"You've been working hard. I hope you can think of more ways to help more passengers get tickets," the president told a sales clerk in the ticketing hall.

In the railway command center and on the platform, Hu inquired about passenger flow and transport schedule, expecting to see that railway authorities work out efficient transport scheduling, improve service and ensure safety as transport pressure remains serious after the festival.

Chinese President Hu Jintao (Front) talks with a seller to check whether travelers have difficulties in buying tickets at the Nanchang Railway Station in Nanchang, capital of east China's Jiangxi Province, Jan. 26, 2009. [Xinhua]

With the fact that the cell phone subscribers exceed 600 million in China and there is soaring business volume in the festival period, Hu went to the Jiangxi provincial branch of the China Mobile to inspect the company's operation, service and management.

He was happy to learn that the company's call center also offers job information for migrant workers and answers inquiries from local farmers.

Expressing his New Year greetings to the company staff on duty, Hu said that "people cannot do without mobile phones in their work and daily life, the service center should improve service and contribute more to local economic and social development."

Jiangxi Guohong Group Co., Ltd. is an industrialized agricultural production base, helping farmers plant fruits and vegetables, raise pigs and process farming and sideline products.

Seeing the farm produces on display, Hu said that the central government has strengthened policies and measures favorable to farmers amid the current severe economic situation as large numbers of migrant workers are returning home from coastal provinces.

On the other hand, rural enterprises should take advantage of their role in the countryside and help more farmers increase income, the president said.