BEIJING, Dec.1 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao received credentials from the ambassadors of seven countries to Beijing Wednesday.

Hu met with the new foreign envoys in a ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

The envoys were:

-- Guyanese Ambassador David Dabydeen who arrived on July 8;

-- Danish Ambassador Friis Arne Petersen, who arrived on Aug. 22;

-- Costa Rican Ambassador Marco Vinicio Ruiz who arrived on Aug. 28;

-- Swedish Ambassador Lars Freden who arrived on Sept. 1;

-- South African Ambassador Bheki Winston Joshua Langa who arrived on Sept. 7;

-- Tunisian Ambassador Mohamed Adel Smaoui who arrived on Sept. 16;

-- and Palestinian Ambassador Ahmad A. M. Ramadan who arrived on Oct. 12. Enditem