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| Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) shakes hands with Jiang
Zemin after addressing the closing meeting of the First Session of the
10th National People's Congress (NPC) in the Great Hall of the People in
Beijing March 18, 2003. (Xinhua Photo) |
Newly-elected Chinese President Hu Jintao addresses the
closing meeting of the First Session of the 10th National People's
Congress (NPC) in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing March 18,
2003.(Xinhua Photo) |
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| Wu Bangguo, chairman of the 10th National People's
Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, presides over its closing session in
the Great Hall of the People in Beijing March 18, 2003. The closing
session marks the completion of the generational transition of the
government leadership. (Xinhua Photo) |
A cameraman covers the closing session of the 10th
National People's Congress (NPC) in the Great Hall of the People in
Beijing March 18, 2003. The closing of the first session of the 10th NPC
marks the completion of the generational transition of the government
leadership. (Xinhua Photo) |
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| Deputies to the First Session of the 10th National
People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, pose for photographs
March 18, 2003 in front of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, where
the closing session began at 9 a.m. Tuesday. (Xinhua Photo) |
Deputies walk out of the Great Hall of the People after
attending the closing meeting of the First Session of the 10th National
People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing March 18, 2003. The closing session
marks the completion of the generational transition of the government
leadership. (Xinhua Photo)
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