Chinese President Hu Jintao visits a Pakistani medical team in Longnan city in northwest China's Gansu Province Sunday afternoon. (Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>
LONGNAN, Gansu, June 1 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao visited a Pakistani medical team in Longnan city in northwest China's Gansu Province Sunday afternoon.
Hu went to a tent and shook hands with several Pakistani medical workers at the First People's Hospital of Longnan City. "When the Chinese people suffered the devastating earthquake, the Pakistani people expressed concerns, offered relief materials and sent a medical team to us. The Chinese government and people feel deeply grateful," Hu said.
The medical team consists of 28 people. Hu praised them for their excellent skills and all-out efforts.
Hu said the team symbolized the friendship the Pakistani people cherished for the Chinese people and expressed his wish that the friendship would last forever.
The team members said they felt Chinese people's hospitality and vowed to do their best for the quake victims.
Chinese President Hu Jintao (C) sends stationery to children and wishes them a happy Children's Day in a tent school in Jinshansi Village, Guangping Town, Ningqiang County, Shaanxi Province, northwest China, May 31, 2008. Hu Jintao arrived in Shaanxi Province on Saturday morning to oversee quake relief operations. (Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>
Chinese President Hu Jintao inquires about the situation of a wounded girl in the earthquake in a tent in Jinshansi Village, Guangping Town, Ningqiang County, Shaanxi Province, northwest China, May 31, 2008. (Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>
NINGQIANG, Shaanxi, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao wished quake-affected kids a happy holiday ahead of Children's Day in northwestern Shaanxi Province, also heavily hit by the May 12 earthquake.
On Saturday morning, Hu arrived at Ningqiang county, neighboring to worst-hit Sichuan Province. Full story
