Chinese President Xi Jinping (C) presides over a meeting on earthquake relief work in a tent in southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 21, 2013. Xi made an inspection tour to hard-hit Lushan county and visited local residents from May 21 to May 23. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Lushan on April 20, killing at least 196 people. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)
President Xi Jinping has asked local governments in southwest China's Sichuan Province, which was hit by a strong earthquake last month, to shift their focus to rehabilitation.
During a visit to hard-hit Lushan County, Xi urged local governments to carefully evaluate the damage and draft a rehabilitation plan based on local conditions.
The rehabilitation program should not only consider local economic and social conditions, but also provide a chance for quake-hit areas to upgrade and realize sustainable growth, Xi said.
Local governments should create preferential rehabilitation policies targeting investment, taxation, land use, employment and social security, he said.
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