[8] The name of the app is a pun on Chinese Communist Party (CCP) general secretary Xi Jinping's name.

"[9][10] Aside from offering ideological courses, it allows video chat with friends, sending messages that get deleted after being read, creating a personal calendar, getting informed through the state media or watching TV series about the history of the Chinese Communist Party.

[14] Once the app is downloaded, it gains access to the ID card number, real name, "bio-data" gleaned from the annual health check, shopping history, phone number, location data and deleted content.

[15] Cure53 and the Open Technology Fund reported that the app allows Chinese government access to all of the data on Android-based phones.

[18]: 29  Wang Huning, a member of the CCP Politburo Standing Committee, and other leading cadre presided over its development.