Chinese leaders visit disaster-hit regions on holiday eve

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R Front) greets people at Guanyin  Village of Longli County, southwest China's Guizhou Province,  on Feb. 5, 2008. Premier Wen Jiabao made an inspection tour  in Guizhou, one of the worst hit provinces amid China's  weather disaster, and extended festival greetings to local  people on Feb. 5, ahead of the Spring Festival, or the  Chinese Lunar New Year. (Xinhua Photo)

Learning that electricity was expected to be restored at about 8 p.m. Wednesday, Wen said that he felt reassured. He also showed concern about agriculture, urging local farmers to prepare seeds and fertilizer for the spring planting season.

Then Wen visited Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, where he had Lunar New Year's eve dinner with students who couldn't go home.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (2nd L) tries  to climb up a hill to reach a power repair  site and see the workers, in southern  Guizhou Province, southwest China, Feb. 5,  2008. (Xinhua Photo)

Both leaders seized every chance to boost public morale on this special day, something they had been doing in the past weeks.

Hu stressed that the public should hold the firm belief of victory over the weather disaster.

"We lost much in the weather disaster... but we also got many things, such as courage, will and the ability to overcome difficulties. Amid the disaster, relations between officials and the masses strengthened and people became more united," Wen said.

Editor:Du Xiaodan