President Xi Jinping inspects Tianjin

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, talks to academicians, specialists and teachers at Nankai University in Tianjin, Jan. 17, 2019. [Photo: Xinhua/Xie Huanchi]

Chinese President Xi Jinping inspected north China's Tianjin Municipality on Thursday morning.

During his inspection, President Xi went to Nankai University, one of China's top universities.

He visited the university's centenary exhibition, talked with a group of academicians and examined a national chemistry laboratory.

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, visits an exhibition on Nankai University's 100-year history at the university in Tianjin, Jan. 17, 2019. [Photo: Xinhua/Xie Huanchi]

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, visits an exhibition on Nankai University's 100-year history at the university in Tianjin, Jan. 17, 2019. [Photo: Xinhua/Xie Huanchi]

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, visits an exhibition on Nankai University's 100-year history at the university in Tianjin, Jan. 17, 2019. [Photo: Xinhua/Xie Huanchi]