Revolutionary bases’ growth to get a boost

——Focal points include stabilizing poverty alleviation, improving infrastructure

近日，中国人民大学书报资料中心主任、中国人民大学应用经济学院教授张可云接受《中国日报》(China Daily)采访，并发表观点如下：

Zhang Keyun, a regional economics professor at Renmin University of China, said Xi has developed a strong understanding of and emotional attachment to the people living in the less-developed areas of his youth, which is an important factor contributing to his long-term emphasis in his governance experience.
He said it is also a common policy practice globally to bridge the growth gap between different areas and that the nation has set an example in this regard.
China made the people from the old revolutionary base areas a focus in the national poverty alleviation campaign, a centerpiece of Xi’s agenda from 2013 to 2020.
Over the past decade, the president has outlined strategies and set as a requirement improving thewell-being of local residents as he made trips to a majority of China’s old revolutionary bases.
In 2015, during a symposium with officials in Yan’an, Xi stressed that China must always treasure and remember the major sacrifices and contributions made by the people in such bases.

He highlighted the developing of the old revolutionary bases and the improvements in the living standards of poor people from such areas as an integral part of China’s drive to build a moderately prosperous society in all respects, saying that authorities must beef up support to accelerate the development of the regions and enable the people to live better lives.
To beef up the support to the nation’s old revolutionary bases, the State Council, China’s Cabinet, rolled out a series of policy documents supporting the growth of different regions — including the southern part of Jiangxi province, parts of Shaanxi and Gansu provinces, and the Ningxia Hui autonomous region — in improving their infrastructure and public services, and amplifying their regional strengths to improve people’s living standards.

来源《中国日报》（China Daily）