Li Keqiang calls for all-round rural reform

HARBIN, Nov. 6 -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has 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.