Martyrs' Day ceremony of presenting flower baskets to fallen national heroes held in Beijing

Taking a few steps forward, Xi carefully straightened the ribbons on the baskets and led other leaders in a walk around the monument to pay tribute.

From a new historical starting point, the 20th CPC National Congress has drawn an ambitious blueprint for realizing the Second Centenary Goal of building China into a great modern socialist country in all respects and advancing the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation on all fronts through a Chinese path to modernization, sounding a clarion call of the times for forging ahead on a new journey. Under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, inheriting the spirits of the martyrs and drawing on strength from it, the Party, the armed forces and the people of all ethnic groups are now marching on a new journey in confident strides, striving relentlessly for the building of a strong country and national rejuvenation.

Children and representatives from all walks of life walked up to the front of the monument, laid flowers and paid tribute.

The ceremony was presided over by Yin Li, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of the CPC Beijing Municipal Committee.