Wen calls for redoubled efforts in poverty reduction

A farmer carries a umbrella and bowls as he walks past his crops in the outskirts of Shanghai March 6, 2010. Premier Wen Jiabao on Sunday called for intensified and consistent efforts to reduce poverty in China's poor areas. Wen made the urge when he joined a panel discussion with deputies to the Third Session of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC) from southwest China's Guizhou Province. [Photo/Agencies]