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UPDATED: October-21-2007  
CPC Congress Closing Session Begins, New Central Committee to be Elected
The 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) started its closing session here Sunday morning, at which a new CPC Central Committee and the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection would be elected. Hu Jintao presided over the closing session
 

The 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) started its closing session in Beijing on October 21, 2007.(Xinhua Photo)

The 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) started its closing session here Sunday morning, at which a new CPC Central Committee and the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection would be elected.

Hu Jintao presided over the closing session.

A total of 2,235 delegates and specially invited delegates to the congress are also expected to pass resolutions on the report of the 16th CPC Central Committee, the work report of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and an amendment to the CPC Constitution to embody the "scientific outlook on development" and other major strategic thoughts advanced since 2002.

The 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) started its closing session in Beijing on Oct. 21, 2007.(Xinhua Photo)

The congress, which opened on Monday, has offered broader than ever information access.

Discussions of 34 delegations on the political report, delivered by Hu Jintao on behalf of the 16th CPC Central Committee, were open to more than 1,900 domestic and overseas journalists at designated periods of time.

Altogether 807 domestic journalists and 1,135 from 55 other countries and regions reported the congress, the most important political event in China in five years.

The previous congress, held in 2002, was covered by 850 overseas journalists and 570 domestic ones.

(Xinhua News Agency October 21, 2007)



 
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