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, visits a restaurant on Shitou Alley in the Qianmen area in central Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 1, 2019. Xi Jinping visited residents and primary-level officials in Beijing on Feb. 1, 2019 and extended Lunar New Year greetings to the Chinese people of all ethnic groups. (Xinhua/Wang Ye)