URUMQI, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping left Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region for Beijing on Thursday after attending events in celebration of the autonomous region’s 70th founding anniversary.
Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, was given a warm send-off by people of all ethnic groups who lined the streets waving red flags in the city proper of Urumqi, the regional capital, and danced joyfully at Urumqi Tianshan International Airport.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, waves to the crowds gathering to see him off at Urumqi Tianshan International Airport in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on Sept. 25, 2025. Xi left Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region for Beijing on Thursday after attending events in celebration of the autonomous region’s 70th founding anniversary. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, waves to the crowds gathering to see him off at Urumqi Tianshan International Airport in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on Sept. 25, 2025. Xi left Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region for Beijing on Thursday after attending events in celebration of the autonomous region’s 70th founding anniversary. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, waves to the crowds gathering to see him off at Urumqi Tianshan International Airport in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on Sept. 25, 2025. Xi left Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region for Beijing on Thursday after attending events in celebration of the autonomous region’s 70th founding anniversary. (Xinhua/Shen Hong)Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, waves to the crowds gathering to see him off at Urumqi Tianshan International Airport in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on Sept. 25, 2025. Xi left Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region for Beijing on Thursday after attending events in celebration of the autonomous region’s 70th founding anniversary. (Xinhua/Li Yan)■
