Senior Chinese official visits nuclear exhibition Jia Qinglin (4th Left), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People'...

Senior Chinese official visits nuclear exhibition

Jia Qinglin (4th Left), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), visits the 12th China International Nuclear Industry Exhibition in Beijing, capital of China, April 6, 2012. (Xinhua/Liu Jiansheng)

BEIJING, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese top political advisor Jia Qinglin on Friday visited the 12th China International Nuclear Industry Exhibition that is being held in Beijing.

Jia, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, was accompanied by Minister of Science and Technology Wan Gang.

The theme of the ongoing exhibition is technological innovation, cooperation and safe development. The event has been held biennially for the past 23 years.

This year's exhibition was co-sponsored by the Chinese Nuclear Society, the China Nuclear Energy Industry Corporation and the Beijing Municipal Commission of Commerce.

Nearly 200 companies from 14 countries are displaying their products developed in recent years, especially those created after the nuclear accident at Japan's Fukushima plant.？

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Jia Qinglin (2nd R, Front), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), visits the 12th China International Nuclear Industry Exhibition in Beijing, capital of China, April 6, 2012. (Xinhua/Liu Jiansheng)