Wen urges reform, rural democracy

Premier echoes Deng's speech and upholds farmers' rights to vote

GUANGZHOU - Premier Wen Jiabao has pledged unwavering support for reform and opening-up in the face of current challenges and urged better laws to protect the voice of farmers in rural community administration.

At a time of global uncertainty, furthering reform is still the means of solving all of China's problems, Wen said while visiting Guangdong, a southern province that took the lead in China's opening to the outside world, from Friday to Saturday.