BEIJING, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- President Hu Jintao, along with other Chinese leaders, celebrated the New Year with political advisors Sunday morning in Beijing and delivered an important speech.

Hu and the other members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Wu Bangguo, Wen Jiabao, Jia Qinglin, Li Changchun, Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, He Guoqiang and Zhou Yongkang attended a tea party held by the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).