BEIJING, June 8 (Xinhua) -- The remains of China's former senior military official Xu Qiliang were cremated in Beijing on Sunday.

Xi Jinping, along with other Party and state leaders including Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang and Li Xi, bid farewell to Xu at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery on Sunday.

On June 2, Xu died of illness at the age of 75 in Beijing. ■