have gone through the most severe challenge, the country's economy continues to develop in a steady, relatively fast way in general," he said, adding: "We should transfer the spirit of quake relief into the driving force of economic development."
He also stressed maintaining social stability in Tibetan-inhabited regions