Distinctive rural industries have broad prospects: Xi
Updated: April 12, 2023 13:52Xinhua
Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, visits a lychee orchard at a village in Genzi township, Gaozhou city of Maoming, South China's Guangdong province, April 11, 2023. Xi visited a lychee orchard and a longan and lychee cooperative at the village to learn about local efforts to develop a distinctive planting industry and advance rural revitalization. [Photo/Xinhua]
GUANGZHOU, April 12 -- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said distinctive rural industries have broad prospects.
Xi made the remarks on Tuesday while visiting a village during his inspection trip to South China's Guangdong province.
He went to the village in Genzi Township, Gaozhou City of Maoming, where he inspected a lychee orchard and an agricultural cooperative and commended the villagers' efforts to advance rural revitalization through developing the distinctive lychee industry.
Noting that the place is a "hometown of lychees," Xi said it has distinctive features and advantages in growing lychees, which is an effective approach to promoting common prosperity and advancing rural revitalization.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, visits a longan and lychee cooperative at a village in Genzi township, Gaozhou city of Maoming, South China's Guangdong province, April 11, 2023. Xi visited a lychee orchard and a longan and lychee cooperative at the village to learn about local efforts to develop a distinctive planting industry and advance rural revitalization. [Photo/Xinhua]
Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, talks with villagers at a village in Genzi township, Gaozhou city of Maoming, South China's Guangdong province, April 11, 2023. Xi visited a lychee orchard and a longan and lychee cooperative at the village to learn about local efforts to develop a distinctive planting industry and advance rural revitalization. [Photo/Xinhua]
Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, talks with villagers at a village in Genzi township, Gaozhou city of Maoming, South China's Guangdong province, April 11, 2023. Xi visited a lychee orchard and a longan and lychee cooperative at the village to learn about local efforts to develop a distinctive planting industry and advance rural revitalization. [Photo/Xinhua]
