President Xi Jinping, who has entered his third term as the head of the Communist Party of China, is expected to further enhance his authority by visiting places associated with new members of the top leadership and founding father Mao Zedong.
President Xi Jinping visited Yan'an in the hinterland province of Shaanxi, once home to the Communist Party and dubbed the "revolutionary holy land," on Monday with new members of the top leadership, according to state-run China Central Television.
After visiting the cave-style residence where Mao Zedong, who is regarded as the founding father of the nation, lived, Xi emphasized that he himself would take the lead and promote the goal of "common prosperity", which means that everyone will become rich. .
Yan'an is also a place associated with President Xi's father and former Vice Premier Xi Zhongxuan, and President Xi himself is said to have spent his teenage years mainly in a poor farming village in Yan'an during the Cultural Revolution.
President Xi also said, "I have worked in the Yan'an area for seven years, and my father is also from this area, so I know this area well."
Immediately after entering his third term as the party's top leader, President Xi is expected to further enhance his authority by visiting places with which he has a connection, along with Mao Zedong, who has a special presence among successive supreme leaders. .