Xi emphasizes better livelihoods on Guizhou province tour

President Xi Jinping talks with villagers at Huamao Village of Fengxiang Township in Zunyi County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, June 16, 2015. [Photo/Xinhua]

President Xi Jinping (front) visits Beijing·Guiyang Big Data Application and Exhibition Center in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, June 17, 2015. [Photo/Xinhua]

President Xi Jinping (3rd R) visits a greenhouse at Huamao Village of Fengxiang Township in Zunyi County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, June 16, 2015. [Photo/Xinhua]

President Xi Jinping (front) waves to people at Huamao Village of Fengxiang Township in Zunyi County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, June 16, 2015. [Photo/Xinhua]

President Xi Jinping (2nd R) watches rattan plaited articles made by villagers at Huamao Village of Fengxiang Township in Zunyi County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, June 16, 2015. [Photo/Xinhua]

President Xi Jinping (R front) visits villagers at Huamao Village of Fengxiang Township in Zunyi County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, June 16, 2015. [Photo/Xinhua]

President Xi Jinping (R front) visits villagers at Huamao Village of Fengxiang Township in Zunyi County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, June 16, 2015. [Photo/Xinhua]

President Xi Jinping (3rd L front) visits Guizhou Machinery Industry School, a vocational college, in Guiyang, capital of southwest China's Guizhou Province, June 17, 2015. [Photo/Xinhua]

BEIJING - President Xi Jinping urged the government of Southwest China's Guizhou province to pursue economic development through innovation and improve people's livelihoods during a tour of the province between Tuesday and Thursday.

Xi made a stop in Huamao village of Zunyi county that has been lifted out of poverty in recent years on Tuesday. He visited greenhouses, financial centers, bamboo and pottery workshops to learn how poverty reduction projects are running.

Xi chatted with the villagers, saying the Communist Party of China (CPC) central committee cares a lot about farmers, particularly those in poverty, and has enacted various policies to boost rural development.

Xi told villagers that "a good life is created with one's own hands" and nothing will stand in their way if they are confident and determined.