China commemorates 100th anniversary of late Chinese leader Wan Li's birth

BEIJING -- The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Monday held a seminar to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of late Chinese leader Wan Li.

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the CPC, at the seminar called for passing on and promoting revolutionary spirit and noble demeanor of veteran revolutionaries.

Wan Li, former chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, died at the age of 99 in 2015.