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China's Communist Party has unveiled the leadership line-up that will steer the country for the next five years. | China's Communist Party has unveiled the leadership line-up that will steer the country for the next five years. |
President Hu Jintao won a second term as party and army chief, while four new faces joined the party's top body, the Politburo Standing Committee. | |
They included two men seen as potential successors to Mr Hu in 2012 - Shanghai party chief Xi Jinping and Liaoning province's Li Keqiang. | They included two men seen as potential successors to Mr Hu in 2012 - Shanghai party chief Xi Jinping and Liaoning province's Li Keqiang. |
The changes were announced at the end of the party's five-yearly congress. | The changes were announced at the end of the party's five-yearly congress. |
The powerful nine-member Standing Committee was elected by the party's 204-member Central Committee. | |
STANDING COMMITTEE Hu JintaoWu BangguoWen JiabaoJia Qinglin Li Changchun Xi Jinping * Li Keqiang*He Guoqiang*Zhou Yongkang * * denotes new member class="" href="/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7055718.stm">New member profiles | |
Premier Wen Jiabao was reappointed to the committee, indicating another term in office for him. | |
He Guoqiang, the party's organisation chief, and Zhou Yongkang, the minister for public security, were the other two new additions to the committee. | |
The four new members replace three of the country's most senior leaders - Vice President Zeng Qinghong and lawmakers Luo Gan and Wu Guanzheng - who are stepping down. | |
A fourth committee member, Huang Ju, died in the summer. | |
Mr Hu appeared before the press in Beijing's Great Hall of the People to introduce the new leadership line-up, who filed in in order of rank. | |
"We are fully aware of our difficult tasks and great responsibilities," he said. |