Premier Wen boards a stranded coach bound for Guangdong to greet the passengers at the Xiangtan section of Beijing-Zhuhai Expressway in Hunan on Tuesday, January 29, 2008. 
A railway station in southern China's Guangzhou city is crowded with stranded passengers on
Wednesday,January 30, 2008.
"We have the faith, courage and ability to overcome the severe natural disaster," Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao told the country on Saturday on board a train in disaster-hit central Hunan Province.
"I am now on a train bound for Chenzhou City with the accompany of heads of relevant departments of the State Council. We are helping with the relief work," Wen said in his address on China National Radio.
"The general public, especially those who sacrifice their lives in the disaster relief, are those who moved me most," Wen was quoted as saying in TV footage from Hunan Economic TV Station. "Inface of the disaster, they show us composure, bravery and the spirit of sacrifice."
It was Wen's second visit to disaster-hit Hunan.
He flew out of Beijing on Monday night to Hunan but had to land at Tianhe Airport in neighboring Hubei Province because of the bad weather. He completed his journey by train and arrived in Changsha City, the provincial capital, on Tuesday morning.
He flew to Hunan for the second time on Friday afternoon shortly after chairing a meeting that morning in Beijing. China President Hu Jintao made an inspection tour on Thursday to coal fields in Datong, Shanxi Province, and Qinhuangdao Port in Hebei Province, through which much of Shanxi's coal is shipped.
Hu entered a mine more than 400 meters underground, taking an elevator down to meet miners of the Datangtashan coal mine co-op in Datong who had worked overtime in temperatures of minus 20 degrees Celsius to increase supply.
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- Passengers in Guangzhou Railway Station.
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