国内英语新闻:Senior CPC official stresses hardworking spirit

BEIJING, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Senior Communist Party of China (CPC) official Li Changchun has called for Chinese people to take a serious attitude to their work, while praising the accomplishments of a renown train driver.

Li, a Standing Committee member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, made the remarks Wednesday after meeting with Li Dongxiao, a veteran train driver.

Li Dongxiao, who has worked in the railway sector for 22 years, is widely known as China's first high-speed train driver, and the man who trained the country's first team of high-speed train drivers.

Li Dongxiao, 40, also helped to write a high-speed rail driving manual.

"It took China five years to achieve what other countries had only acheived after decades of hardwork, and generations of railway staff had worked diligently to realize the goal... Li Dongxiao is an outstanding representative for them," Li Changchun said.

Li Changchun said Chinese people should learn from Li Dongxiao's belief in serving the country and its people, and his hardworking and innovative spirit.