Preparatory Meeting of Party Congress Decides Schedule

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Preparatory Meeting of Party Congress Decides Schedule

The preparatory meeting of the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) was held in the Great Hall of the People Thursday afternoon. Jiang Zemin presided over the meeting attended by 2,118 delegates.

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A total of 2,118 delegates of the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) voted Thursday to form a 236-person presidium for the congress, which is scheduled to open Friday.

At the preparatory meeting for the congress, which was chaired by Party General Secretary Jiang Zemin, the participants decided on Vice-President Hu Jintao as congress secretary-general.

The gathering also saw the approval of the major agenda for the congress.

During the congress, delegates are expected to elect members for the 16th CPC Central Committee, as well as members for the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI).

Also on the discussion table will be the review and deliberation of an amendment to the Party's constitution and a report by the 15th CPC Central Committee, in addition to a CCDI report.

The elected presidium convened for its first meeting Thursday afternoon, voting for a 32-member standing committee, which included General Secretary Jiang Zemin.

The meeting also saw the election of Ding Guangen, Luo Gan, Zeng Qinghong and Wang Gang as deputy secretary-general for the congress.

The presidium approved an examination report on the qualification of delegates from the 16th Party Congress's Credentials Committee.

According to the report, the number of the delegates allowed at the congress is 2,120, which is distributed to a variety of working units across the nation.

But the actual number of delegates to be present is 2,114, as two people have died, two others have resigned and another two have been stripped of their qualifications , the report said.

The delegates cover a wide range of public interests with leading cadres at all levels accounting for 75.7 per cent, or 1,600 of those in attendance. The rest are workers and others from grassroots levels.

There are 382 women delegates, accounting for 18.1 per cent of the total, 0.6 percentage points higher than the proportion of women members in the Party.

Delegates from ethnic minority groups number 230, taking up 10.9 per cent of the total.

A total 1,337 delegates are below 55 years old, 63.2 per cent of the overall number. And 1,937 deputies have at least graduated from professional colleges, which is 91.6 per cent of the total.

Another 40 people are invited as special participants at the congress and share the same rights as other delegates.

Thursday's meeting also approved a draft proposal on election procedures for the 16th congress. It will be submitted to the delegates for review.

In addition, the presidium approved the length of the congress, which will end on Thursday.

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