Premier Wen visits hospital, school in Mianyang

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Source: CCTV.com | 05-23-2008 15:39

Premier Wen Jiabao visited a hospital in Mianyang, Friday morning -- for a first hand look at the reception for earthquake victims.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao listens to Lang Zheng, a boy injured in last week's 8.0-magnitude earthquake, at NO. 404 hospital in Mianyang, the quake-hit southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 23, 2008.(Xinhua Photo)

He spoke to patients and expressed personal wishes for a speedy recovery.

Later he stopped in to see how things are going at some newly erected tent schools. At one temporary school in Beichuan county, he offered words of encouragement. He cheered students by telling them not to lose faith but to step into the future with confidence. On the chalkboard Wen wrote, "hardships make a country stronger."

Premier visits tent school in Mianyang

Editor:Zhang Ning