Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday gathered with non-Communist party leaders and personages in Beijing ahead of the Spring Festival, Jan. 14, 2020. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)

BEIJING, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday gathered with leaders from non-Communist parties and the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, as well as personages without party affiliation ahead of the Spring Festival.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, extended festival greetings to them at the gathering held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. ■