Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, talks with fruit growers, local villagers and agricultural technicians while visiting a local apple production base in Tianshui, northwest China's Gansu Province, Sept. 11, 2024. Xi inspected the city of Baoji in northwest China's Shaanxi Province and the city of Tianshui in neighboring Gansu Province from Tuesday afternoon to Wednesday morning. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)