Photo taken on Feb. 8, 2017 shows a road in Rongjiang county, Southwest China's Guizhou province. [Photo/Xinhua]

Keywords: Tangible benefits

Date: Dec. 25, 2017

"Efforts should be made to build good roads in rural areas and maintain them to ensure a better quality of life for farmers and accelerate agricultural modernization," Xi said ahead of a national transport conference Dec. 25, 2017.

The move to improve rural roads has produced tangible benefits in recent years, bringing more people and wealth to poor regions and rallying community support for the Party, Xi said.