President Xi Jinping, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, waves to an audience that consists of people of multiple ethnicities while attending a gala titled "Beautiful Xinjiang" marking the 70th founding anniversary of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in the regional capital Urumqi on Wednesday.

President Xi Jinping receives flowers after arriving in Urumqi on Tuesday.

Actresses dance at a gala celebrating the founding anniversary in Urumqi on Wednesday.

President Xi Jinping engages in a cordial exchange with representatives from all walks of life in Urumqi on Tuesday.

President Xi Jinping waves goodbye to the people seeing him off at the airport in Xinjiang as he prepares to leave for Beijing on Thursday.