Advancing agriculture efforts put into focus

President Xi Jinping underlined the importance of relentless work in grain production, furthering supply-side structural reform in the agricultural sector and concerted efforts to win the battle against poverty next year in instructions published on Saturday.

Xi's instructions on work related to the agricultural sector, rural areas and farmers came as the central rural work conference was held in the capital on Friday and Saturday.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, emphasized the need to improve the living environment in rural areas, pushing forward the new round of rural reform and improving weak links in rural infrastructure and public services in 2019.