Chinese vice premier underlines livelihood restoration in quake regions

Source: Xinhua | 01-19-2009 08:20

LANZHOU, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang urged the restoration of people's livelihood in the quake-hit regions during his visit in northwestern Gansu Province between Jan. 15 and Jan. 17.

Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang (R) visits  poor villager Liao Zhenxiang in Hedong Village  of Longnan City, in northwest China's Gansu  Province, on Jan. 16, 2009. Li Keqiang, also  a member of the Standing Committee of the  Communist Party of China Central Committee  Political Bureau, made an inspection tour in  Gansu Province from Jan. 15 through 17.  (Xinhua/Li Xueren)

Some areas of Gansu were shattered by the devastating May 12 earthquake centered in Wenchuan of neighboring Sichuan Province last year.

Efforts should be made to ensure that all people in the quake-hit regions had enough food to eat, had clothes to resist the cold and were well housed in the freezing winter, Li said when visiting quake-affected villagers.

More support should be given to speed up the building of permanent housing with a precondition that the quality must be guaranteed, he said.