China closes pivotal Communist congress
- Published: 14 Nov 2012 at 11.47
- Online news: Asia
Chinese President Hu Jintao on Wednesday closed a pivotal ruling Communist Party congress tasked with choosing a new circle of top leaders who will guide the world's most populous nation for a decade.
Hu declared the gathering of more than 2,200 party delegates over, after the congress approved a new Central Committee of roughly 200 people from which a top leadership expected to be headed by Vice President Xi Jinping will be chosen.
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