(250527) -- BEIJING, May 27, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Shi Taifeng, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and head of the CPC Central Committee's Organization Department, reads out Chinese President Xi Jinping's congratulatory letter and delivers a speech on behalf of the CPC Central Committee at the ninth national congress of the Chinese Young Pioneers (CYP) in Beijing, capital of China, May 27, 2025. Chinese President Xi Jinping has sent a congratulatory letter to the ninth national congress of the CYP, a national organization for children. The congress opened Tuesday in Beijing.

Xi, also general secretary of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, extended his greetings to children across the country. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)