Premier Li Keqiang talks to miners before entering the 300-meter-deep Guandi Coal Mine in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province. He praised their hard work, saying the miners are "not only the backbone of Shanxi, but also the backbone of China."
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Top leaders pay New Year visit to Chongqing and Shanxi
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chinese president, and Premier Li Keqiang have paid their first inspection visits in 2016 to Chongqing Municipality from January 4-6 and Shanxi Province from January 4-5 respectively. New Year inspection tours by senior leaders are routine in China, usually setting the tone for the rest of the year.
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