Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, inspects a sugarcane base in Laibin, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Dec. 14, 2023. Xi on Thursday afternoon inspected the city of Laibin in Guangxi. During the inspection, Xi visited a sugarcane base and a sugar company in the city, learning about the breeding, planting and harvesting of sugarcane and the development of the sugar industry. (Xinhua/Wang Ye)

NANNING, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Thursday afternoon inspected the city of Laibin in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

During the inspection, Xi visited a sugarcane base and a sugar company in the city, learning about the breeding, planting and harvesting of sugarcane and the development of the sugar industry. ■

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, inspects a sugarcane base in Laibin, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Dec. 14, 2023. Xi on Thursday afternoon inspected the city of Laibin in Guangxi. During the inspection, Xi visited a sugarcane base and a sugar company in the city, learning about the breeding, planting and harvesting of sugarcane and the development of the sugar industry. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, inspects a sugarcane base in Laibin, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Dec. 14, 2023. Xi on Thursday afternoon inspected the city of Laibin in Guangxi. During the inspection, Xi visited a sugarcane base and a sugar company in the city, learning about the breeding, planting and harvesting of sugarcane and the development of the sugar industry. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, inspects a sugarcane base in Laibin, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Dec. 14, 2023. Xi on Thursday afternoon inspected the city of Laibin in Guangxi. During the inspection, Xi visited a sugarcane base and a sugar company in the city, learning about the breeding, planting and harvesting of sugarcane and the development of the sugar industry. (Xinhua/Wang Ye)

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, inspects a sugarcane base in Laibin, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Dec. 14, 2023. Xi on Thursday afternoon inspected the city of Laibin in Guangxi. During the inspection, Xi visited a sugarcane base and a sugar company in the city, learning about the breeding, planting and harvesting of sugarcane and the development of the sugar industry. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, inspects a sugarcane base in Laibin, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Dec. 14, 2023. Xi on Thursday afternoon inspected the city of Laibin in Guangxi. During the inspection, Xi visited a sugarcane base and a sugar company in the city, learning about the breeding, planting and harvesting of sugarcane and the development of the sugar industry. (Xinhua/Wang Ye)

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, inspects a sugar company in Laibin, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Dec. 14, 2023. Xi on Thursday afternoon inspected the city of Laibin in Guangxi. During the inspection, Xi visited a sugarcane base and a sugar company in the city, learning about the breeding, planting and harvesting of sugarcane and the development of the sugar industry. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, inspects a sugar company in Laibin, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Dec. 14, 2023. Xi on Thursday afternoon inspected the city of Laibin in Guangxi. During the inspection, Xi visited a sugarcane base and a sugar company in the city, learning about the breeding, planting and harvesting of sugarcane and the development of the sugar industry. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, talks with employees while inspecting a sugar company in Laibin, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Dec. 14, 2023. Xi on Thursday afternoon inspected the city of Laibin in Guangxi. During the inspection, Xi visited a sugarcane base and a sugar company in the city, learning about the breeding, planting and harvesting of sugarcane and the development of the sugar industry. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)