Chinese leaders watch Beijing Opera performance

Chinese top leaders Hu Jintao, Wu Bangguo,Wen Jiabao, Jia Qinglin, Li Changchun, Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, He Guoqiang and Zhou Yongkang pose with performers of a Beijing Opera show celebrating the New Year, in Beijing, capital city of China, on Dec. 30, 2008.(Chinese media/Yao Dawei)
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BEIJING, Dec. 30 (Chinese media) -- Senior Chinese leaders

and nearly 1,000 local people watched a Beijing Opera performance held here on

Tuesday evening to welcome the new year.

Hu Jintao, Wu Bangguo, Wen Jiabao, Jia Qinglin, Li

Changchun, Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, He Guoqiang and Zhou Yongkang watched the

performance staged in the National Center for the Performing Arts.

After the conclusion of the performance, the senior

leaders walked onto the stage to shake hands with the performers and express

congratulations on the success of the performance.