Senior leader calls to build "steel wall" in Xinjiang for stability

• Source: Xinhua
• [10:49 July 12 2009]
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Zhou Yongkang (2nd R, front), member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), visits policemen on duty in Kashi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 11, 2009. Zhou started an inspection tour in Xinjiang on Thursday. (Xinhua/Rao Aimin)

Zhou urged government and Party departments, troops on duty in the region and public security authorities to stay on high alert, nip all hidden dangers in the bud and focus on ethnic unity education, to foil all sabotage attempts by the hostile forces.

When talking with Uygur farmers during his visit, Zhou said the CPC Central Committee and the State Council have always attached great importance to the development of southern Xinjiang.

He promised that more efforts would be made to improve the living standards of people in southern Xinjiang and infrastructure in the region.