Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivers a brief speech at the airport in Macao, south China, Dec. 18, 2024. Xi arrived in Macao on Wednesday afternoon on a special plane. He will attend a gathering celebrating the 25th anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland and the inauguration ceremony of the sixth-term government of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) on Friday. Xi will also inspect the Macao SAR. (Xinhua/Yan Yan)