国内英语新闻:China commemorates 100th anniversary of late procurator-general's birth

BEIJING, March 31 (Xinhua) -- A symposium was held Friday in Beijing to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of late procurator-general Liu Fuzhi, with senior Communist Party of China (CPC) leader Liu Yunshan attending the event.

Liu Yunshan, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, also met with Liu Fuzhi's relatives prior to the symposium.

As an outstanding leader of China's political and legal work, Liu Fuzhi was a member of the 12th Central Committee of the CPC and worked as procurator-general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate from 1988 to 1993.

He died of illness in 2013 at the age of 96.

Meng Jianzhu, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and head of the Commission for Political and Legal Affairs of the CPC Central Committee, also attended the gathering, calling on officials to learn from Liu Fuzhi's firm beliefs and to be always loyal to the CPC.

Procurator-general Cao Jianming presided over the symposium.