Xinhua pictures of the year 2025: Leading China-Xinhua

Xinhua pictures of the year 2025: Leading China

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2025-12-31 20:05:46

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, talks with villagers in Zhujiagou Village, Suizhong County of Huludao City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Jan. 22, 2025. Xi braved the cold to visit the general public during an inspection trip to Liaoning from Jan. 22 to 24, 2025. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, talks with merchants and customers while visiting a food market in Shenyang, capital city of northeast China's Liaoning Province, Jan. 23, 2025. Xi braved the cold to visit the general public during an inspection trip to Liaoning from Jan. 22 to 24, 2025. (Xinhua/Wang Ye)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, gestures as he attends a high-level reception to ring in the Chinese New Year at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 27, 2025. Xi and other leaders of the CPC and the state attended the reception held by the CPC Central Committee and the State Council in Beijing on Jan. 27, 2025. (Xinhua/Zhai Jianlan)

Chinese President Xi Jinping waves during the opening ceremony of the 9th Asian Winter Games in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Feb. 7, 2025. (Xinhua/Yan Yan)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, talks with representatives of private entrepreneurs in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 17, 2025. Xi attended a symposium on private enterprises and delivered an important speech in Beijing on Feb. 17, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Xueren)

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with representatives of the international business community at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 28, 2025. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, talks with the crowd on site during a voluntary tree planting activity in Fengtai District of Beijing, capital of China, April 3, 2025. Xi and other Party and state leaders, including Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, Li Xi, and Han Zheng, arrived at the tree planting site on the bank of a river in Fengtai District on April 3, 2025 and planted trees with officials and local people. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu)

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, and To Lam, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee, greet the crowd after a grand welcome ceremony as they walk to the CPV Central Committee headquarters for talks in Hanoi, Vietnam, April 14, 2025. Xi arrived in Hanoi on April 14, 2025 to pay a state visit to Vietnam. (Xinhua/Zhang Ling)

Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a welcome ceremony held by Malaysian King Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, April 16, 2025. Xi met with Malaysian King Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar at the National Palace in Kuala Lumpur on April 16, 2025. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)

Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni presents the National Order of Independence - Grand Collar to Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, April 17, 2025. Xi met with Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni at the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh on April 17, 2025. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu)

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin enter the venue of their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, May 8, 2025. Xi held talks with Putin here on May 8, 2025. (Xinhua/Wang Ye)

Chinese President Xi Jinping attends celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2025. Leaders from more than 20 countries and international organizations were invited to the events. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)

Chinese President Xi Jinping holds a welcome ceremony for Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at the square outside the east gate of the Great Hall of the People prior to their talks in Beijing, capital of China, May 13, 2025. Xi held talks with Lula, who was on a state visit to China, in Beijing on May 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, visits an intelligent manufacturing plant of the Luoyang Bearing Group Co., Ltd. in Luoyang, central China's Henan Province, May 19, 2025. Xi made an inspection tour in Henan from May 19 to 20, 2025. (Xinhua/Yan Yan)

Panchen Erdeni Chos-kyi rGyal-po presents a hada to Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, at Zhongnanhai in Beijing, capital of China, June 6, 2025. Xi received a visit from Panchen Erdeni Chos-kyi rGyal-po here on June 6, 2025. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev walk into the presidential palace in Astana, Kazakhstan, June 16, 2025. Xi held talks with Tokayev here on June 16, 2025. (Xinhua/Ding Lin)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev witness the inauguration of the China-Central Asia poverty reduction cooperation center, the China-Central Asia education exchange cooperation center, the China-Central Asia desertification control cooperation center and the China-Central Asia trade facilitation cooperation platform in Astana, Kazakhstan, June 17, 2025. The second China-Central Asia Summit was held in Astana on June 17, 2025. Tokayev chaired the summit. Xi, Japarov, Rahmon, Berdimuhamedov and Mirziyoyev attended the summit. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, has warm conversations with students and staff during a visit to a memorial hall commemorating the Hundred-Regiment Campaign in Yangquan, north China's Shanxi Province, July 7, 2025. Xi made an inspection tour in Shanxi from July 7 to 8, 2025. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, waves to people upon his arrival in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 20, 2025. Xi, who led a central delegation, arrived in Lhasa on Aug. 20, 2025 to attend activities marking the 60th founding anniversary of Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Yan Yan)

