'Cliff cleaner' and 'tree guard' awarded for high bravery

When Li Peisheng and Hu Xiaochun, two grassroots model workers, wrote a letter to President Xi Jinping, expressing their resolve to contribute to guarding Huangshan Mountain and building a beautiful China, they probably didn't expect a reply.

But they did, actually, receive a letter of reply on Aug 13 from Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission.

In the letter, Xi praised them for their long and dedicated efforts to keep the mountain clean and tending to the "guest-greeting pine", which is a key feature of the Huangshan Mountain Scenic Area in East China's Anhui province.