ZHENGZHOU -- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has stressed upgrading facilities at traditional villages for the convenience of villagers' daily life, when an inspection tour in Central China's Henan province brought him to Tianpu township, Xinxian county on Monday.

"Rural revitalization is not always about demolition and reconstruction," Xi said. "It is about upgrading the facilities of traditional villages with distinctive features to make them more modern and convenient to use, so that hot showers are available and the countryside is clean and beautiful."