(250924) -- URUMQI, Sept. 24, 2025 (Xinhua) -- 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 while attending a gala marking the 70th founding anniversary of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in Urumqi, the regional capital, on Sept. 24, 2025. Xi joined people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang to watch the gala entitled "Beautiful Xinjiang." (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)