President Xi inspects Inner Mongolia

President Xi Jinping visits Chifeng as part of his inspection of North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region on July 15, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]

President Xi Jinping made an inspection tour to North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region on Monday.

At a local community in Songshan district of Chifeng city, Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, learned about the grassroots party-building work as well as the development of national integration and unity.

Later, he visited the Chifeng Museum, where he was briefed on the evolution of local history and culture of the city and talked with the inheritors of the epic of King Gesar.

The Gesar epic tradition was listed as a World Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2009.