Premier Wen visits Mianyang, Deyang

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Source: CCTV.com | 05-23-2008 21:27

Premier Wen Jiabao has returned to Sichuan Province to oversee relief work. On Friday morning, he visited Mianyang and Deyang.

Premier Wen visited victims being treated at the Number 404 Hospital in Mianyang. Wen Jiabao praised the courage of three-year-old Lang Zheng, the son of a rescue soldier in Beichuan. Lang Zheng's father has been working tirelessly in Beichuan and has had no time to visit his son.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao listens to Lang Zheng, a boy injured  in last week's 8.0-magnitude earthquake, at NO. 404 hospital in  Mianyang, the quake-hit southwest China's Sichuan Province, May  23, 2008.(Xinhua Photo)

Premier Wen spoke to medical workers and told them to take good care of their patients, stressing again that saving lives is the top priority.

Wen Jiabao continued his inspection, with visits to see how students are coping in temporary classrooms built for Beichuan Middle School, and classrooms made of tents for Jiuzhou school. Both schools have already resumed classes.

In Beichuan Middle School, Premier Wen wrote a Chinese phrase on the blackboard, "hardship makes a country stronger".

In Beichuan Middle School, Premier Wen wrote a Chinese phrase on the blackboard, "hardship makes a country stronger".

Premier Wen said, "We should bear it in mind. In the future we will build a new Beichuan Middle School. I believe that after the disaster you will study harder and as the education continues, our nation will have more hope."

Premier Wen also encouraged students in Jiuzhou school. He said that their diligence would console the dead, and repay the kindness of the people.