Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), gives instructions and orders to all Chinese armed forces during a kicking-off ceremony for military training in the year of 2018 on Jan.3. The Chinese military held a grand annual military training kicking-off ceremony on Wednesday morning. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Wang Shibin, Zhou Chaorong and Feng Kaixuan)