Xi visits epicenter of 2008 Wenchuan earthquake
President Xi Jinping on Monday visited Yingxiu Town of Wenchuan County, the epicenter of the magnitude-8.0 earthquake that hit southwest China's Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008.
Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, visited the ruins of a middle school, where he laid flowers in memory of more than 80,000 people killed in the earthquake and heroes who died during rescue work.
President Xi Jinping talks with local people in Yingxiu Town of Wenchuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, on February 12, 2018.
President Xi Jinping greets a child in Yingxiu Town of Wenchuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, on February 12, 2018.
President Xi Jinping learns about the development of tea industry that benefits local people in Yingxiu Town of Wenchuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, on February 12, 2018.
President Xi Jinping fries meat at a restaurant in Yingxiu Town of Wenchuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, on February 12, 2018.
