Xi visits Yunnan on inspection tour ahead of Chinese New Year

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, visits the old town of Heshun, a gateway on the ancient Southern Silk Road that linked China's 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, in the city of Tengchong, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Jan. 19, 2020. Xi visited Yunnan Province Sunday on an inspection tour. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)