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Xu Caihou visits troops supporting Paralympics

english.chinamil.com.cn 2008-08-25

  Xu Caihou, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, visited the officers and men who will take part in the performance at the opening ceremony of the Paralympics on behalf of Chairman Hu Jintao and the Central Military Commission on August 22, during which he extended warm regards to the officers and men and urged them to earnestly carry out the important instruction of Chairman Hu Jintao and fulfill various support-Paralympic tasks according to high standard, and do their bit to make the Paralympics as splendid as the Beijing Olympic Games.

  Liao Xilong, member of the Central Military Commission and director of the General Logistics Department of the PLA, accompanied Xu Caihou to visit the support-Paralympic troops.

  Xu Caihou went to the barracks of the troops under the General Logistics Department and the Beijing Military Area Command, who will take part in the performance at the opening ceremony of the Paralympics and watched their rehearsal training. Xu Caihou noted that the opening ceremony has always been an important part of the Olympics and the Paralympics. The opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games on August 8 was splendid, it was a great success and won wide acclaim at home and from abroad. The officers and men who took part in the performance of the opening ceremony of the Olympics had made positive contributions to it. He expressed the hope that all the officers and men would continue to work conscientiously and whole-heartedly on the basis of their previous work, and go all out to seize the final victory of the support-Olympic and support-Paralympic mission.

  The related leaders from the General Political Department and the General Logistics Department of the PLA, the Beijing Military Area Command and the General Office of the Central Military Commission also visited the support-Paralympic troops along with Xu Caihou.

  By Xu Sheng

  (Aug 25, PLA Daily)                                            Editor: Dong Zhaohui


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