Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, inspected a bearing factory in the city of Luoyang in central China's Henan Province on Monday, where he learned about local efforts to accelerate the development of advanced manufacturing.
Founded in 1954 as one of the 156 key projects under the country's First Five-Year Plan (1953-1957), the state-owned Luoyang Bearing Group Co., Ltd. now runs two production bases and employs more than 5,800 workers.
After over seven decades of development, the company produces more than 30,000 bearing types in nine major categories, widely used in wind turbines, rail transit, automobiles and motorcycles, mining and metallurgy, engineering machinery, port equipment and vessels.
Backed by key national laboratories, the enterprise holds a leading position in the industry in research and development, manufacturing, detection and testing of bearings.
Looking ahead, the enterprise aims to build itself into a world-class demonstration firm known for special, sophisticated techniques that deliver unique and novel products.
During the inspection tour in Luoyang, Xi also visited the White Horse Temple and the Longmen Grottoes.
Xi inspects bearing factory in central Chinese city
Xi inspects bearing factory in central Chinese city
Protests against federal immigration enforcement are spreading across the United States, with the latest demonstration unfolding directly in front of the White House.
Early Saturday, more than a hundred demonstrators gathered there, demanding changes to the Trump administration's immigration policies and accountability for recent shootings involving federal agents.
Immigrant rights and civil rights groups said this weekend's rallies mark a coordinated national response. Demonstrations are planned or already underway in major cities including Philadelphia, as well as across states such as North Carolina, Florida, Texas, and Washington, D.C., where organizers are calling for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to be removed from local communities.
The nationwide protests follow a deadly week in which three people were shot by federal agents in two days.
In Minneapolis, Minnesota, a 37-year-old woman, Renee Good, was killed during an enforcement operation by the ICE. A day later in Portland, Oregon, a man and a woman were wounded during a separate federal operation.
In the aftermath, Minnesota state officials accused the Trump administration of blocking their investigation by denying access to key evidence and prematurely drawing conclusions before a full review could be completed.
On Friday, Donald Trump defended the Department of Homeland Security's actions, sharply criticizing Minnesota leaders and calling them corrupt.
Local leaders have pushed back. During a Saturday news conference, the mayor of Minneapolis described ICE agents' actions as reckless.
Officials in both Minneapolis and Portland continue urging demonstrators to remain peaceful as protests intensify nationwide.
According to a 50501 Movement statement issued Friday, at least 32 people died in ICE custody in 2025.
Nationwide protests erupt in US after ICE shootings
