Xi extends greetings ahead of farmers' harvest festival

President Xi Jinping has called for adopting multiple measures to boost employment and incomes of farmers and achieve solid progress in advancing all-around rural vitalization.

Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks ahead of the eighth Chinese farmers' harvest festival, which falls on Tuesday.

He extended festive greetings and sincere regards on behalf of the CPC Central Committee to farmers and people working in the agricultural and rural sectors.