Symposium held for centennial of late CPPCC vice-chairman

A symposium was held in Beijing Monday to mark the centenary of the birth of Cheng Zihua, a late leader of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), China's top political advisory body.

Jia Qinglin, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, attended the symposium on Cheng, former vice-chairmen of the CPPCC National Committee in the early 1980s.

At the symposium, Cheng was praised as a person that has made selfish contributions to the Chinese nation.

Cheng once served as secretary of the Shanxi provincial committee of the CPC and minister of civil affairs.

Some other leaders of the CPPCC National Committee, officials from government agencies and relatives and friends of Cheng also attended the symposium.

Source: Xinhua