BEIJING, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping has congratulated Chinese farmers for their first harvest festival.

Xi, also general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and chairman of the Central Military Commission, sent greetings and good wishes to the country's farmers on behalf of the CPC Central Committee ahead of the festival, which falls on Sept. 23, the Autumnal Equinox of this year.