During an inspection tour in northeastern Jilin Province on Monday and Tuesday, Li urged stepping up innovation, pushing forward industrial restructuring, and improving people's lives, in order to achieve sound economic and social development.
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Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang (L Front) visits Bajiazi Forestry Bureau's shantytowns in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, northeast China's Jilin Province, Aug. 31, 2009. Li Keqiang made an inspection tour in Jilin Province from Aug. 31 to Sept. 1. |
Li also visited several other enterprises, including the Jilin Aodong Medicine Industry Group Co., Ltd., a leading pharmaceutical company, and encouraged firms to diversify their product mix to meet various demands and explore new markets.
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Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang (R Front) talks with workers at Changchun First Automobile Works in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin Province, Aug. 31, 2009 |
China has 1.7 million forestry workers, of whom 960,000 live in shanty towns.
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Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang (R2 Front) visits the Yanji branch of Jilin Aodong Pharmaceutical Industry Group in Yanji, northeast China's Jilin Province, Aug. 31, 2009. |
The central government has pledged to allocate 49.3 billion yuan (7.25 billion U.S. dollars) from the central budget to finance housing projects in 2009 alone.
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Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang (L) visits Bajiazi Forestry Bureau's shantytowns in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, northeast China's Jilin Province, Aug. 31, 2009. |