The remains of China's former senior military officer Xu Qiliang were cremated in Beijing on Sunday.
Xi Jinping, along with other Party and state leaders including Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang and Li Xi, bid farewell to Xu at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery on Sunday.
Amid solemn music, they walked slowly toward Xu's body and stood in silent tribute. They then paid their final respects with three bows, shook hands with Xu's family and offered condolences.
On June 2, Xu died of illness at the age of 75 in Beijing.
Xu, who served as a member of the Political Bureau of the 18th and 19th Central Committees of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, was extolled as an excellent CPC member, a time-tested and loyal communist fighter, a proletarian military strategist, and an outstanding leader of the People's Liberation Army (PLA).
Xi Jinping, Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, Li Xi, Han Zheng and Hu Jintao, among others, had either visited Xu when he was in hospital or expressed deep condolences and offered sincere sympathies to his family through various means after his passing.
Other Party, state and military leaders either paid their final respects at the cemetery or expressed their condolences through various means. Leading officials from relevant central Party and state departments, Xu's friends and representatives from his hometown also mourned his passing at the cemetery.
Remains of China's former senior military officer Xu Qiliang cremated
Remains of China's former senior military officer Xu Qiliang cremated
