国内英语新闻:Chinese central government to step up support for Xinjiang: senior leaders

BEIJING, March 31 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese central government on Tuesday pledged more support for Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in achieving prosperity and stability.

At a meeting on the development of Xinjiang, in Beijing on March 29 and 30, Vice Premier Li Keqiang and senior leader Zhou Yongkang called for collaboration between central ministries, designated provinces and municipalities and Xinjiang's regional government to build the region into a moderately well-off society in the next decade.

Xinjiang's development and stability was at a critical moment, Li said. National support for the region would be instrumental in its development and essential to its long-term peace and order.

A meeting on the development of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is held in Beijing, capital of China, on March 29 and 30, 2010. Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang and senior leader Zhou Yongkang, also members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, called for collaboration between central ministries, designated provinces and municipalities and Xinjiang's regional government to build the region into a moderately well-off society in the next decade.

He asked officials to establish an effective mechanism for providing personnel, technological, managerial and financial support, while improving livelihood issues like housing, employment and education, as priorities.

Li, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, said the government aimed to fully launch the support project in 2011 after a year of research, planning and personnel training, and planned to achieve remarkable results for major tasks in five years.