A hoe was carried on the shoulder, and a shovel cultivated new soil. An action spanned thirty years.
The old black and white photo was taken in 1989, when Xi Jinping, then secretary of the Ningde prefectural party committee, led the cadres of the local government to participate in voluntary labor. He carried a hoe on his shoulders and strode on the ridge.
The color photo was taken in 2019. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has participated in voluntary tree planting activities in the capital every spring.
Familiar posture, unchanged feelings. Farmhouse caves in the northern plateau of Shaanxi, street villages and lanes in Zhengding, Hebei, and the frontier of reform in Xiamen, Fujian ... He is retrograde to the front line, to hardships, to challenges. He is a model of brave retrogrades and young people.