BEIJING, Aug. 19 (Xinhuanet) --
A group of top Chinese leaders visited an on-going photo, dossier and
relics exhibition here Thursday to mark late Chinese leader Deng
Xiaoping's 100th birthday, which falls on August 22.
Deng, who died in
1997 at age 92, introduced the reform and opening-up policies in China
that paved the way for a market economy.
The visitors included senior
Communist Party of China (CPC) and state leaders Wu Bangguo, Jia Qinglin,
Zeng Qinghong, Huang Ju, WuGuanzheng, Li Changchun and Luo
Gan.
Sponsored by the Publicity Department
of the CPC Central Committee, Central Cultural and Historical Research
Institute, Party History Research Center of the CPC Central Committee,
Ministry of Culture, Central Archives, and National Museum of China, the
exhibition has collected more than 320 historic photos,50 dossiers and 140
pieces of precious relics. Many of them are open to public for the first
time.
The exhibition is held at the
National Museum and has attracted more than 70,000 visitors since its
opening on Aug. 10.
