Xinhua selects China pictures of the year 2019

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Chinese president 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)