Xi's New Year Address through his picture gallery

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From 2014’s New Year Address to this year’s, from catchy gem quotes to firm New Year resolutions, the messages President Xi has sent out are important, but what also grabs the attention of millions and stirs heated discussions every year are the photos he has in the office and what signals they send.

This year, 15 photos were spotted in the office, where he has given four New Year Addresses – 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2018. Nine of them were put up in 2017. Let’s take a look.

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1. Xi inspects Xinzhou, Shanxi Province

Chinese President Xi Jinping talked to local villagers in Zhaojiawa Village of Kelan County in Xinzhou city, north China's Shanxi Province on June 21, 2017 when he visited people living in poverty-stricken areas.

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2. Xi: "I am a servant of the people"

President Xi talked with family members of Shi Qiwen, a villager in Shibadong in Paibi Township of Huayuan County, central China's Hunan Province on November 3, 2013. "I am a servant of the people," he introduced himself.

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3. Xi makes snack with villagers

President Xi made ciba, cuisine made of sticky rice, with villagers while visiting Shenshan Village in Jinggangshan, east China's Jiangxi Province on Febrary 2, 2016. He said, "Endeavors of poverty alleviation must be carried out in a precise manner, with different measures rolled out targeting different characteristics of different people and households. Not a single family living in poverty is to be left behind on our path to combating poverty."

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4. Xi visits revolutionary historical site of CPC

President Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, led other members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee to review the oath of the CPC when visiting the site where the first CPC National Congress was held in 1921, in Shanghai, east China, on October 31, 2017.

Xi led the other six members of the Standing Committee – Li Keqiang, Li Zhanshu, Wang Yang, Wang Huning, Zhao Leji and Han Zheng – to the sites. In 1921, the delegates representing about 50 CPC members nationwide convened the first CPC National Congress in late July in Shanghai, but moved to a boat on Nanhu Lake in Jiaxing of east China's Zhejiang Province due to the harassment of local police.

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5. Xi honors military officers unit ahead of China’s Army Day

Three days ahead of China’s Army Day, Xi Jinping (C), also chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) and General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, posed for a group photo with the 10 military officers who are awarded the Order of Bayi, the country's highest military award in Beijing on July 28, 2017. Those received the honor included astronaut Jing Haipeng, the commander of the Shenzhou-11 spacecraft.

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6. Xi inspects military formations in celebration of PLA 90th founding anniversary

On the last day of July 2017, President Xi Jinping inspected military formations at Zhurihe training base in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region as the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) celebrated the 90th anniversary of its founding. This was the first-ever military parade conducted in celebration of “Chinese Army Day” which falls on August 1.

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7. Xi visits border troops ahead of Chinese Lunar New Year

On January 26, 2014, only days ahead of 2014’s Chinese lunar new year, Xi Jinping flew to north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region from Beijing and visited garrison soldiers in the border of Chinese-Mongolia. He praised the border troops' efforts in safeguarding national safety, saying “China and Chinese people will never forget you.”

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8. Group photo with Hong Kong juniors

2017 marks the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong SAR’s return to Chinese mainland. Xi took this group photo with members of the Hong Kong Junior Police Call during his visit to the special autonomous region on June 30.

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9. Belt and Road Forum in Beijing

In this photo taken on May 14, 2017, Xi Jinping was pictured walking out of the Yanqi Lake International Convention and Exhibition Center along with other foreign leaders and delegations who were gathered in Beijing for the first Belt and Road Forum.

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10. "Birthplace" of Xi's “Targeted poverty alleviation”

Xi Jinping first used the term “targeted poverty alleviation” as he visited Shibadong village in central China’s Hunan Province on December 3, 2013.

This picture was also seen in his office in the 2015 New Year address.

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11. Bust of young Xi Jinping in military uniform

The portrait of Xi Jinping in his youth in military uniform was seen on the bookshelf in his office during his New Year address for 2015 and 2016.

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We've long known Xi Jinping as the Chinese president, However, to take a fresh look at him, he's also as a son, a husband and a father, like millions of ordinary people.

From his first New Year address for 2014, Xi has shared his family photos with millions of his audiences.

12. The son with father

As a son, Xi Jinping was pictured pushing his father's wheelchair while his wife and daughter walk alongside him.

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13. The son with mother

Xi Jinping accompanied his mother who's in her 80s for a walk in an undated photo.

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14. The husband with wife

In another picture taken on August 1987, Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan posed for a photo on Dongshan Island in east China’s Fujian province.

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15. The father and daughter

Xi Jinping, as a regular father, took his daughter on a bicycle ride when he worked in Fuzhou city in east China’s Fujian Province.

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