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Chinese President hosts welcome banquet for Obama

2009-11-18 08:59 BJT

Special Report: US President Barack Obama Visits China |

BEIJING, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao hosted a welcome banquet for visiting U.S. President Barack Obama Tuesday evening at the Great Hall of the People.

Chinese President Hu Jintao holds a state banquet to welcome U.S. President Barack Obama at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, on Nov. 17, 2009.(Xinhua/Fan Rujun)
Chinese President Hu Jintao holds a state banquet
to welcome U.S. President Barack Obama at the Great
Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China,
on Nov. 17, 2009.(Xinhua/Fan Rujun)

Other top Chinese leaders present at the banquet included Wu Bangguo, Jia Qinglin, Li Changchun, Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang.

Editor: Zhang Ning | Source: Xinhua