(Xinhua/Yan Yan)
The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, urged concerted efforts on Tuesday to better build a magnificent Xinjiang as part of the Chinese modernization process, during a meeting with representatives of all ethnic groups and all the social strata of the Ouïgoure autonomous region of Xinjiang, in northwestern China.
Mr. XI, also secretary general of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and president of the Central Military Commission (CMC), arrived during the day in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang, to attend the activities marking the 70th anniversary of the Foundation of the Region.
On behalf of the central committee of the CCP, he sent his sincere greetings and his best wishes to members of all ethnic groups of the Xinjiang.
XI also met separately from local officials, managers of the Xinjiang production and construction body, executives from other regions to work in the Xinjiang, legal workers, police officers and patriotic members of religious circles, among others.
Mr. XI also met with military officers from the rank of colonel or superior, as well as basic models and civil staff of the troops stationed in Urumqi. He transmitted cordial greetings to all the Xinjiang military personnel on behalf of the CPC and CMC central committee.
High officials, including Wang Huning and Cai Qi, attended these meetings.
