President Xi Jinping and other Chinese leaders have extended Spring Festival greetings to retired senior officials ahead of the holiday. They wished the officials a happy Spring Festival, good health, and longevity. The retired officials expressed wholehearted support for Xi's core position and praised the Party and country's achievements over the past year.
As the Spring Festival of 2026 approaches on February 17, President Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, along with other Chinese leaders, visited or entrusted others to visit retired senior officials to extend greetings.
The leaders wished the retired senior officials a happy Spring Festival, good health, and longevity. The officials voiced wholehearted support for Xi Jinping's core position on the CPC Central Committee and in the Party as a whole, and spoke highly of the remarkable achievements made by the Party and the country over the past year.
They expressed hope that the Party, the military, and people of all ethnic groups will unite even more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, and strive for a good start to the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030).
This event highlights the Chinese leaders' care for veteran officials during the traditional holiday, reflecting consensus on the nation's future development. Related reports note that Xi recently joined a Spring Festival gathering with non-CPC members and extended greetings to service personnel, underscoring themes of unity and stability during the festival.
