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CPC Central Committee elected

BEIJING: The 17th National Congress has elected a central committee of the Party.

Hu Jintao, Wu Bangguo, Wen Jiabao, Jia Qinglin and Li Changchun were elected to the Party’s top decision-making body, while Zeng Qinghong, Wu Guanzheng and Luo Gan were not elected.

The central committee, elected on Sunday, includes 204 members and 167 alternate members. Mr. Zeng (68), Mr. Wu Guanzheng (69), and Mr. Luo (72), were members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 16th CPC Central Committee.

The newly-elected central committee, at its first plenary session on Monday, will elect its General Secretary, members and alternate members of its Political Bureau and members of the Bureau’s Standing Committee.

According to the CPC Constitution, the General Secretary shall be chosen from the political bureau standing committee members.

The congress also elected a 127-member Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. — Xinhua

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