BEIJING, Jan. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Chinese
New Year, which is also called the Spring Festival, is the most
important Chinese festival centering on family reunions. It's like
a combination of Christmas and New Year in the West.
The Spring Festival falls on February
1 this year. From mouthwatering food to new clothes,
decorations and entertainment, Chinese families celebrate the
festival, hoping for a fresh start and good fortune for the year to
come.
Chinese President Xi Jinping joined residents in north
China's Shanxi Province days ahead of the Spring
Festival as he began a visit on Wednesday.
For 10 years in a row, Xi has made it a tradition to visit
people in different parts of China, delivering warm greetings and best
wishes.
'I feel assured'
Braving the snow, Xi on Wednesday went to Fengnanyuan Village of
Huozhou City, where he visited people affected by the flooding last
year that disrupted the lives of 1.76 million residents in
Shanxi.
"I came to Shanxi today
primarily out of the concern for people whose work and lives were
affected by last year's disaster," Xi told the villagers.
After inspecting the post-disaster reconstruction as well as
local work in restoring farming and ensuring the public's access to
heating in winter, Xi said, "I feel assured."
On his past pre-Spring Festival tours, Xi sat down with
residents, listened to their concerns and joined them for festival
preparations ranging from making sticky rice cakes to frying dough
and pasting red paper cuttings.
Xi's trips are an example of his "people first" approach, which
not only shows these rural residents that they have not been
forgotten but also leaves them with a sense of hope for better
lives in the year to come.
Rural vitalization in full swing
During the inspection tour to Duancun Village of Fenxi County on
Wednesday afternoon, Xi urged more work to consolidate achievements
in poverty alleviation by promoting rural vitalization, an
indispensable part of the country's modernization drive.
He told a group of villagers that modernization of rural areas
will be realized and the residents will have an increasingly
promising future.
In February 2021, China officially declared that it had
eliminated absolute poverty, meaning the Chinese people realized a
long-cherished wish for ample food and clothing as well as
comfortable housing.
Since then, China has been
working to foster rural industries, promote the application of
agricultural technologies and nurture beautiful countryside.
A total of 50 modern agricultural industrial zones, 50
industrial clusters with distinctive strengths and 298 towns with
strong agricultural industries were established across the country
in 2021, according to Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Affairs.
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