Li Keqiang calls for all-round rural reform

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang(L), also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, talks with farmers in Hongqi Village of Fuyuan County, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Nov. 5, 2013. Li made an inspection tour to Tongjiang, Fuyuan and Harbin of Heilongjiang Province from Nov. 4 to Nov. 6. (Xinhua/Ding Lin)

Chinese Premier Li Keqianghas urged efforts to push forward comprehensive reforms in the country's first approved pilot sites of agricultural modernization.

Li made the call during an inspection tour that took him to the cities of Tongjiang, Fuyuan and Harbin in northeast China's Heilongjiang province from Nov. 4 to Nov. 6.

He stressed the importance of deepening reform in the new stage of accelerating modern agriculture, which calls for innovation in agricultural production and operation mechanism, providing that rural people's rights and interest are preserved.

Li also visited local villagers affected by summer flood and demanded the local government to guarantee that they can pass the winter with safe and warm living conditions.