Communist Party of China |
2004-09-05 00:00 |
Founded in July 1921, the CPC today has more than 66 million members and over 3.5 million basic organizations. The ruling party of the PRC, the CPC holds a National Congress every five years to elect a Central Committee that in turn elects a Political Bureau led by a Standing Committee. The nine new members of the Politburo Standing Committee elected at the 16th National Congress of the CPC in November 2002: Hu Jintao, Wu Bangguo, Wen Jiabao, Jia Qinglin, Zeng Qinghong, Huang Ju, Wu Guanzheng, Li Changchun, and Luo Gan. The new Constitution of the CPC, amended and adopted at the 16th CPC National Congress on
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