Hu Yaobang's 90th birthday commemorated
(cri)
Updated: 2005-11-18 14:00

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]

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) held a meeting in Beijing on Friday to commemorate the 90th birthday of former CPC chief Hu Yaobang, who died in April 1989.

The official commemoration, organized by the CPC Central Committee, was attended by Premier Wen Jiabao, Vice President Zeng Qinghong and Secretary of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection Wu Guanzheng.

Zeng Qinghong, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, delivered a speech at the meeting, Xinhua said.