Special Report: 17th CPC National Congress

    BEIJING, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, He Guoqiang and Zhou Yongkang entered the Political Bureau Standing Committee of the 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the Party's top leadership, on Monday.

    The four new members were elected at the first plenary session of the 17th CPC Central Committee.

    Xi, 54, and Li, 52, serve as Party chiefs in Shanghai and Liaoning respectively.

    Xi was a member of the 16th CPC Central Committee and alternate member of the 15th CPC Central Committee.

    Li was a member of the 16th and 15th CPC central committees.

    He Guoqiang, 63, is head of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, and Zhou, 64, is minister of public security.

    Both He and Zhou were members of the Political Bureau of the 16th CPC Central Committee since 2002.

    Hu Jintao and four other members of the Political Bureau Standing Committee of the 16th CPC Central Committee have been reelected into the nine-member top echelon.

Hu Jintao and four others reelected into Politburo Standing Committee

    BEIJING, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Hu Jintao, Wu Bangguo, Wen Jiabao,Jia Qinglin and Li Changchun have been reelected as members of the Political Bureau Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Full Story

Hu Jintao reelected Chinese Communist Party Chief

    BEIJING, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Hu Jintao was elected here on Monday as the chief of the Communist Party of China (CPC) for the second term at the first plenum of the 17th CPC Central Committee. Full Story

Hu Jintao named chairman of CPC Central Military Commission

    BEIJING, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Hu Jintao was named chairman of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Military Commission at the first plenary session of the 17th CPC Central Committee here on Monday. Full Story

He Guoqiang elected to oversee CPC anti-graft watchdog

    BEIJING, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- He Guoqiang was elected Monday secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Full Story