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After former Vice Premier Liu Yandong died due to illness, his funeral was held at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in Beijing on the 3rd. Xi Jinping and other senior officials of the Communist Party of China attended the ceremony to bid farewell and pay tribute to their relatives.
before chinastate Council Liu Yandong, vice premier and former member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, died of illness in Beijing on October 28 at the age of 81.remains He was cremated today (3rd) at Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in Beijing. President of ChinaXi Jinping Senior officials of the Communist Party of China, including Zhao Leji, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, and Wang Huning, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, visited Liu Yandong in the morning and bowed three times to Liu Yandong’s body to express condolences to his relatives.
Xinhua News Agency reported that on the morning of the 3rd, the auditorium of the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery was solemn and solemn, with little sorrow and joy. A banner with white letters on a black background reading “Deeply mourn Comrade Liu Yandong” hangs above the main hall. Below the banner is a portrait of Liu Yandong. Liu Yandong’s body lay among flowers and cypress trees, covered with a bright red Chinese Communist Party flag.
At around 9:30 in the morning, Xi Jinping, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, Li Xi, Han Zheng and others slowly approached Liu Yandong’s body and stood in silence amid the sound of mourning music. He bowed to Liu Yandong’s body three times and shook hands with Liu Yandong’s relatives one by one to express condolences.
Reports indicate that during Liu Yandong’s serious illness and after his death, Xi Jinping, Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuxiang, Li Xi, Han Zheng, Hu Jintao and others visited the hospital or visited the hospital through various means to deeply mourn Liu Yandong’s death and express deep condolences to his relatives.
In addition, the Communist Party of China and the country’s respective leaders went to bid farewell or express condolences in various ways. Heads of relevant departments of central and state agencies, as well as Liu Yandong’s friends and hometown representatives also went to bid farewell.
According to news previously announced by Xinhua News Agency, Liu Yandong died of illness at 2:53 pm on October 28 in Beijing at the age of 81. The report said she is “an outstanding member of the Communist Party of China, a proven and loyal communist fighter, and an outstanding leader in our Party’s united front work and our country’s education, science and technology, medicine and health, and women’s and children’s work.”
Public biodata shows that Liu Yandong was born in November 1945 in Nantong, Jiangsu province. He graduated from the Department of Engineering Chemistry of Tsinghua University. He served as Secretary of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League in 1982 and later as Minister of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. He was re-elected as a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee for two terms from 2007, and became a State Councilor in 2008. He served as Deputy Prime Minister of the State Council from 2013 to 2018, and has long been in charge of education, science and technology, culture, health and other fields.
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Liu Yandong died of illness at 2:53 pm on October 28 in Beijing at the age of 81. His body was cremated at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in Beijing on the 3rd, and a farewell ceremony was held.
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Xi Jinping, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, Li Xi, Han Zheng and others went to bid farewell, bowed three times to Liu Yandong’s body, and shook hands with his relatives one by one to express condolences.
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Liu Yandong served as Minister of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee, Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, and Vice Premier of the State Council from 2013 to 2018. He has been in charge of education, science and technology, culture, health and other functions for a long time.
