Chinese President Xi Jinping (C) talks to grassroots cadre at the home of villager Xu Wan in Desheng Village, Xiaoertai Township of Zhangbei County in north China's Hebei Province, on Jan. 24, 2017. Xi Tuesday pushed for increased efforts on poverty alleviation during an inspection tour to the city of Zhangjiakou. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)
Xi also listened to local officials briefing on the local economy at a meeting, where he said cutting excessive production capacity in the iron and steel sector was crucial for Hebei, a major steel producing province, to improve its industrial structure and create new growth engines.
Xi called for efforts to ensure outdated production capacity was eliminated and "zombie enterprises" phased out.
During the tour, Xi also urged for efforts to make the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games a "remarkable, extraordinary, excellent" event.
The Zhangjiakou site of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games is the best natural ski area in northern China.
