Xi Focus: Xi confers highest state honors on individuals ahead of National Day

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, walks into the venue of the presentation ceremony of the national medals and honorary titles of the People's Republic of China with awardees at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 29, 2019. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)