BEIJING, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- The 17th Central
Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) will hold its second plenary
session in Beijing from Feb. 25-27, the Political Bureau of the CPC Central
Committee decided at a meeting on Friday.
The meeting was presided by Chinese President Hu
Jintao, who is also the General Secretary of CPC Central Committee.
The Politburo meeting also discussed a proposal on
further deepening of the reform on the administrative system and a draft plan on
the restructuring of central departments under the State Council.
The meeting concluded that deepening government
reform is an inevitable requirement for developing socialistic market economy
and political democracy.
The participants agreed that government reform must
be pushed forward unswervingly and implemented in phases with the aim of
building of an efficient and service-oriented government.
The meeting also discussed candidates for state
leaders that will be proposed to the first session of the 11th National People's
Congress (NPC), as well as candidates for leaders of the 11th National Committee
of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) that will be
submitted to the committee's first session.
The meeting decided that government reform and the
above-mentioned candidates shall be further discussed at next week's plenary
session of the 17th CPC Central Committee.
Friday's meeting also discussed the Government Work
Report prepared by the State Council and agreed to submit it to the first
session of the 11th NPC for approval.