Chinese President Watches Manned Spacecraft Launch

Chinese President Xi Jinping (R, front ), also general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), waves to journalists and staff members at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, northwest China's Gansu Province, June 11, 2013. Xi watched conditions of the spacecraft through images and parameters on the screen at the command hall in Jiuquan. [Xinhua]