President Xi Jinping(C), also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of China's Central Military Commission (CMC), confers military flag on Gen. Wang Ning (L) and Lt. Gen. Zhu Shengling (R), commander and political commissar of the Armed Police Force (APF) respectively, at a flag-conferring ceremony held by the CMC in Beijing on the morning of Jan. 10, 2018. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Zhou Chaorong)