The five released Chinese telecom workers who were taken hostage on Jan. 5 in the Nigerian southern state of Rivers pose for photo in the cabin at the Lagos International Airport before their leaving  yesterday. They took a China Southern Airlines flight coded CE332 which left Lagos at about 3 p.m. local time (1400 GMT) and was due to arrive at Beijing International Airport today.(Xinhua Photo)

The five released Chinese telecom workers who were taken hostage on Jan. 5 in the Nigerian southern state of Rivers arrived in Beijing Monday afternoon.

The five Chinese workers were kidnapped on Jan. 5 by gunmen from their residence in Rumuakunde Emouha, a village about 35 km away from Port Harcourt, the capital of Nigeria's southern state of Rivers.

After 13 days of intense work of a team composed of staffs of the Chinese embassy and China's Sichuan Telecommunication Company for which the kidnapped work, the five were released on Jan. 17 local time.