英语文摘:Chinese premier attends funeral of renowned educationist

BEIJING, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao Friday bade farewell to renowned educationist Huo Maozheng, who died of illness on Feb. 11 at the age of 88, at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in Beijing.

State Councilor Liu Yandong joined Premier Wen at the funeral. Vice President Xi Jinping and Vice Premier Li Keqiang previously expressed their condolences.

Huo was among China's first group of "100 contemporary educationists," a top honor conferred by the government. She was vice principal of the Beijing No. 2 Experimental Primary School.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) attends Huo Maozheng's funeral in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 19, 2010. Wen Jiabao on Friday bade farewell to renowned educationist Huo Maozheng, who died of illness on Feb. 11 at the age of 88, at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in Beijing.

She was also member of the Fifth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), China's top political advisory body, and member of the standing committees of the sixth, seventh and eighth CPPCC National Committees.

Huo graduated in 1943 from the Mathematics and Physics Department of the Beijing Normal University.

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