Chinese President Xi Jinping Sunday visited the homes of impoverished villagers of the Yi ethnic group who live deep in the Daliang Mountains of Zhaojue County, Sichuan Province in Southwest China.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, asked the villagers about their lives and discussed poverty alleviation with local officials and villagers.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, visits the homes of impoverished villagers of the Yi ethnic group who live deep in the Daliang Mountains of Zhaojue County, Sichuan Province in Southwest China, Feb. 11, 2018. Xi asked the villagers about their lives and discussed poverty alleviation with local officials and villagers on Sunday. (Photos: Xinhua)

Chinese President Xi Jinping visits the homes of impoverished villagers of the Yi ethnic group who live deep in the Daliang Mountains of Zhaojue County, Sichuan Province in southwest China, Feb. 11, 2018. 

Chinese President Xi Jinping listens to poverty-alleviation work about relocation of residents from poor areas as he visits Huopu Village of Jiefang Township in Zhaojue County of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 11, 2018. Xi made an inspection tour in Sichuan Province on Feb. 11.

Chinese President Xi Jinping learns about lives of impoverished villagers and listens to the work about targeted poverty alleviation as he visits Sanhe Village of Sanchahe Township in Zhaojue County of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 11, 2018. 

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, waves to children as he visits Sanhe Village of Sanchahe Township in Zhaojue County of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 11, 2018. 

Chinese President Xi Jinping listens to the planning of relocation site for residents from poor areas as he visits Sanhe Village of Sanchahe Township in Zhaojue County of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 11, 2018. 

Chinese President Xi Jinping visits the new house of an impoverished villager as he visits Huopu Village of Jiefang Township in Zhaojue County of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 11, 2018. 

Chinese President Xi Jinping listens to the poverty-alleviation work about relocation of residents from poor areas as he visits Huopu Village of Jiefang Township in Zhaojue County of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 11, 2018. 

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, bids farewell to villagers as he visits Sanhe Village of Sanchahe Township in Zhaojue County of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 11, 2018.

Chinese President Xi Jinping bids farewell to villagers as he visits Huopu Village of Jiefang Township in Zhaojue County of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 11, 2018.