JINAN, Oct. 22, 2021 Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, checks the growth of soybeans while visiting the Agricultural High-tech Industrial Demonstration Area of the Yellow River Delta in the city of Dongying, east China's Shandong Province, Oct. 21, 2021. After the visit, Xi on Friday chaired a symposium on ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River basin in Jinan, east China's Shandong Province. (Credit Image: © Wang Ye/Xinhua via ZUMA Press)