President Hu Jintao shakes hands with two farmers in Dongming, East China's Shandong Province. Hu is on an inspection tour of Shandong and Henan provinces between December 12-17. He urged more efforts to boost farmers' income and speed up economic development in rural areas. [Xinhua]

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