Advances called for in tackling disasters

Xi also highlights Sichuan-Tibet Railway project at meeting

President Xi Jinping stressed on Wednesday the need to improve the country's capability to guard against and deal with natural disasters and advance the planning and building of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remark while presiding over the third meeting of the Central Committee for Financial and Economic Affairs. Xi is head of the committee.