(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-06-01 08:39

Hu wished the kids a happy holiday and handed around gifts to them.

He then inspected relief work at the village and asking local officials to set the examples and lead residents to rebuild the hometown.

Chinese President Hu Jintao (C) talks to quake survivors in Jinshansi Village, Guangping Town, Ningqiang County, Shaanxi Province, northwest China, May 31, 2008. [Xinhua]

At a medical camp, Hu walked from bed to bed, asking patients' conditions and heartening them to recover through treatment and good rest.

He shook hands with 12-year-old Zhao Shasha, who was receiving treatment there, and said, "Let's make a friend."

He also stopped 65-year-old Tao Yaoxiu from sitting up from her bed. The tearful elderly thanked him for coming to visit them and Hu answered, "We are people's servants. We should take care of your business."

He thanked medical workers for trying their best to save people and hope them to work harder to help locals.

Chinese President Hu Jintao talks to a resident injured in the May 12 quake in Jinshansi Village, Guangping Town, Ningqiang County, Shaanxi Province, northwest China, May 31, 2008. [Xinhua]

News spread soon about the visit of President Hu and more villagers came to see him.

"We are thinking of you and worrying for you difficulties. Please don't worry, the Party and government will try every method to settle you down and rebuild your hometown," he said. "We will pull through the hard time with support and assistance from the government and people nationwide as well as your own efforts. Your life will be better."

On Saturday evening, Hu said at a meeting that the local government should balance the quake relief and economic development but relief work would top the agenda.

The country should first solve the most urgent housing problem, he said. More tents and shiftable houses should be shipped to the quake zone so that locals can settle down and kids can go to school.

He also asked local governments to well organize people to pick up farming as the harvest season is drawing near.

 

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