Chinese President Xi Jinping visited primary-level officials and residents in Beijing during a two-day inspection tour from Monday to Tuesday, extending Spring Festival greetings to the Chinese people of all ethnic groups at home and abroad ahead of the Chinese New Year.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, wished them good health, career success and family happiness. He also wished the country peace and prosperity in the Chinese New Year, which is the Year of the Horse.