Chinese President Hu Jintao extended his greetings Wednesday to overseas Chinese talents and the talents who returned to China after studying abroad.

Chinese President Hu Jintao(R in the front) meets with overseas Chinese talents and the talents who returned to China after studying abroad in Beijing, September 30, 2009.Also present were Premier Wen Jiabao, Vice President Xi Jinping and Vice Premier Li Keqiang. [Xinhua]

They were here to watch Thursday's National Day celebrations.

Chinese President Hu Jintao(R) talks with famous Chinese-American scientist Samuel Chao Chung Ting during a meeting with overseas Chinese talents and the talents who returned to China after studying abroad in Beijing, September 30, 2009. [Xinhua]

On behalf of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, Hu, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, thanked the talents for their contributions to the glorious achievements in China's socialist construction.

Also present were Premier Wen Jiabao, Vice President Xi Jinping and Vice Premier Li Keqiang.

Hu said he hoped the overseas talents and returned Chinese talents would continue to serve the motherland in various means and make brilliant achievements.

China is still a developing country that faces a long road ahead to achieve great rejuvenation, which needs painstaking efforts from all Chinese people, Hu said.

(Xinhua News Agency October 1, 2009)