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Beijing

Xi salutes Xinhua's 85th birthday

President Xi Jinping sent a letter on Saturday congratulating Xinhua News Agency on the 85th anniversary of its founding. In his letter, Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said that Xinhua, a news organization set up and led by the CPC, plays a preeminent role in the Party's media work. Over the past 85 years, Xinhua has been guided by the CPC, followed the Party's principles and stuck to the principle of "being run by statesmen", Xi said.