Rare footage shows who President Xi cares about the most Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed the importance of “precision” in the battle against poverty during a visit to Zhangbei County, Zhangjiakou, in north China’s Hebei Province last week, a few days before the Spring Festival. Xi, also General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, said that he has always placed poverty alleviation high on his agenda. “This is what I always care about and what I must pay close attention to wherever I go,” he told a group of local villagers and officials, emphasizing that poverty alleviation should focus on targeted people and industries.