China's Communist Party to have new central leadership

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Special Report: 17th CPC National Congress

BEIJING, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) --

The upcoming 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) will elect a new Central Committee and a new Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, congress spokesman Li Dongsheng said here Sunday at a press briefing.

He said that a proposed list of candidates had been discussed and prepared by the Political Bureau of the 16th CPC Central Committee and would be submitted to the Presidium of the 17th Congress for deliberation and approval.

The list was made on the basis of the work of a special working group, which operated under the leadership of the Political Bureau and took charge of democratic recommendation, organizational scrutiny, assessment and nomination of candidates for the new Central Committee and the new Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, he said.

Li announced that the preparations for the congress had been completed. The congress is to open on Monday morning and will last seven days.

Zeng Qinghong appointed secretary-general of 17th CPC National Congress

www.chinaview.cn 2007-10-14 17:56:32 Print

Special Report: 17th CPC National Congress

By Xinhua Writer Che Yuming

BEIJING, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) --

With 68-year-old Zeng Qinghong chosen on Sunday as secretary-general of the upcoming 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the list of secretaries-general has caught much attention.

More than 2,200 Party delegates gathered at the Great Hall of the People Sunday afternoon for a preparatory meeting. They chose Zeng, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 16th CPC Central Committee, as secretary-general of the congress.

They also decided a 237-member group to oversee the 17th Party congress opening on Monday.

The group, called the Presidium, then selected four senior Party leaders as deputy secretaries-general of the five-yearly congress, which is scheduled to elect a new central committee that will decide CPC's new leadership lineup for the coming few years.

Zeng Qinghong is also member of the Secretariat of the 16th CPC Central Committee and president of the Central Party School.

The four deputy secretaries-general selected by the Presidium are Liu Yunshan, Zhou Yongkang, He Guoqiang and Wang Gang.

Liu Yunshan, Zhou Yongkang and He Guoqiang are all members of the Political Bureau and members of the Secretariat of the 16th CPC Central Committee. Wang Gang is an alternate member of the Political Bureau and member of the Secretariat.

The CPC Constitution rules that the political bureau and its standing committee exercise the power of the CPC Central Committee when the central committee is not in session. The secretariat is the executive body of the political bureau and its standing committee.

The 17th CPC National Congress will open at 9:00 a.m. Monday, and will last for seven days till next Sunday.

Spokesman: CPC National Congress to last 7 days

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Special Report: 17th CPC National Congress

BEIJING, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) --

The 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), scheduled to open here on Monday, will last seven days till Oct. 21, a spokesman for the congress said on Sunday.

The twice-a-decade event will open at 9:00 a.m. on Monday at the Great Hall of the People in central Beijing, said spokesman Li Dongsheng at a press briefing Sunday afternoon.

Jiang Zemin, Li Peng and Zhu Rongji to attend CPC national congress

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Special Report: 17th CPC National Congress

BEIJING, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) --

Jiang Zemin, Li Peng and Zhu Rongji are going to attend the upcoming 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) as specially invited delegates, congress spokesman Li Dongsheng said here Sunday.

Li told reporters at a press briefing that a total of 57 specially invited delegates will attend the congress, enjoying the same rights with 2,213 delegates.

Jiang, Li and Zhu, all members of the Political Bureau Standing Committee of the 15th CPC Central Committee, did not enter the 16th CPC Central Committee in 2002 and retired afterwards.

Jiang, 81, was general secretary of the 15th CPC Central Committee, state president and chairman of the Central Military Commission. Li, 79, was former chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee. Zhu, 79, was former premier.

The 17th CPC National Congress is to open Monday morning and will last for seven days.

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