Chinese top political advisorJia Qinglinhas urged local governments in southwest China'sSichuan Provinceto boost post-quake reconstruction in the areas jolted by a massive earthquake last year.

Jia, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), made the remarks during his inspection tour to Sichuan Province from August 14 to 18.

A major earthquake measuring 8.0 on the Richter Scale hit the northwest part of Sichuan on May 12 last year.

When visiting several counties near the earthquake's epicenter, Jia asked local governmental officials to try all out to ensure that all the quake homeless could have their new houses and jobs as soon as possible.

During his visit to the provincial capital Chengdu, Jia urged officials to promote reforms in rural areas to gain experience for other regions.

Jia also went to the plateau region in the province, with an average altitude of 3,400 meters above sea level, where the official visited local Tibetan herdsmen.

Jia asked religious leaders and followers of Tibetan Buddhism to continue their patriotic tradition and maintain the country's unity and solidarity.

 

Jia Qinglin (3rd L), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), talks with local residents as he visits Maiwa Township of Hongyuan County in the Tibetan-Qiang Autonomous Prefecture of Aba, southwest China's Sichuan Province, on August 15, 2009. Jia Qinglin visited Sichuan for an investigating and researching tour on August 14-18. [Xinhua]

Jia Qinglin (L FRONT), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), talks with villagers in Anbei Village, Shuijing Township of Songpan County in the Tibetan-Qiang Autonomous Prefecture of Aba, southwest China's Sichuan Province, on August 14, 2009. [Xinhua]