Xi inspects Yunnan

President Xi Jinping visited southwest China's Yunnan Province Sunday on an inspection tour ahead of Chinese New Year.

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  Xi visits former site of National Southwest Associated University

  Photos: XinhuaChinese President Xi Jinping on Monday visited the former site of the National Southwest Associated University (NSAU) and its museum during his inspection tour to Southwest China’s Yunnan Province, learning about the honorable stories involving the professors and students during wartime.

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  Xi inspects Dian Lake in SW China

  (Video source: CCTV)Chinese President Xi Jinping came to inspect the ecological protection of the wetland by the Dian Lake in Kunming, southwest Chinas Yunnan Province on Monday.

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  Xi inspects troops stationed in Yunnan

  (Photo: CCTV)President Xi Jinping on Sunday and Monday inspected troops stationed in southwest Chinas Yunnan Province ahead of the Spring Festival, or Chinese Lunar New Year.Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), extended his Chinese Lunar New Years greetings to all soldiers and officers of the Peoples Liberation Army, armed police, militia and reserve forces, on behalf of the CPC Central Committee and the CMC.

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  Chinese President Xi plays wooden drum with Wa ethnic people

  President Xi Jinping visited a Wa ethnic group village in the Qingshui Township of Teng Chong, Yunnan Province, on January 19, and joined in playing the wooden drum, a traditional custom.

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  Xi chats with tourists: Peng Mama busy preparing for Chinese New Year

  Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, exchanged greetings with tourists during an inspection tour ahead of the Chinese New Year."Xi Dada, where is Peng Mama?" rang out from the crowd Sunday when Xi was visiting the old town of Heshun, a popular tourist destination in southwest Chinas Yunnan Province."[She] didnt come," Xi replied with a smile. "Just busy preparing for the New Year at home like everyone else."Xi Dada and Peng Mama are popular nicknames Chinese netizens have given Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan, which are translated as Uncle Xi and Aunt Peng.Video clips of the short interaction gained waves of likes across various Chinese social media platforms.In Heshun, Xi also visited a local library and museum on the ancient Southern Silk Road.

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  Xi congratulates Wa ethnic group villagers for getting rid of poverty

  (Photo: Xinhua)KUNMING, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has congratulated villagers of a village of the Wa ethnic group in southwest Chinas Yunnan Province for shaking off poverty.Xi made the remarks on Sunday during a visit to Simola Wa Village, Tengchong City, during an inspection tour to the province ahead of the Chinese New Year.After China completes the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects, it is necessary to comprehensively promote rural vitalization and further address problems including the imbalance between urban and rural development, Xi said.Efforts should be made to develop rural industries, improve rural economy, increase income and improve peoples wellbeing, he noted.During his visit to the Wa village, Xi beat a wooden drum three times according to local customs to wish favorable weather for bumper harvests, peace for the country and the people, and peace for the whole world.He also extended Chinese New Year greetings to the villagers.

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  Xi visits Yunnan on inspection tour ahead of Chinese New Year

  KUNMING, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, visited southwest Chinas Yunnan Province Sunday on an inspection tour ahead of Chinese New Year.Xi went to a village of the Wa ethnic group in Qingshui Township of the city of Tengchong Sunday afternoon to learn about poverty alleviation efforts and extend his Chinese New Years greetings to the villagers.He also visited the old town of Heshun, a gateway on the ancient Southern Silk Road that linked Chinas Sichuan and Yunnan with Myanmar and India, to learn about exchanges, historical and cultural inheritance, as well as ecological and environmental protection along the trade route.(Photos: Xinhua)