CPC Elects a Young, Competent Team of Leaders: Jiang

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CPC Elects a Young, Competent Team of Leaders: Jiang

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The Communist Party of China (CPC) elected at its recent congress a young and competent team of leaders, headed by General Secretary Hu Jintao, President Jiang Zemin said in Beijing on Friday.

Jiang was commenting at a meeting with William Perry, former US Defense Secretary, and Brent Scowcroft, former US National Security Adviser.

Jiang briefed them on the just-concluded 16th National Congress of the CPC, noting the it was a success.

The congress would have a far-reaching impact on China's stability and development in the future, Jiang stressed.

On Sino-US relations, he said it was of great significance for both nations to maintain a stable, healthy and reciprocal relationship.

Bilateral ties have achieved a good momentum with expanded and strengthened shared benefits for economic, cultural and social exchanges and major international affairs, he said.

Jiang said the two countries also shared common ground on the Taiwan issue, as both sides adhered to a one-China policy and hoped the issue would be solved peacefully.

When he met with President George W. Bush recently in the United States, Jiang said, Bush had restated this stance.

"We hope the United States sticks to this stance," Jiang said.

Perry congratulated Jiang on the success of the CPC congress, saying the orderly transition of the CPC leadership won world acclaim.

The two sides also discussed the issue of the Korean Peninsula.

In line with China's consistently clear-cut stance on the nuclear issue, it backed all efforts for a nuclear-free peninsula, Jiang said.

Jiang stated that his country was against all those which countered such efforts and was opposed to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

Implementing the hard-earned framework agreement on the nuclear issue signed between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea andthe United States in 1994, was in the interests of all parties concerned and China hoped the relevant issues could be resolved through dialogue, Jiang said.

Vice-Premier Qian Qichen also met with the US delegation on international issues, China-US relations and the Taiwan issue.

He said peace and development was still the priority of the times despite the rise of uncertain elements menacing peace and development, adding that China would continue to strengthen cooperation with the international community to tackle international problems, including terrorism.

Qian said Sino-US ties had been improved remarkably and Chinese President Jiang Zemin paid a successful visit to the US last month, stressing that high-level strategic dialogue had developed smoothly.

On the Taiwan issue, the vice-premier said the mainland and Taiwan belonged to one nation, stressing that as long as the Taiwan authority admitted that there was just one China, a wide range of questions could be discussed between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, including the so-called international space and political status of Taiwan.

Adherence to the one-China policy and opposition to "Taiwan independence" was in the interests of the US, Qian said, adding that China and the US could strengthen cooperation on the issue.

Perry said the Bush administration considered terrorism the main threat to US security and the countermeasure was to cooperatewith big countries like China to fight terrorism.

The US guests hoped to enhance exchanges and cooperation with China in various fields including exchanges between the armed forces of the two countries.

The delegation is here as guests of the China Foundation for International and Strategic Studies.

Perry's party includes Brent Scowcroft, former assistant to the US President for National Security Affairs, Joseph Prueher, formerUS ambassador to China, and John M. Shalikashvili, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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