Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, places a flower basket at a memorial park dedicated to the Battle of the Xiangjiang River during the Long March in the 1930s in Caiwan, a town in Quanzhou County in the city of Guilin in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on April 25, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]

NANNING -- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said the secret to the success of the Chinese revolution lies in ideals and convictions.

Xi made the remarks on Sunday when he visited a memorial park dedicated to the Battle of the Xiangjiang River during the Long March in the 1930s in the city of Guilin, South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.