Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (L, front) talks with a herdsman on the grassland of Chenbaerhu Qi, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on Aug. 22, 2009. Xi paid an investigation tour to Inner Monogolia Autonomous Region from Aug. 22 to Aug. 25.
The key to social harmony and stability in China is to strengthen and improve the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Xi Jinping, Vice President and member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau, said during a tour of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
Xi said issues concerning economic development and social stability were top priority in the country's minority areas during his tour from Aug. 22 to 25.
He visited villages, customs posts, companies, communities and schools in Hulun Buir, Manzhouli, Baotou, Erdos, and Hohhot.
