President Hu visits Qinghai-Tibet railway

Chinese President Hu Jintao (R, front), who is also general secretary of Chinese Communist Party (CPC) Central Committee and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), shakes hands with a construction worker of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway in a tent at a construction site of Golmud Railway Station on July 1, 2006. Hu paid a visit along some sections of the Qinghai-Tibet railway after the launching ceremony of the railway in Golmud, northwest China's Qinghai Province Saturday.

Chinese President Hu Jintao, who is also general secretary of Chinese Communist Party (CPC) Central Committee and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), talks with the stationmaster of Lhasa Railway Station over a phone during his visit to Mount Yuzhu railway station at an altitude of 4,159 meters on July 1, 2006. Hu came to Mount Yuzhu railway station after the launching ceremony of the Qinghai-Tibet railway in Golmud, northwest China's Qinghai Province Saturday.