Premier Wen Jiabao visits Chaoda's Zhangbei Production Base in Hebei Province

Date:2011-08-31lile  Text Size:

Hong Kong, 29 August 2011 - On 27 August, Wen Jiabao, Member of the Standing Committee of the Politburo of the CPC Central Committee and Premier of the State Council, visited Zhangbei Production Base of Chaoda Modern Agriculture (Holdings) Limited ("Chaoda" or "Group", HKSE: 682) in Hebei Province.


Premier Wen Jiabao (3rd right) paid a visit to Chaoda's Zhangbei Production Base


Mr. Yang Jinfa (1st left, front), the Vice President of the Group, accompanied Premier Wen (2nd left, front) on his visit   As a state-level leading agricultural enterprise and a paradigm for vegetable cultivation in China, Chaoda was one of the destinations of Premier Wen Jiabao's inspection of the agricultural production in Zhangjiakou City in Hebei Province from 26 to 28 August. Premier Wen visited farmers and companies in the counties of Wanquan, Zhangbei, Kangbao and Guyuan. He also held a meeting with the local cadres and farmers to study the rural issues of agricultural production, ecological agriculture development and poverty alleviation.

During the visit, Premier Wen affirmed Chaoda's remarkable achievements in recent years, and hoped that the Group will continue to use its advantages to help boost farmers' income. When Premier Wen was informed that Chaoda's Zhangbei Production Base supplied vegetables to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, he endorsed Chaoda's contribution and said, "The food safety of agricultural produce is the most important issue. We have to continue to work hard on that." He said that the key to accelerating agricultural modernization is improving the infrastructure and upgrading the equipment. He urged the leading agricultural enterprises to take the lead in the above areas of work. 


Mr. Yang Jinfa, the Vice President of the Group received and accompanied Premier Wen. After the visit, Mr. Yang said, "Premier Wen's visit is an encouragement for us. The Group will continue to make more contributions to China's agricultural modernization."

 

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