英语文摘:CPPCC holds Spring Festival tea party

BEIJING, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- The National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) hosted a tea party here Monday for widows of deceased political advisors and other notable figures, ahead of Spring Festival.

Jia Qinglin, chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, attended the tea party, and Wang Gang, vice chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, made a speech.

Jia Qinglin (C, Front), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), attends a tea party held for the widows of deceased political advisors and other notable figures ahead of the Spring Festival in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 17, 2011.

Wang reviewed the outstanding achievements made over the past year in China's modernization and reforms. He said the memory of those old revolutionaries was especially cherished ahead of the traditional holiday.