Wang Yang meets with Panchen Lama

Wang Yang (C, front row), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee, meets with the 11th Panchen Lama Bainqen Erdini Qoigyijabu (5th L, front row) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, May 5, 2019. (Xinhua/Zhang Ling)

BEIJING, May 5 (Xinhua) -- China's top political advisor Wang Yang met with the 11th Panchen Lama Bainqen Erdini Qoigyijabu in Beijing Sunday.

The Panchen Lama presented Wang, chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee, with a hada scarf and reported his studies and life in recent years.

Wang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, fully recognized the progress made by the Panchen Lama in terms of Buddhist attainments, cultural literacy, and religious influences.