BEIJING -- The full text of remarks made by Chinese President Xi Jinping when presiding over a symposium on poverty relief on June 23 in northern China's Shanxi Province was made public by Xinhua News Agency Thursday.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, called for joint efforts and precise measures to eradicate extreme poverty.

The text will also be carried in Friday's Qiushi Journal, the flagship magazine of the CPC Central Committee.