We will adopt a very strict approval system for land use to eliminate the unauthorized expropriation of land.

The epidemic situation is very severe. Right now is spring, when there is a high chance of bird flu outbreaks due to the frequent movement of migratory birds. This epidemic has not been effectively controlled worldwide.

We are coming into a period where the bird flu will be highly transmissible. As the weather warms up, more wild birds will be migrating and it will be easier for the bird flu to be transmitted to a wider area.

Farmers can't lose their livelihoods and suffer a drop in living standards because their farmland is occupied.

We also have to recognize the hard fact of the widening income disparity between urban and rural areas.

[Although much of the downed timber is on private land, Odom is hoping to get federal approval to process much of it in sawmills. But the future of the wind-scoured forests] is my big concern, ... It'll take 30 years to replace most of those trees. Losing that resource hurts us bad.