Xi Focus-Closeup: Paddling through all odds on fact-finding mission

BEIJING, April 27 (Xinhua) -- On a morning in April 1982, Zhang Wupu, who was the Party chief of Xizhaotong commune, stood at the commune's entrance in Zhengding County, Hebei Province, awaiting the arrival of the new deputy Party chief for the county.

Unexpectedly, a young man dressed in plain clothes rode up to him on an old bicycle, taking Zhang by surprise.

The man got off his bike and, with a smile,