BEIJING, Dec. 30 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping attended a Chinese opera gala to celebrate New Year, on Monday evening.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and five other senior officials of the Communist Party of China including Zhang Dejiang, Yu Zhengsheng, Liu Yunshan, Wang Qishan and Zhang Gaoli, also attended the gala.

Held at the National Center for the Performing Arts in central Beijing, the gala encompassed classics from several schools of Chinese opera.