Government and Policy

Premier visits village, community to seek opinions

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-02-02 20:17

BEIJING: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has for the first time gone to a village and an urban community to seek public opinions for the government work report he is to deliver at the annual session of the National People's Congress, the legislature, in March.

Premier visits village, community to seek opinions

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visits a villager's home in Chengde, north China's Hebei province, January 30, 2010. [Photo/Xinhua]

Over the weekend, Wen visited a village in Hebei Province and an urban community in Beijing's Chaoyang District, according to a statement issued Tuesday by the General Office of the State Council, the Cabinet.

Previously, Wen has invited people from different social strata to Zhongnanhai, the compound of the central authorities in the heart of Beijing.

At the village called Pianqiao which Wen visited in 2000 and 2005, villagers voiced their concerns, said the statement.

At the community in Chaoyang District, participants included local officials, community workers, disabled persons, migrant workers, college students, teachers and sanitary workers.

Since late January, Wen has also been presiding over symposiums attended by representatives from various social strata to solicit opinions on the government work report.