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Xi extends Spring Festival greetings to all Chinese people

2023-01-20 11:06:00 , Source : Xinhua

BEIJING, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- President Xi Jinping on Wednesday extended festive greetings to all Chinese people when he held virtual talks with the general public from across the country ahead of the Spring Festival.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, spoke with medical workers in a hospital, senior citizens at a welfare home, workers at an outlying oilfield, travelers and staff members at a high-speed railway station, vendors and customers at a wholesale market, and people in an ethnic minority village via video link.

Xi wished Chinese people of all ethnic groups healthy and happy lives in the Year of the Rabbit and expressed his hope that the country will enjoy prosperity.

This year's Spring Festival, or the Chinese New Year, falls on Jan. 22.

This combo photo shows Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, extending festive greetings to all Chinese people when he holds virtual talks with the general public from across the country ahead of the Spring Festival in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 18, 2023. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi, Li Tao)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, talks with medical workers at the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, via video link, Jan. 18, 2023. Xi on Wednesday extended festive greetings to all Chinese people when he held virtual talks in Beijing with the general public from across the country ahead of the Spring Festival. (Xinhua/Li Tao)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, talks with older people and staffers at a welfare home in Fuzhou, capital of east China's Fujian Province, via video link, Jan. 18, 2023. Xi on Wednesday extended festive greetings to all Chinese people when he held virtual talks in Beijing with the general public from across the country ahead of the Spring Festival. (Xinhua/Li Tao)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, talks with employees of the Tarim oilfield in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, via video link, Jan. 18, 2023. Xi on Wednesday extended festive greetings to all Chinese people when he held virtual talks in Beijing with the general public from across the country ahead of the Spring Festival. (Xinhua/Li Tao)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, talks with passenger railway staff at Zhengzhou East Station in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou and passengers on the station platform via video link, Jan. 18, 2023. Xi on Wednesday extended festive greetings to all Chinese people when he held virtual talks in Beijing with the general public from across the country ahead of the Spring Festival. (Xinhua/Li Tao)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, talks with vendors and customers at the Xinfadi wholesale market, a major fresh-produce marketplace in Beijing, via video link, Jan. 18, 2023. Xi on Wednesday extended festive greetings to all Chinese people when he held virtual talks in Beijing with the general public from across the country ahead of the Spring Festival. (Xinhua/Li Tao)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, talks with villagers and tourists in Shiyi Village in southwest China's Sichuan Province, via video link, Jan. 18, 2023. Xi on Wednesday extended festive greetings to all Chinese people when he held virtual talks in Beijing with the general public from across the country ahead of the Spring Festival. (Xinhua/Li Tao)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, extends festive greetings to all Chinese people when he holds virtual talks with the general public from across the country ahead of the Spring Festival in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 18, 2023. (Xinhua/Li Tao)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, extends festive greetings to all Chinese people when he holds virtual talks with the general public from across the country ahead of the Spring Festival in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 18, 2023. Li Qiang, Cai Qi and Ding Xuexiang -- who are members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee -- were also present during the virtual talks. (Xinhua/Li Tao)