Chinese President Xi Jinping talks with villagers at villager Ma Kejun's home in Yangling village of Dawan town in Guyuan city, Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region, July 18, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua]

July 18, 2016

"There are still some 50 million Chinese struggling with poverty, and by 2020 they must all be lifted out of poverty. This is my top concern now."

Xi Jinping made a three-day inspection tour in Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region. No region or ethnic group should be left behind in China's drive to build a moderately prosperous society by 2020, Xi said.

Xi has urged developed regions in the east help their partner regions in the west better fight poverty at a national conference on poverty alleviation through east-west cooperation in Yinchuan, capital city of Ningxia.