Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli (C), also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, attends a symposium commemorating the 100th birthday anniversary of the late former Vice Premier Chen Xilian, a Chinese Red Army veteran as well, in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 5, 2015. (Xinhua/Zhang Duo)

BEIJING, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- A symposium was held Monday to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the late vice premier Chen Xilian.

Vice premier Zhang Gaoli attended the symposium.

Chen was born in 1915 and became a member of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 1930. He was a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Military Commission (CMC).