General Secretary Xi Jinping often talks about his life experience in rural areas. He has deep feelings for the yellow land and the people who have relied on the land for generations to make a living.

In the late 1960s, Xi Jinping, who was less than 16 years old, came to rural northern Shaanxi from Beijing and worked there for seven years. In March 2022, at the joint meeting of the CPPCC National Committee of Agriculture, Social Welfare and Social Security Committee members, Yeshi Dawa showed the General Secretary two photos comparing the past and present of "Cliff Village"