Chinese President Hu Jintao concluded his six-day inspection to Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Monday, and urged local officials to effectively improve the living standard of all ethnic people in the region.

Hu started his journey to Xinjiang last Wednesday. He visited enterprises, villages, schools, urban communities, armed force units and the Xinjiang production and construction corps of the army in a number of cities including Karamay, Hotian, IIi and Urumqi.

During the inspection, he urged local governments to transform their economic growth pattern by sticking to a scientific way to industrialization and promoting readjustment of economic structure and technological innovation.

Hu called on local governments to step up the improvement of infrastructure construction in energy, hydropower, traffic and telecommunications, and to prioritise projects which will directly benefit the public.

He stressed the balance between construction and environmental protection.

Xinjiang, rich in farming resources, has great potential to further develop its agriculture and rural areas, he said, adding that how to improve incomes for farmers should always be treated as the central task in the local rural work.

He hoped that Xinjiang would grasp the opportunities brought about by the country's strategy of developing the western areas to achieve new progress in regional stability, unity and development.

Source: Xinhua