The body of Liu Yandong, a former Chinese vice premier and state councilor, was cremated in Beijing on Tuesday. She died of illness in Beijing on October 28 at age 81.

President Xi Jinping and other senior leaders of the Communist Party of China and the state, including Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, Li Xi and Han Zheng, bid Liu farewell at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery on Tuesday morning.