China's PB member and Vice Premier Hu Chunhua has recently travelled to Xinjiang from April 18-20 and Henan and Shandong on April 21-22. In Xinjiang, Hu Chunhua inspected poverty alleviation efforts while in Henan and Shandong the focus was on agriculture. He "inspected Kaifeng city, Henan province, and Heze city and Jining city, Shandong province, to learn about the issues of summer grain production, pest control, hog production restoration and African swine fever prevention and control.”

(Comment: The portfolio of poverty alleviation, very important to Xi Jinping, was recently allotted to CPPCC Chairman Wang Yang. Hu Chinhua has also been spending a lot of time in Henan. This was his fourth trip to the province in less than a year.)