Grand ceremony held to mark 70th anniversary of Long March 

Source: Xinhuanet

10-22-2006 13:05

The grand ceremony in memory of the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Long March is held in Beijing, capital of China, on Oct. 22, 2006.

BEIJING, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao and other top leaders attended a grand ceremony Sunday in Beijing in memory of the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Long March.

Hu Jintao, Jiang Zemin, Wu Bangguo, Wen Jiabao, Zeng Qinghong, Huang Ju, Wu Guanzheng, Li Changchun and Luo Gan attended the official memorial service.

Wu Bangguo, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, presided over the ceremony.