Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, listens to the work report of the 79th Group Army of the People's Liberation Army and delivers a speech on Sept. 27, 2018. Xi inspected the 79th Group Army of the People's Liberation Army and met with senior officers of troops stationed in northeast China's Liaoning Province from Sept. 27 to 28. (Xinhua/Li Gang)