New photos on Xi Jinping's bookshelf during his 2024 New Year address

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a New Year address to ring in 2024 on Sunday.

CGTN spotted some new pictures on his bookshelves. Let's take a look at the stories behind the pictures.

Xi traveled to the cities of Zhanjiang, Maoming and Guangzhou in south China's Guangdong Province in April 2023.

On April 11, he went to a village in Genzi Township in Maoming's Gaozhou City, where he visited a lychee orchard to learn about local efforts to develop a distinctive plant industry and advance rural revitalization.

Xi inspected south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region from December 14 to 15, 2023.

He visited a sugarcane base in the city of Laibin, where he urged Guangxi, the country's major sugar production base, to further develop its characteristic sugar industry to play a more significant role in ensuring national sugar security and increasing sugarcane farmers' income.

Xi went to the areas hit by summer flooding in Beijing and neighboring Hebei Province on November 10, 2023, to visit affected people and inspect post-disaster reconstruction.

He visited Shuiyuzui Village in Beijing's Mentougou District to learn about post-flood infrastructure restoration and improvement efforts.

Xi visited north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in early June, where he traveled around the city of Bayannur from June 5 to 6, 2023.

He visited a state forestry area in Bayannur's Linhe District to learn about progress in the Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Program (TSFP). While there, he stressed the need to prevent and control desertification for the survival and development of humanity.

Xi visited an international trade market while inspecting Yiwu City in Jinhua, east China's Zhejiang Province, on September 20, 2023.

During his visit, Xi learned about the development of distinctive local industries and how to boost foreign trade and high-quality development. 

Xi inspected the Sinopec Jiujiang Company in Jiujiang, east China's Jiangxi Province on October 10, 2023.

Xi inspected a section of the Yangtze River National Cultural Park located in the urban area of Jiujiang and also the Sinopec Jiujiang Company, where he learned about local efforts in the construction of the park, the ecological restoration along the Yangtze River shoreline, and the petrochemical company's transformation and upgrade toward green development.

Xi posed for a group photo with distinguished guests attending the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, the capital of China, on October 18, 2023.

So far, more than 150 countries and over 30 international organizations have signed Belt and Road cooperation agreements, with the initiative extending from the Eurasian continent to Africa and Latin America.

Xi inspected southwest China's Sichuan Province from July 25 to 27, 2023, during which he visited the new Sanxingdui Museum building in Deyang City.

The Sanxingdui Ruins are the remnants of an ancient capital and represent the ancient Shu civilization.

Xi toured the exhibition halls and visited the venue for relic preservation and repair, where he carefully observed the procedures, details, and latest techniques, learning about efforts in historical and cultural heritage inheritance.

This combined photo shows President Xi, also chairman of the Central Military Commission, speaking with soldiers at a border defense station in Khunjerab under the Xinjiang military command, soldiers from a patrolling Chinese navy formation, soldiers in an air force aviation brigade and soldiers from the Falcon Commando Unit under the armed police force via video link in Beijing, the capital of China, on January 18, 2023.

Xi inspected the combat readiness of the armed forces via video link ahead of the Spring Festival or the Chinese New Year.

Xi extended festive greetings to service personnel of the People's Liberation Army and the People's Armed Police Force, civilian personnel posted in the military, and militia and reserve forces members.

Xi visited the Beijing Yuying School ahead of International Children's Day, which fell on June 1, 2023. 

During the trip, he extended greetings to children across the country and urged families, schools and society as a whole to create more conditions for kids to "build up their bodies."

This is a photo of Xi's father, Xi Zhongxun. October 15, 2023 was the 110th anniversary of Xi Zhongxun's birth.

A photo of Xi and his family

In this photo, Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, pose with his father, Xi Zhongxun, and his mother, Qi Xin. 

This is a photo of President Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan. 

Xi, his wife and their daughter

This is a photo of Xi, his wife and their daughter. Xi pays great attention to family tradition and family education and has stressed family education on many occasions.

Xi was unanimously elected Chinese president on March 10, 2023, leading the country of 1.4 billion people in a new journey toward modernization.

He made a public pledge of allegiance to the Constitution at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.