Xi urges efforts to eradicate extreme poverty

Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on enhanced efforts and precise measures to eradicate extreme poverty.

Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) talks with local villagers in Zhaojiawa Village of Kelan County in Xinzhou City, north China's Shanxi Province, June 21, 2017. Xi had an inspection tour in Shanxi Wednesday.[Photo: Xinhua]

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks when presiding over a symposium on poverty relief Friday in northern China's Shanxi Province.

It must be ensured that areas and people stricken by extreme poverty enter a "moderately prosperous society" along with the rest of the nation, Xi said.