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Hu Jintao heads Politburo Standing Committee, with four new faces joining in
Source: Xinhuanet | 10-22-2007 11:56
Special Report: 17th CPC National Congress
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Hu Jintao (C), Wu Bangguo (4th R), Wen Jiabao (4th L), |
Hu, 64, was reelected on Monday as a member of the nine-member Political Bureau Standing Committee at the first plenary session of the 17th CPC Central Committee.
He succeeded Jiang Zemin as Party leader at the 16th CPC National Congress in November 2002.
Hu was elected a member of the Political Bureau Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee in 1992, at the age of 49.
Four other members of the Political Bureau Standing Committee of the 16th CPC Central Committee, Wu Bangguo, Wen Jiabao, Jia Qinglin and Li Changchun, were reelected into the top echelon on Monday.
Wu, 66, has been chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress since 2003.
Wen, 65, serves as Chinese Premier.
Jia, 67, is chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
Li, 63, is in charge of CPC's publicity and ideological work.
The newly elected Political Bureau Standing Committee also consists of four new members-- Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, He Guoqiangand Zhou Yongkang.
Xi, 54, and Li, 52, serve as Party chiefs in Shanghai and Liaoning respectively.
Xi was a member of the 16th CPC Central Committee and alternate member of the 15th CPC Central Committee.
Li was a member of the 16th and 15th CPC central committees.
He Guoqiang, 63, is head of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee.
Zhou, 64, is minister of public security.
Both He and Zhou were members of the Political Bureau of the 16th CPC Central Committee since 2002.
Three members of the Political Bureau Standing Committee of the16th CPC Central Committee, 68-year-old Zeng Qinghong, 69-year-oldWu Guanzheng and 72-year-old Luo Gan, are not in the new CPC central committee elected on Sunday.
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Editor:Zhang Ning
