BEIJING, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, has extended festive greetings and sincere regards on behalf of the CPC Central Committee to farmers and people working on agricultural and rural fronts ahead of the eighth Chinese farmers' harvest festival.

Xi, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, stressed efforts to build a beautiful and harmonious countryside that is desirable for people to live and work in, and march together toward a bright future of Chinese modernization.