Wen Jiabao Rural Quotations

China is scheduled to offer nine year compulsory education free to children in rural areas starting from 2006.

It's still a big problem for rural residents,

There is still educational disparity between different regions and between rural and urban areas,

Solving the problems facing agriculture, rural areas and farmers remains a top priority of our work,

We must take more direct and effective policies ... to strengthen, support and protect agriculture and increase rural incomes in line with the needs to balance urban and rural development,