Xi visits pomegranate orchard in Shandong

On his way back to Beijing after a trip to Zhejiang province, President Xi Jinping inspected Zaozhuang city in East China's Shandong province on Sunday afternoon.

The city boasts one of the largest concentrated areas of pomegranate cultivation in China, featuring a wide array of varieties and a fully developed industrial chain.

When visiting a pomegranate orchard, Xi said that with people's lives improving, the demand for high-quality specialty products is also growing, bringing about a promising future for the pomegranate industry.