China Leadership
Hu Jintao (胡锦涛) was elected Chairman of Central Military Commission of People’s Republic of China, replacing retired Jiang Zemin (江泽民).
Xu Caihou (徐才厚) was elected Vice-Chairman of Central Military Commission of People’s Republic of China, replacing Hu Jintao.
Chen Bingde (陈炳德), Qiao Qingchen (乔清晨), Zhang Dingfa (张定发), and Jing Zhiyuan (靖志远) were elected Members of the Central Military Commission of the People’s Republic of China.
Yang Jiechi (杨洁篪) was appointed Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, replacing Zhou Wenchong (周文重).
Li Yizhong (李毅中) was appointed Director of the State Administration of Work Safety, and Wang Xianzheng (王显政), Wang Dexue (王德学), Sun Huashan (孙华山), and Liang Jiakun (梁嘉琨) were appointed Deputy Directors.
Hu Xiaolian (胡晓炼) was appointed Director of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, replacing shifted Guo Shuqing (郭树清).
Donald Tsang Yam-kuen (曾荫权) was appointed Acting Chief Executive of the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and replacing resigned Tung Chee-hwa (董建华).
Zhou Wenchong (周文重) was appointed Ambassador to the Chinese Embassy in the USA, replacing Yang Jiechi (杨洁篪).
Guo Shuqing (郭树清) was appointed President of China the Construction Bank, replacing resigned Zhang Enzhao (张恩照).
Tung Chee-hwa (董建华), Zhang Meiying (张梅颖), and Zhang Rongming (张榕明) were elected Vice Chairmen of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).
Lu Changhua (卢昌华) and Wang Shenghong (王胜洪) were appointed Deputy Secretary Generals of the CPPCC, and replacing retired Zhao Ximing (赵喜明) and Fu Zhihuang (傅志煌).