zhengzhou, may 12 (xinhua) -- xi jinping, general secretary of the communist party of china central committee, on wednesday inspected the city of nanyang, central china's henan province.
in the afternoon, xi first visited a memorial facility dedicated to zhang zhongjing, a famous chinese pharmacologist and physician of the eastern han dynasty (25-220). xi learned about zhang's life story and his contributions to the development of traditional chinese medicine.
xi then went to a theme park on rosa chinensis, or the chinese rose, and a local company producing mugwort products. xi inspected how nanyang uses the flower and the herb to develop its specialty industries, create more jobs and boost local employment. (xinhua/ju peng, wang ye, yan yan)