President Hu Jintao chats with herdsmen and farmers in Erdos, North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, during a three-day inspection tour that ended Monday November 19, 2007. Hu urged the country's energy industry to increase efficiency and reduce emissions to support sustainable development. He also called for building a "conservation culture" that the CPC advocated during its recent 17th national congress. [Xinhua]

Chinese President Hu Jintao (right, front) shakes hands with a worker as he inspected a plant of China Shenhua Energy Co., Ltd in Ordos of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regioin, November 17, 2007. [Xinhua]