Xinjiang authorities will continue to crack down on
international terrorism, ethnic separatism and religious extremism,
said Li Donghui, vice chairman of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous
Regional Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative
Conference in Urumqi Sunday.
Li told a foreign trade fair press conference that local
authorities would take harsh measures to combat terrorists such as
the "East Turkistan" groups in Xinjiang in order to safeguard
national unity and social stability.
The Urumqi Trade Fair, scheduled for Sept. 1 to 8, has attracted
about 50,000 business people from all over China as well as Russia,
Singapore and other countries and regions.
Li said they had gone all out for the security of the trade
fair, noting Xinjiang was witnessing its best period in history for
political stability, national unity and economic development.
(Xinhua News Agency September 1, 2003)