Senior CPC Leader Inspects Southeast Province, Urges Increased Development

Zhou Yongkang (L), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and secretary of the Political and Legislative Affairs Committee of the CPC Central Committee, meets with representatives of the political and legislative circle of Fujian Province, in Fuzhou, capital of southeast China's Fujian Province, Oct. 23, 2010. Zhou Yongkang made an inspection tour in Fujian from Oct. 22 to 23. (Xinhua/Liu Jiansheng)

FUZHOU, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- Senior Communist Party of China (CPC) leader Zhou Yongkang, while on an inspection tour, has urged officials in the coastal province of Fujian in southeast China to pursue leapfrog economic development.

Fujian should make full use of the opportunity for development and put in place the next five-year development plan based upon its real conditions to significantly improve the people's standards of living, said Zhou, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee.

He further said the province should increase its economic and cultural exchanges with Taiwan.

Zhou also told officials to divert more government spending and public services to impoverished areas and low-income residents to boost the development of the old revolutionary base areas, as well as the western and northern areas in Fujian.

Zhou Yongkang (C), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and secretary of the Political and Legislative Affairs Committee of the CPC Central Committee, visits the Xiamen Meiya Pico Information Co., Ltd. in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province, Oct. 22, 2010. Zhou Yongkang made an inspection tour in Fujian from Oct. 22 to 23. (Xinhua/Liu Jiansheng)

Zhou Yongkang (2nd R), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and secretary of the Political and Legislative Affairs Committee of the CPC Central Committee, talks with policewoman Lin Chunlan while visiting the Gushan police station in Fuzhou, capital of southeast China's Fujian Province, Oct. 23, 2010. Zhou Yongkang made an inspection tour in Fujian from Oct. 22 to 23. (Xinhua/Liu Jiansheng)

Zhou Yongkang (2nd R), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and secretary of the Political and Legislative Affairs Committee of the CPC Central Committee, visits the family of Chen Weihuai in the Wanjing low-rent housing community in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province, Oct. 22, 2010. Zhou Yongkang made an inspection tour in Fujian from Oct. 22 to 23. (Xinhua/Liu Jiansheng)

Zhou Yongkang (R Front), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and secretary of the Political and Legislative Affairs Committee of the CPC Central Committee, talks with immigration inspection staff members at the Xiamen International Cruise Terminal in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province, Oct. 22, 2010. Zhou Yongkang made an inspection tour in Fujian from Oct. 22 to 23. (Xinhua/Liu Jiansheng)

Source: Xinhua