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Hu Yaobang's birthday to be commemorated
(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2005-11-15 16:08
China's Foreign Ministry has said that a meeting will be held in mid-November
in Beijing to commemorate the 90th birthday of former Chinese Communist Party
chief Hu Yaobang, who died in April 1989.
Hu Yaobang (right)
and China's paramount leader Deng Xiaoping raise their hands in adopting
the decision on economic system reform at the third plenum of the 12th
central committee of the Chinese Communist Party in this September 1982
file photo. [newsphoto] | "Commemorative
activities marking the 90th anniversary of the birth of Hu Yaobang will be held
in Beijing in mid-November,' Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said at the
ministry's regular news briefing on Tuesday.
"China's central leadership will attend the meeting," he said.
The spokesman said he did not have details on the exact date of the event or
which Chinese leaders would attend.
The Chinese Communist Party has not
publicly honoured the late charismatic leader Hu, who was known for spearheading
the country's reform and opening-up efforts in the early 1980s when Mr. Deng
Xiaoping kicked off the drive and ushered China to a completely new growth
mode.
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