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BEIJING, Feb. 29 (Xinhua) -- The Central Committee of the Communist
Party of China (CPC) held a symposium in the Great Hall of the
People on Friday to mark the 110th birthday of the late Chinese
Premier Zhou Enlai.
Chinese President Hu Jintao highly praised Zhou's devotion to the
Party, the people and the nation, calling on the whole Party members
and people to learn from his example in the process of building
socialism with Chinese characteristics and completely implement the
spirit of the 17th National Congress of CPC.
Zhou, born in 1898, was one of the key CPC leaders leading China's
revolution and as well as one of the founders of the People's
Republic of China and the People's Liberation Army (PLA).
Zhou served as Chinese Premier from 1949 to 1976. Hu called Zhou a
great Marxist, a great proletarian revolutionist, a great statesman
and diplomatist,and an important member of the first-generation
central leadership of the CPC with Mao Zedong at the core.
"Zhou had devoted his whole life to the Party, the nation and the
people, his spirits and deeds will inspire us to work harder in the
reform and opening-up on the road of building socialism with Chinese
characteristics," Hu said.
The symposium was presided over by Premier Wen Jiabao.
"Comrade Zhou Enlai has made a life-long selfless devotion to the
cause of Chinese revolution and construction. He loved the people as
much as the people loved him. His spirit of self-sacrifice devotion
will live forever in the people's hearts", Wen said.
Other top Chinese leaders Wu Bangguo, Jia Qinglin, Li Changchun, Xi
Jinping, Li Keqiang, He Guoqiang, Zhou Yongkang as well as other
senior officials and representatives from various departments and
organs of the government, CPC, PLA and non-Party organizations
attended the symposium.
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