Li Changchun (R, Front), a Standing Committee member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, shakes hands with students after their performance in Beijing, capital of China, December 11, 2009. Li watched here on Friday a performing art show presented by students of the Confucius Institutes from 22 countries and visited a Confucius Institutes exhibition. [Xinhua]

Li Changchun (C, Front), member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, visits a Confucius Institutes exhibition co-hosted by the Confucius Institutes headquarters and the State Language Commission of China, in Beijing, capital of China, December 11, 2009. [Xinhua]