Chinese President Jiang Returns to Beijing

Chinese President Jiang Zemin returned to Beijing Sunday afternoon by a special plane after attending the United Nations Millennium Summit.

Among those greeting Jiang and his entourage in the Great Hall of the People were Chinese Vice President Hu Jintao, Vice Premier Wu Bangguo, member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee Zeng Qinghong, Director of the General Office of CPC Central Committee Wang Gang, Minister in charge of the Central Foreign Affairs Office Liu Huaqiu, and Vice-Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi.

Jiang's entourage including Vice-Premier Qian Qichen, Vice-Foreign Minister Wang Guangya, Deputy Director of the General Office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Director of the Central Guard Bureau You Xigui, Deputy Director of the Policy Research Office of CPC Central Committee Wang Huning, also returned to Beijing aboard the same plane.

The Millennium Summit, the biggest gathering of heads of state or government in the UN history, was held at the UN Headquarters from September 6 to 8.



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