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23:04, 10-Mar-2017
Xi calls for building 'Great Wall of Iron' for Xinjiang's stability
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Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Friday that a "Great Wall of Iron" should be built in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to safeguard national unity, ethnic solidarity and social stability.
Xi, also General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks during a panel discussion with national lawmakers from Xinjiang at the ongoing annual session of the National People's Congress.
Xi called for reinforcing solidarity between the military and government, soldiers and civilians, police and the people, as well as between the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, which does development, and local communities.
Chinese President Xi Jinping joins panel discussion with national lawmakers from Xinjiang at the ongoing annual session of the National People's Congress on March 10, 2017, in Beijing. /Xinhua Photo
Chinese President Xi Jinping joins panel discussion with national lawmakers from Xinjiang at the ongoing annual session of the National People's Congress on March 10, 2017, in Beijing. /Xinhua Photo
He stressed that maintaining stability in Xinjiang is a political responsibility, and that stability-related issues must be handled in a thorough, timely and proper manner.
He called for efforts to make long-term strategies, strengthen the foundations of the local ethnic communities, and to achieve lasting peace and stability in Xinjiang.
(Source: Xinhua)