Monday, February 4, 2008

Chinese party unveils new leaders


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 the head of Liaoning province, Li Keqiang.

The leaders chosen will rule China for the next five years. They were announced at the five-yearly congress which sets the political agenda for the future. Mr. Hu was pleased with the party's decision to give him more power for economic reform.

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