The Central Military Commission holds a literary performance to celebrate the Chinese New Year and offer greetings to the retired veterans stationed in Beijing. Xi Jinping extends his New Year greetings to all the veteran comrades in the military.

The Central Military Commission visited the old cadres of the troops stationed in Beijing and held a New Year's literary performance at the China Theater on the afternoon of the 6th. General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, President of the country, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission Xi Jinping watched the performance and extended holiday greetings and New Year blessings to the military veterans present and retired old cadres of the entire army. At around 4 pm, Xi Jinping came to the old comrades and the whole audience burst into warm applause. Xi Jinping exchanged warm greetings and inquired about their health and living conditions with everyone, jointly reviewing the extraordinary journey and significant achievements of the Party, the country, and the military in the past year. The old comrades unanimously expressed that they must unite more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, comprehensively implement the Xi Jinping Strong Military Thinking, deeply understand the decisive significance of the "two maintenances", resolutely uphold the responsibilities of the Chairman of the Military Commission, uphold the glorious tradition, maintain political integrity, firmly uphold their beliefs, and make contributions to achieving the centenary goal of the founding of the army as scheduled and promoting the high-quality development of national defense and the modernization of the military.