Chinese leaders celebrate New Year with political advisors

BEIJING, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao, along with other leaders, celebrated the New Year with political advisors Friday morning in Beijing, where he delivered an important speech.

Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) shakes hands with a conferee during a New Year tea party held by the National Committee of the Chinese People's  Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), in Beijing, China, on Jan. 1, 2010.(Xinhua Photo)

Hu and Wu Bangguo, Wen Jiabao, Jia Qinglin, Li Changchun, Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, He Guoqiang and Zhou Yongkang, all members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, attended the tea party held by the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).

The party was presided over by Jia, chairman of the CPPCC National Committee.

The leaders were joined by members of the central committees of non-Communist parties, senior members of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, personages without party affiliation, officials of the central government and representatives from all walks of life and all ethnic groups in Beijing.