Zhang Gaoli Discusses With Citizens About Project To Improve People’s Livelihood In Tianjin, China

File photo taken on June 18, 2008 shows Zhang Gaoli (1st L) discusses post-disaster reconstruction work with local officials at Wulipo Group in Kangjiadong Village of Hanyuan Township in Ningqiang County, northwest China’s Shaanxi Province. Ningqiang County was one of the hardest hit areas during the Wenchuan earthquake and Tianjin’s pairing-assistance area. <Xinhua/Liu Shuyun>

File photo taken on June 26, 2008 shows Zhang Gaoli (R) seeks advice on 20 projects concerning people’s livelihood and the work of Tianjin Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) from citizens at the Teachers Village Community on the Yuexiulu Street in Hexi District of north China’s Tianjin Municipality.

File photo taken on Aug. 5, 2008 shows Zhang Gaoli (2nd L, front) plays Chinese chess with Wu Zhen (2nd R), former director of the standing committee of the People’s Congress of Tianjin Municipality, while visiting retired comrades of Tianjin. <Xinhua/Song Ziming>

File photo taken on Dec. 15, 2008 shows Zhang Gaoli (3rd R, front), Lien Chan (3rd L, front), Honorary Chairman of the Kuomintang, Zheng Wantong (2nd R, front), Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Li Shenglin (2nd L, front), Minister of Transport, Wang Yi (1st R, front), director of both the Taiwan Work Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, and Chen Yunlin (1st L, front), Chairman of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS), attend the ceremony marking the start of direct sea transport between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan, in north China’s Tianjin Municipality. <Xinhua/Liu Haifeng>