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| Chinese party unveils new leaders | Chinese party unveils new leaders |
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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. | 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. | 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 New member profiles | STANDING COMMITTEE Hu JintaoWu BangguoWen JiabaoJia Qinglin Li Changchun Xi Jinping * Li Keqiang*He Guoqiang*Zhou Yongkang * * denotes new member New member profiles |
| Premier Wen Jiabao was reappointed to the committee, indicating another term in office for him. | 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. | 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. | 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. | A fourth committee member, Huang Ju, died in the summer. |
| Heir apparent | |
| The new line-up appeared together in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, all wearing black suits and red ties. | |
| The four new members were chosen at a five-yearly party congress | |
| They walked out onto the stage in order of rank, with Xi Jinping at the head of the new appointees. | |
| Chinese Communist tradition dictates that the first new face of the new generation becomes the heir apparent, says the BBC's James Reynolds in Beijing. | |
| So as things stand right now, Xi Jinping can expect to take over from Hu Jintao in 2012, our correspondent says. | |
| Mr Xi, 54, the son of a high-ranked party elder, has held top party positions in several provinces, most recently in Shanghai after the party leader there, Chen Liangyu, was sacked for corruption. | |
| But the man who followed him onto the stage, 52-year-old Li Keqiang, is also seen as contender for the presidency. | |
| A law graduate of Peking University, he won plaudits for his work to revitalise the economy in the north-eastern province of Liaoning. |