President Xi Jinping delivered his New Year address in his office on Sunday through a video. If you watch carefully, you will find that some photos seen on Xi's bookshelves appear for the first time this year. Here's a look at the new and old photos in his office.
A total of 15 photos are on the bookshelves, and nine (from one to nine) are new.
A total of 15 photos are on the bookshelves, and nine (from one to nine) are new.
Photo 1
Time: June 21, 2017
Place: Zhaojiawa, an impoverished area in Xinzhou city, Shanxi province
Keywords: Visiting people in poverty, talking with villagers and officials
Photo 2
Time: Nov 3, 2013
Place: Shibadong village in Paibi township of Huayuan county in the Tujia-Miao autonomous prefecture of Xiangxi, Central China's Hunan province
Keywords: Servant of the public
Photo 3
Time: Feb 2, 2016
Place: Shenshan village, Maoping township in eastern China's Jiangxi province
Keywords: Poverty alleviation
Photo 4
Time: Oct 31, 2017
Place: The memorial hall of the first CPC National Congress in Shanghai
Keywords: Reciting the admission oath
Photo 5
Time: July 28, 2017
Place: The Bayi Building in Beijing
Keywords: Awarding medals and certificates to the recipients of the Order of August 1
Photo 6
Time: July 30, 2017
Place: Zhurihe training base in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region
Keywords: A military parade to mark the 90th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army
Photo 7
Time: Jan 26, 2014
Place: Arxan in Inner Mongolia autonomous region
Keywords: Greetings to border soldiers
Highlight: Three photos are related to the military, which shows Xi paying a great attention to the country's national defense and military building.
Photo 8
Time: June 30, 2017
Place: Junior Police Call Permanent Activity Centre and Integrated Youth Training Camp in Hong Kong
Keywords: Celebrating the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland
Photo 9
Time: May 14, 2017
Place: Yanqi Lake International Convention Center in Beijing's northern Huairou district
Keywords: The Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation
Except for these nine new photos, six photos have appeared in past years.
Photo 14
Time: Nov 3, 2013
Place: Shibadong village in Paibi township of Huayuan county in the Tujia-Miao autonomous prefecture of Xiangxi, Central China's Hunan province
Keywords: Proposing "targeted poverty relief" for the first time
Highlight: Photo 14 appeared in the video of Xi delivering 2015 New Year address. The scene happened at the same place and time of Photo 2. This year shows the two photos of the same visit. In the new address, Xi mentioned poverty relief twice. Among the 15 photos, four are related to poverty relief.
Photo 10 to 13 and 15 on the bookshelves show Xi and his family life.
Photo 10
Xi, his wife Peng Liyuan and their daughter accompany Xi's father Xi Zhongxun
Photo 11
Xi accompanies his mother
Photo 12
Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan on Dongshan Island in Fujian province
Photo 13
Xi carries his daughter on cycle in Fuzhou, Fujian province
Photo 15
Xi in military uniform when he was young
