Xi inspects NE China city ahead of Spring Festival

SHENYANG, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Thursday inspected Shenyang, capital city of northeast China's Liaoning Province.

Xi made the trip to the city shortly before the Spring Festival, the most important festival for the Chinese people, which falls on Jan. 29 this year.  ■