Update: Xi leaves for Beijing after attending celebrations for Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region's 70th founding anniversary

URUMQI, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping left Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region for Beijing on Thursday after attending events in celebration of the autonomous region's 70th founding anniversary.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, was given a warm send-off by people of all ethnic groups who lined the streets