Premier Li takes Spring Festival greetings, and gifts, to old folk
Updated: 2016-02-01 21:35
(chinadaily.com.cn)
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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang waits in line for lunch at a nursing home in Yuanzhou District of Guyuan, Ningxia Hui autonomous region, on Feb 1, 2015. [Photo/English.gov.cn] |
Premier Li Keqiang visited a nursing home in the Yuanzhou district of Guyuan, Ningxia Hui autonomous region, on Monday and spent Minor Spring Festival with senior citizens, taking them gifts and good wishes..
Minor Spring Festival falls on the 23rd or 24th of the 12th month of the lunar year, when sacrifices are made to the kitchen god.
“During the important festival of our Chinese nation, Spring Festival, we must not forget senior citizens,” said the Premier.
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