Xi attends tree planting activity, calls for understanding, protecting nature

Chinese President Xi Jinping plants trees with students on Tuesday March 29 in east Beijing. [Photo: Xinhua]

Chinese President Xi Jinping urged people, especially the young, to understand and protect nature while attending a tree planting activity in Beijing on Wednesday.

Chinese President Xi Jinping plants trees with students on Tuesday March 29 in east Beijing. [Photo: Xinhua]

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, and other top leaders visited east Beijing and planted saplings of different types of trees.