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              Beijing: Xi Jinping, 
              who was Thursday elected the powerful general secretary of the 
              Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), 
              introduced here the new leaders who would lead China, one of the 
              world's strongest economies.
 Xi led the other newly-elected members of the Standing Committee 
              of the 18th CPC Central Committee Political Bureau to meet the 
              press at the Great Hall of the People.
 
 "I was elected general secretary of the Party Central Committee by 
              the plenary session. Now, I wish to introduce to you the other six 
              newly elected members of the Standing Committee of the Political 
              Bureau," Xinhua quoted him as saying.
 
 "They are: Li Keqiang, Zhang Dejiang, Yu Zhengsheng, Liu Yunshan, 
              Wang Qishan, and Zhang Gaoli. Li Keqiang was a member of the 
              Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 17th Party 
              Central Committee, and all the others were members of the 
              Political Bureau of the 17th Party Central Committee," Xi said.
 
 Xi said the 18th CPC National Congress "came to a successful 
              conclusion".
 
 "We have just held the first plenary session of the 18th Central 
              Committee of the Communist Party China and elected a new central 
              leadership," Xi said.
 
 "On behalf of the members of the newly elected central leadership, 
              I wish to express our heartfelt thanks to all other members of the 
              party for the great trust they have placed in us. We will strive 
              to be worthy of their trust and fulfill our mission," Xi said.
 
 "We are greatly encouraged by both the trust all the comrades of 
              the party have placed in us and the great expectation the people 
              of all ethnic groups in China have of us, and we are keenly aware 
              that this is also an important responsibility for us," he added.
 
 Xi said that China is "a great nation".
 
 "Throughout 5,000 years and more of evolution as a civilization, 
              the Chinese nation has made indelible contribution to the progress 
              of human civilization."
 
 In modern times, however, China endured untold hardships and 
              sufferings, and its very survival hung in the balance, Xi said.
 
 Since its founding, the Communist Party of China has made great 
              sacrifices and forged ahead against all odds. It has rallied and 
              led the Chinese people in transforming the poor and backward old 
              China into an increasingly prosperous and powerful new China, thus 
              opening a completely new horizon for the great renewal of the 
              Chinese nation, he said.
 
 "Our responsibility now is to rally and lead the entire party and 
              the people of all ethnic groups in China in taking over the relay 
              baton passed on to us by history, and in making continued efforts 
              to achieve the great renewal of the Chinese nation, make the 
              Chinese nation stand rock-firm in the family of nations, and make 
              even greater contribution to mankind," Xi said.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
              
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