President Xi Jinping made an inspection tour to North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region on Monday, with his first stop in Chifeng city.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, learned about the grassroots party-building work, national integration and unity at a local community in Songshan district.

Later, he visited the Chifeng Museum, where he was briefed on the evolution of local history and culture of the city and talked with the inheritor of the epic of King Gesar, which was listed by UNESCO as an example of World Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2009.