Hu gives US students welcome

Young group gets warm greeting from president at Zhongnanhai

BEIJING - During an unprecedented tour of Zhongnanhai, the seat of the Chinese central government, a group of American students was warmly greeted by someone whom they could hardly have expected to meet - Chinese President Hu Jintao.

More than 20 students and teachers from the Walter Payton College Preparatory High School in Chicago, which President Hu toured during his state visit to the United States in January, came to Zhongnanhai on Friday, China Central Television reported on Xinwenlianbo, the most-watched news program in China.