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Xi promotes the'Fengqiao experience'

President Xi Jinping has urged officials to resolve conflicts related to the immediate rights and interests of the people in accordance with the rule of law, according to an official release on Friday. Xi made the remarks when commenting on the "Fengqiao experience", a social management practice first advocated by late leader Mao Zedong in 1963 at a time when class struggles, such as struggles against landowners or counter-revolutionaries, were still occurring. Fengqiao township in Zhuji, Zhejiang province, is credited with developing the practice, which required people to resolve social conflicts among themselves, rather than handing disputes over to higher-level authorities.