The 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), which mapped out China's overall development for the coming five years, opened on October 15. Hu Jintao was reelected for his second five-year term as Party chief. The new Political Bureau Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee, the Party's top leadership, consists of five reelected members and four new faces, Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, He Guoqiang and Zhou Yongkang.