Hu joins Chinese New Year festivities
January 23rd, 2012 - 4:20 pm ICT by IANSBeijing, Jan 23 (IANS) Setting aside his busy work schedule, Chinese President Hu Jintao joined groups of Beijing residents to celebrate the Lunar New Year festivities.
Hu visited the city’s Qianmen shopping street Sunday and waved at passersby who responded with jubilation, Xinhua reported.
The street was rebuilt for the 2008 Olympic Games as a sightseeing and shopping destination.
Hu’s tour of the city also took him to a 270-year-old store famous for braised pork. He praised the quality of the products there.
He went to street aboard a trolley car. He visited a food processing company and inspected the processing line and food safety measures.
Chinese Lunar New Year is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It marks the end of the winter season.
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