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From Liangjiahe, a village on the barren Loess Plateau in northwest China, to Zhongnanhai, the center of China’s top leadership in Beijing, Xi Jinping has served in various posts at different levels of the government across China, starting in his early years as a junior village official to...

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At the Helm of Chinese Modernization: An important key to China's success

June 30, 2026

SPEAKER_1 (0:03)

Our story begins with a photograph taken in the 1980s. Inside a modest office in northern China's Hebei province, a young man stood before a county map on the wall, a painting hand pointing to a specific location. He was studying the landscape and planning for the county's future.

This young man was Xi Jinping, who would later become the nation's top leader. At the time, he had just arrived in Zhending County, not far from Beijing. People who work with him still remember those days.

SPEAKER_2 (0:37)

Zhao Guilin, then a local official, recalled, After arriving in Zhending, he frequently visited local villages. In those days, he'd ride the bicycle out to the fields, talking with villagers, asking about their earnings, harvests, and whether they had enough to eat.

Whether production was high and whether people were satisfied with their lives.

SPEAKER_1 (1:03)

After conducting field research and assessing local conditions, Xi Jinping proposed a development plan leveraging the area's proximity to the provincial capital. It was termed a semi-suburban economy. The strategy was to take full advantage of the county's location, supply the city with what it needed while tapping…

The commitment to long-range planning was carried far beyond this county.

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