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Why do the 9 new photos appear on Xi's bookshelves

President Xi Jinping delivered his New Year address in his office on Sunday through a video. If you watch carefully, you will find that some photos seen on Xi's bookshelves appear for the first time this year. Here's a look at the new and old photos in his office.

A total of 15 photos are on the bookshelves, and nine (from one to nine) are new.


A total of 15 photos are on the bookshelves, and nine (from one to nine) are new.


Photo 1

Time: June 21, 2017

Place: Zhaojiawa, an impoverished area in Xinzhou city, Shanxi province

Keywords: Visiting people in poverty, talking with villagers and officials


Photo 2

Time: Nov 3, 2013

Place: Shibadong village in Paibi township of Huayuan county in the Tujia-Miao autonomous prefecture of Xiangxi, Central China's Hunan province

Keywords: Servant of the public


Photo 3

Time: Feb 2, 2016

Place: Shenshan village, Maoping township in eastern China's Jiangxi province

Keywords: Poverty alleviation


Photo 4

Time: Oct 31, 2017

Place: The memorial hall of the first CPC National Congress in Shanghai

Keywords: Reciting the admission oath


Photo 5

Time: July 28, 2017

Place: The Bayi Building in Beijing

Keywords: Awarding medals and certificates to the recipients of the Order of August 1


Photo 6

Time: July 30, 2017

Place: Zhurihe training base in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region

Keywords: A military parade to mark the 90th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army


Photo 7

Time: Jan 26, 2014

Place: Arxan in Inner Mongolia autonomous region

Keywords: Greetings to border soldiers

Highlight: Three photos are related to the military, which shows Xi paying a great attention to the country's national defense and military building.


Photo 8

Time: June 30, 2017

Place: Junior Police Call Permanent Activity Centre and Integrated Youth Training Camp in Hong Kong

Keywords: Celebrating the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland


Photo 9

Time: May 14, 2017

Place: Yanqi Lake International Convention Center in Beijing's northern Huairou district

Keywords: The Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation


Except for these nine new photos, six photos have appeared in past years.

Photo 14

Time: Nov 3, 2013

Place: Shibadong village in Paibi township of Huayuan county in the Tujia-Miao autonomous prefecture of Xiangxi, Central China's Hunan province

Keywords: Proposing "targeted poverty relief" for the first time


Highlight: Photo 14 appeared in the video of Xi delivering 2015 New Year address. The scene happened at the same place and time of Photo 2. This year shows the two photos of the same visit. In the new address, Xi mentioned poverty relief twice. Among the 15 photos, four are related to poverty relief.


Photo 10 to 13 and 15 on the bookshelves show Xi and his family life.

Photo 10

Xi, his wife Peng Liyuan and their daughter accompany Xi's father Xi Zhongxun


Photo 11

Xi accompanies his mother


Photo 12

Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan on Dongshan Island in Fujian province


Photo 13

Xi carries his daughter on cycle in Fuzhou, Fujian province


Photo 15

Xi in military uniform when he was young

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