Chinese leaders celebrate Spring Festival

Chinese President Hu Jintao and the country's top leadership on Saturday evening joined representatives of Beijing residents and the People's Liberation Army for a show celebrating the upcoming traditional Chinese New Year.

The annual performance was at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The show included singing, dancing, drama, and poetry.

With a theme of close army-civilian relations, the celebration showed a scene of soldiers and Chinese residents working in full cooperation to build a harmonious society.

The traditional Chinese New Year, or the Spring Festival, falls on February 14th this year. It is the year of tiger.

Chinese top leaders Hu Jintao, Wu Bangguo, Wen Jiabao, Jia Qinglin, Li Changchun, Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, He Guoqiang and Zhou Yongkang pose with performers for a group photo after an evening party welcoming the upcoming Chinese traditional Spring Festival, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 6, 2010. (Xinhua/Wang Jianmin)