Chinese President Xi Jinping poses for a group photo with other leaders and representatives attending the 25th Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Tianjin, north China, Sept. 1, 2025. Xi chaired the meeting and delivered a speech titled "Staying True to SCO Founding Mission and Ushering in a Better Future." (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, and foreign leaders walk to Tian'anmen Rostrum ahead of a grand gathering to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 3, 2025. (Xinhua/Ding Lin)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, shakes hands with war veterans at Tian'anmen Rostrum in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 3, 2025. China held a grand gathering on Sept. 3, 2025 in Beijing's Tian'anmen Square to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. (Xinhua/Yan Yan)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, waves at Tian'anmen Rostrum in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 3, 2025. China held a grand gathering on Sept. 3, 2025 to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. (Xinhua/Yue Yuewei)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivers an important speech during a grand gathering to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 3, 2025. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, salutes the flags of the Party, the nation and the army with a fixed gaze as he reviews troops in a Hongqi limousine during a grand gathering commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 3, 2025. Xi delivered an important speech at the gathering and reviewed troops. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, reviews troops during a grand gathering commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 3, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Gang)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, reviews troops during a grand gathering commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 3, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Gang)

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan enter the banquet hall together with the foreign leaders and their spouses attending a reception commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 3, 2025. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended and addressed the reception. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)

Xi Jinping and other leaders shake hands with war veterans before a grand cultural gala at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 3, 2025. With the theme of "Justice Prevails," the gala was staged on Sept. 3, 2025 to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. Party and state leaders Xi Jinping, Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, Li Xi, and Han Zheng watched the gala with about 6,000 people. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, waves to the crowds gathering to see him off at Urumqi Tianshan International Airport in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on Sept. 25, 2025. Xi left Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region for Beijing on Sept. 25, 2025 after attending events in celebration of the autonomous region's 70th founding anniversary. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan pose for a group photo with the heads of foreign delegations and their spouses attending the Global Leaders' Meeting on Women in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 13, 2025. Xi attended the opening ceremony of the Global Leaders' Meeting on Women and delivered a keynote speech at the China National Convention Center in Beijing on Oct. 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)

The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee presides over the fourth plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee in Beijing, capital of China. The 20th Central Committee of the CPC convened its fourth plenary session in Beijing from Oct. 20 to 23, 2025. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with U.S. President Donald Trump in Busan, South Korea, Oct. 30, 2025. (Xinhua/Shen Hong)

Chinese President Xi Jinping and other leaders and representatives pose for a group photo after the second session of the 32nd APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, Nov. 1, 2025. Xi attended the session and delivered a speech titled "Jointly Forging a Sustainable and Brighter Future" in Gyeongju on Nov. 1, 2025. (Xinhua/Yao Dawei)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, poses for a group photo with representatives of the Fujian aircraft carrier unit at a naval port in Sanya City, south China's Hainan Province, Nov. 5, 2025. Xi attended the commissioning and flag-presenting ceremony of the Fujian, China's first aircraft carrier equipped with electromagnetic catapults, in Hainan on Nov. 5, 2025. Xi boarded the aircraft carrier to inspect the vessel. (Xinhua/Li Gang)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, tours a pomelo growing base in Meizhou City, south China's Guangdong Province, Nov. 7, 2025. Xi made an inspection tour in Guangdong from Nov. 7 to 8, 2025. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, waves during the opening ceremony of China's 15th National Games in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, Nov. 9, 2025. Xi attended the opening ceremony and declared the Games open. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan, together with French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron, stroll and converse along Yangong Path in Dujiangyan in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Dec. 5, 2025. Xi and Macron had friendly exchanges in Dujiangyan on Dec. 5, 2025. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)