On April 17, 2003, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, Chinese President and Chairman of the CPC Central Military Commission, expressed great concern for the April 15 Boston Marathon bombings, in which one Chinese student was killed and another seriously injured. Conveying his sorrow for dead student and offering condolences to the injured student and the victims' families, he instructed the Chinese Foreign Ministry, the Chinese Embassy in the United States and the Chinese Consulate General in New York to make all-out efforts to handle the aftermath and arrange treatment for the injured student. He also asked them to maintain close contact with the U.S. side to properly handle other related issues.