Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said the secret to the success of the Chinese revolution lies in ideals and convictions.
Xi made the remarks on Sunday when he visited a memorial park dedicated to the Battle of the Xiangjiang River during the Long March in the 1930s in the city of Guilin, South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.
Xi inspected South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region on Sunday.
In the morning, Xi went to Caiwan, a town in Quanzhou County in the city of Guilin.
Xi visited the memorial park dedicated to the Battle of the Xiangjiang River during the Long March in the 1930s, and laid a flower basket in homage to Red Army soldiers who died in the battle.
He also visited a memorial hall in the park to pay respect to revolutionary martyrs.
Xi then went to the village of Maozhushan, where he inspected progress in promoting rural vitalization and grassroots-level governance.
In the afternoon, Xi visited a section of the Lijiang River, where he learned about local efforts in the ecological conservation of the river.
Xi stressed protection of the ecological environment of the Lijiang River.
Hailing the river as the one-and-only treasure of China and the world, Xi said that its ecological environment should never be damaged.