BEIJINGpennbattleiiidx4000, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- The remains of Zhou Guangzhaopennbattleiiidx4000, former president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, were cremated in Beijing on Friday.

Xi Jinping, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, Li Xi, Han Zheng and others bid farewell to Zhou at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery on Friday morning, paying their respects to Zhou and offering condolences to his family.■