President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, inspects local efforts in improving the overall environment along the shoreline of the Yangtze River, as well as the enforcement of fishing ban policies, at a riverside district in the city of Nantong, East China's Jiangsu province, Nov 12, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]

NANJING -- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Thursday arrived in East China's Jiangsu province for inspection.

The inspection tour came after Xi attended a grand gathering to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the development and opening-up of Shanghai's Pudong.

In the afternoon, Xi first went to a riverside district in the city of Nantong, where he inspected local efforts in improving the overall environment along the shoreline of the Yangtze River, as well as the enforcement of fishing ban policies.

Xi then went to Nantong Museum, where he watched exhibits introducing Zhang Jian, a Chinese industrialist and educator in the late 19th century and early 20th century.

The museum, founded by Zhang in 1905, is the first public museum founded by Chinese.

Xi learned about Zhang's deeds in developing China's domestic industries, education and public welfare undertakings.

Xi inspects environmental protection of Yangtze River

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Thursday inspected the environmental protection of the Yangtze River during a visit to a riverside district in the city of Nantong, East China's Jiangsu province.

Xi said he visited here specially to learn about local efforts in overhauling the environment as he came to inspect the Yangtze Economic Belt and the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta.

"The dirty and messy places in the past have been turned into green belts in parks now," Xi said, noting that a happy life is achieved through the hard work of all.