Xi also extended congratulations on the launch of the new channel. The president said he hoped the channel will fully display Chinese farmers' new lives in the new era in order to fight against poverty, promote reform and development in agriculture and rural affairs and contribute to rural revitalization.
Xi said in his message that over the past six decades, the association has adhered to the principle of friendship in managing relations with China, actively carried out people-to-people exchanges, and contributed significantly to promoting mutual understanding and friendship between the two peoples.
Wu, 61, is director of the national key laboratory of plant physiology and biochemistry, and director of the academic committee of China Agricultural University. He is also an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
Wuhan has been the Chinese city hardest hit by the outbreak. As of the end of Tuesday, it had reported more than 50,000 confirmed cases, accounting for more than 60 percent of all cases on the Chinese mainland. But the number of new cases in the city fell to single digits in mid-March and has remained at zero or single digits since.
Wucaitan is renowned for its multicolored landscape created by years of water and wind erosion. [Photo/IC]
Wuxi is home to 540,000 residents, and is one of the poorest places in Chongqing. From 2015 to 2017, more than 70,000 people were lifted out of poverty there. Authorities plan to help another 11,000 more people out of poverty by the end of this year.
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Xi said China and Micronesia have maintained sound ties for relations 30 years ago with frequent high-level exchanges, fruitful pragmatic cooperation and increased cultural and people-to-people exchanges.
Xi stressed that security is the cornerstone for development. "We must take safeguarding regional security and stability as the SCO's work priority as always."
Xi said China-US ties have been generally stable, and that he has maintained sound communication with President Trump.
Xi called on the non-Communist parties to enhance their work on theory, organizations and institutions to strengthen their ability in participating in the administration of state affairs.