Xi urges building of rural roads to fight poverty

President Xi Jinping urged transportation authorities nationwide to be dedicated to the construction and maintenance of rural roads to speed up rural modernization.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remark in an instruction on rural roads publicized on Monday at the national transport works conference held at Ministry of Transport offices in Beijing.

Transportation authorities and local governments should implement the spirit of the CPC's 19th National Congress and emphasize the building of rural roads in pursuing a rural vitalization strategy and winning the battle against poverty, Xi said.