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Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, started visiting southwest China s Guizhou Province on Wednesday, about one week before the Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year.
For nine years in a row, Xi has made it a tradition to visit ordinary people, especially the disadvantaged groups, ahead of the Spring Festival, the most important holiday on the Chinese calendar.
The following are some of the most memorable moments of Xi s interactions with these people during his pre-Spring Festival tours.
Xi went to the home of farmer Li Fashun in Simola Wa Village, Yunnan Province, where he learned about the family s daily life, and was invited to join the family in making rice cakes. He also beat a wooden drum of the Wa ethnic group three times, a local ritual activity to bless the coming year.
For 9 years, Xi spends time with ordinary people before Chinese New Year Xinhua | Updated: 2021-02-04 14:13 Share CLOSE President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, visits a village of the Wa ethnic group to learn about poverty alleviation efforts and extend his Chinese New Year s greetings to the villagers in Qingshui township of the city of Tengchong, Southwest China s Yunnan province, Jan 19, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
BEIJING Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, started visiting Southwest China s Guizhou province on Wednesday, about one week before the Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year.