Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan said Sunday that priority should be
given to the development of public transport in big cities.
Zeng made the remarks when visiting public transport workers
Sunday morning in Beijing. He said that public transport is
beneficial for improving the efficiency of traffic resources and
ease up traffic jams.
Accompanied by local officials, Zeng went to the Wangfujing
Station of the subway and the station of the 111 Bus Route in
Chongwenmen to visit public transport staff who are still on duty
during the Spring Festival holiday.
He extended festival greetings to public transport workers and
asked about their working and living conditions, encouraging them
to improve service quality and make more contributions to the
city's public transport.
(Xinhua News Agency January 30, 2006)
