The delegation of Hunan Province to the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China arrives at the Beijing International Airport Nov. 5, 2002. The Hunan delegation is the first of its kind to arrive in Beijing for the congress due to open on Nov. 8, 2002. Xinhua photo

    Delegates of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) arrive at the Beijing International Airport Nov. 5, 2002, to attend the congress due to open on Nov. 8, 2002. Xinhua photo

    Delegates of northwest China's Qinghai Province to the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) arrive at the Beijing International Airport Nov. 5, 2002 to attend the congress due to open on Nov. 8, 2002. Xinhua photo

    Zhu Xiulan, a woman delegate of northwest China's Qinghai Province to the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), answers questions in an interview at the Beijing International Airport Nov. 5, 2002. Zhu Xiulan arrived in Beijing with her fellow delegates to attend the congress due to open on Nov. 8, 2002. Xinhua photo