Xinjiang assistance targets livelihoods

Assistance projects to help develop the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region will continue focusing on improving people's livelihoods and poverty alleviation, a senior official said at a three-day conference that ended on Tuesday.

People from Xinjiang, particularly members of ethnic minority groups, will be encouraged to travel more to other parts of China to boost understanding between regions, said Wang Yang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee.

He spoke at the Seventh National Work Conference on Pairing Assistance for Xinjiang held in Hotan prefecture from Sunday to Tuesday.