(260605) -- BEIJING, June 5, 2026 (Xinhua) -- General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese President Xi Jinping holds a welcome ceremony for General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee and Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith at the square outside the east gate of the Great Hall of the People ahead of their talks in Beijing, capital of China, June 5, 2026. Xi held talks with Thongloun, who is on a state visit to China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Friday. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)