Chinese President Hu Jintao and Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing sent messages of condolence to their US counterparts respectively on Sunday over the decease of former US President Ronald Reagan, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.

In the messages to US President George W. Bush and Secretary of State Colin Powell, Hu and Li also expressed sympathy to Reagan's wife, Nancy and his relatives.

Reagan passed away at the age of 93 at his home in California on Saturday after a decade-old struggle with Alzheimer's disease.