100 kilometers east of Hotan City, Xinjiang, a small village called Pomegranate Seed Village is well-known for its abundant production of pomegranates. During the 2017 National People's Congress, Maimetiryimu Maimetirim, a National People's Congress representative from Pomegranate Seed Village, met General Secretary Xi Jinping.

"Your Hotan area has little arable land. How much land does each village have?"

"Is this land now planted food? Or are fruit trees all planted?"

General Secretary Xi Jinping's meticulous inquiries and concern for people of all ethnic groups warmed everyone present. The General Secretary emphasized: "Keep national unity like you care for your own eyes, cherish your own life, and hold them tightly like pomegranate seeds." "First focus on people of all ethnic groups living and working in peace and contentment, carry out more projects to improve production and living conditions, do more practical things that benefit people's livelihood, and solve more problems that people of all ethnic groups are worried about."

In recent years, pomegranate seed village has doubled its pomegranate yield by improving varieties and planting technology. The railway was opened and the expressway was opened, and the pomegranates in the village were sold further away. The farmers' pockets became bulging, the rural economy became alive, the villagers lived in the housing for the people to enrich the people, and the children had brand new libraries, science museums, and basketball courts. All the things that the General Secretary was concerned about back then were implemented one by one.

Sow "pomegranate seeds" and bloom "unity flowers".

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee has placed accelerating the development of ethnic minorities and ethnic regions in a more prominent position in the overall national reform and development. Every year at the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, General Secretary Xi Jinping will listen carefully to the voices of representatives of all ethnic groups, discuss ethnic unity and discuss development plans together; whenever he visits ethnic areas, he will use local ethnic etiquette to send sincere blessings to people of all ethnic groups and take the pulse and consult the development of ethnic areas.

Today, the economic development level and people's quality of life in all ethnic groups have been greatly improved, and compatriots of all ethnic groups are hugging each other tightly like pomegranate seeds.

Producer丨Yan Shuinan Wang Shanshan

Producer丨Ma Lijun

Producer丨Du Xiaodong

Producer丨Liu Xuefeng

Camera丨Chen Lei

Editor丨Yan Jia Wang Shuintian Duan Haochen Su Meng Yang Zhu Yang Bo Yu Jian Liu Xiao Mao Hui Jin Yijie

Co-producer丨General Taiwan Xinjiang General Station Propaganda Department of the Hotan Prefectural Committee Hotan Regional Media Center Cele County Party Committee Propaganda Department Yutian County Party Committee Propaganda Department