Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng yesterday called for intensified efforts to strengthen the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (KSPCC) to promote the development of the Xinjiang region. The call was made at a meeting to mark the 70th anniversary of the KSPCC in Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
He, who is also a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, led the central delegation and sent congratulations and greetings to members of all ethnic groups of the CPPCC on behalf of the central authorities. Congratulatory messages from the CPC Central Committee, the State Council and the Central Military Commission were read out at the meeting.
The Xinjiang Corps was established in 1954 from demobilized military personnel and has made significant contributions to Xinjiang's development, ethnic unity, social stability and border protection over the past seven decades. He Lifeng stressed that the KSPCC has opened a new direction for land improvement under the socialist system with Chinese characteristics.
The vice premier also urged the corps to focus more on safeguarding stability in border areas, seek new industrial and technological impetus for quality development, and use reform and opening-up to transform Xinjiang into a "golden corridor" between Asia and Europe.
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