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 | China CCP's 16th Congress: Chinese President Jiang Zemin is shown at the 16th Chinese Communist Party Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 8. click to open  |  | China CCP's 16th Congress: A Chinese military officer salutes Chinese President Jiang Zemin (front) after the closing of the 16th Chinese Communist Party Congress in Beijing, November 14, 2002. China confirmed on Thursday that President Jiang is retiring as Communist Party Chief and that he and top colleagues will hand over to a new generation of leaders under Vice President Hu Jintao. click to open |  | China CCP's 16th Congress: From right bottom, Chinese President Jiang Zemin , Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji and Chinese Vice President Hu Jintao and other delegates, in the background, stand during the closing ceremony of the 16th Communist Party Congress being held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2002. More than 2,000 delegates met to vote on new leadership for the Communist Party. click to open |  | China CCP's 16th Congress: From right, Chinese President Jiang Zemin, Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji and Chinese Vice President Hu Jintao, listen the motions during the closing ceremony of the 16th Communist Party Congress being held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2002. More than 2,000 delegates met to vote on new leadership for the Communist Party. click to open |  | China CCP's 16th Congress: Chinese President Jiang Zemin applauds during the closing ceremony of the 16th Communist Party Congress in Beijing Thursday Nov. 14, 2002. China confirmed Thursday that Jiang would retire as Communist Party leader, with a new General Secretary to be announced Friday. click to open |  | China CCP's 16th Congress: Chinese President Jiang Zemin casts his ballot for the election of the 16th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and a new Central Commission for Discipline Inspection at the closing session of the 16th National Congress of the party held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Thursday, Nov. 14, 2002. click to open |  | China CCP's 16th Congress: Chinese President Jiang Zemin, bottom center, shakes hands with other delegates after the closing ceremony of the 16th Communist Party Congress held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2002. More than 2,000 delegates met to vote on new leadership for the Communist Party. click to open |  | China CCP's 16th Congress: Chinese President Jiang Zemin raises his hand to support a motion during the closing ceremony of the 16th Communist Party Congress in Beijing Thursday Nov. 14, 2002. China confirmed Thursday that Jiang would retire as Communist Party leader, with a new General Secretary to be announced Friday. click to open |  | China CCP's 16th Congress: The outgoing all powerful Standing Committee of the elite Politburo attend the closing day of the 16th Chinese Communist Party Congress in Beijing November 14, 2002. China confirmed on Thursday that President Jiang is retiring as Communist Party Chief and that he and top colleagues will hand over to a new generation of leaders under Vice President Hu Jintao. The members are (3RDL-R, front row) Li Lanqing, Hu Jintao, Zhu Rongji, Jiang Zemin, Li Peng, Li Ruihuan and Wei Jianxing. click to open |  | China CCP's 16th Congress: Delegates raise their hands to vote on a resolution at the closing session of the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Nov. 14, 2002. China's communists stepped into a new age Thursday, sending President Jiang Zemin toward retirement, pushing a younger generation of leaders forward and changing their mission to welcome the nation's emerging capitalist class. click to open |
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