Distinctive rural industries have broad prospects: Xi
GUANGZHOU -- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said distinctive rural industries have broad prospects.
Xi made the remarks on Tuesday while visiting a village in the city of Maoming during his inspection trip to South China's Guangdong province.
He went to the village in Genzi township, Gaozhou city of Maoming, where he inspected a lychee orchard and an agricultural cooperative and commended the villagers' efforts to advance rural revitalization through developing the distinctive lychee industry.
Noting that the place is a "hometown of lychees," Xi said it has distinctive features and advantages in growing lychees, which is an effective approach to promoting common prosperity and advancing rural revitalization.
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