CGTN: How Xi Jinping’s early rural years shaped a lasting pledge to improve lives
CGTN published an article exploring how Xi Jinping’s seven years in Liangjiahe shaped his people-centered governance philosophy. It traced how his experiences in the rural village fostered a lifelong commitment to improving lives, influencing China’s poverty alleviation efforts and informing its vision of shared development and global cooperation.
When Xi Jinping arrived in the remote village of Liangjiahe at the age of 15 as part of a campaign that sent educated youths to the countryside, he entered an unfamiliar world of cave dwellings, farm labor and hardship, experiences that shaped his lifelong commitment to serving the people.
The seven years Xi spent in the small village in northwest China’s Shaanxi Province became a defining chapter in his life. He lived alongside farmers, slept on...
