XI inspects the province of Yunnan in southwest China

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also secretary general of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and president of the Central Military Commission, discusses with local residents during the visit of the old town of Lijiang in the city of Lijiang, in the southwest of the province of Yunnan of China, on March 19, 2025. (Xinhua / Yan Yan)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also secretary general of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and president of the Central Military Commission, discusses with local residents and tourists while visiting the old town of Lijiang in the city of Lijiang, in the southwest of the province of Yunnan, on March 19, 2025. XI. (Xinhua / Yan Yan)

Chinese president XI Jinping, also secretary general of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and president of the Central Military Commission, visits an industrial park of modern flowers in Lijiang City, in the southwest of the province of Yunnan, on March 19, 2025. XI did an inspection tour in the province of Yunnan on Wednesday and Thursday. (Xinhua / Yan Yan)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also secretary general of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and president of the Central Military Commission, discusses with local residents and tourists while visiting the old town of Lijiang in the city of Lijiang, in the southwest of the province of Yunnan, on March 19, 2025. XI. (Xinhua / Xie Huanchi)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also secretary general of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and president of the Central Military Commission, learned the culture of the naxi ethnic group during an exhibition during the visit of the old town of Lijiang in the city of Lijiang, in the southwest of the province of Yunnan, in 1925. (Xinhua / XIE Huanchi)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also secretary general of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and president of the Central Military Commission, raises questions about the state of local businesses while visiting the ancient city of Lijiang in the city of Lijiang, in the southwest of the province of Yunnan, on March 19, 2025. XI. (Xinhua / Xie Huanchi)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also secretary general of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and president of the Central Military Commission, discusses with local residents and tourists while visiting the old town of Lijiang in the city of Lijiang, in the southwest of the province of Yunnan, on March 19, 2025. XI. (Xinhua / Yan Yan)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also secretary general of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and president of the Central Military Commission, discusses with local residents and tourists while visiting the old town of Lijiang in the city of Lijiang, in the southwest of the province of Yunnan, on March 19, 2025. XI. (Xinhua / Yan Yan)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also secretary general of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and president of the Central Military Commission, discusses with local residents and tourists while visiting the old town of Lijiang in the city of Lijiang, in the southwest of the province of Yunnan, on March 19, 2025. XI. (Xinhua / Xie Huanchi)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also secretary general of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and president of the Central Military Commission, raises questions about the state of local businesses while visiting the ancient city of Lijiang in the city of Lijiang, in the southwest of the province of Yunnan, on March 19, 2025. XI. (Xinhua / Xie Huanchi)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also secretary general of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and president of the Central Military Commission, inspects a rose rating and packaging production line in a modern Flower industrial park in the city of Lijiang, in the southwest of the Yunnan province, March 19, 2025. (Xinhua / Yan Yan)

Chinese president XI Jinping, also secretary general of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and president of the Central Military Commission, visits an industrial park of modern flowers in Lijiang City, in the southwest of the province of Yunnan, on March 19, 2025. XI did an inspection tour in the province of Yunnan on Wednesday and Thursday. (Xinhua / Yan Yan)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also secretary general of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and president of the Central Military Commission, speaks with villagers and technicians working in a rose cultivation area of ​​a modern flower park in Lijiang City, in the southwest of the province of Yunnan, March 19, March 19. (Xinhua / Yan Yan)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also secretary general of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and president of the Central Military Commission, learns varieties of fresh flowers in an exhibition center of an industrial fleet of modern flowers in the city of Lijiang, in the southwest of the province of Yunnan, on March 19, 2025. XI. (Xinhua / Xie Huanchi)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also Secretary General of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and president of the Central Military Commission, meeting of senior officers and representatives of soldiers and civil staff of the people's province of the people of the Chinese people, in 2025. (Gang Xinhua / Li)