The media of the State reported that the presidium
congress, forty one current and former members of the leadership, approved the
candidate list for the Central Committee and sent it to the delegates. The
delegates will cast votes before the congress closes Wednesday to choose the
Central Committee, a roughly 350-member body.
The Central Committee, in turn, will
select the top leadership.
The move is largely a formality, as
is the congress itself. Deciding the lineup of leading bodies falls to a small
group of powerbrokers.
Vice President Xi Jinping has been
all-but formally announced to replace President Hu Jintao as party chief and
president.
China Central Television showed Hu
addressing the meeting of the presidium, which was presided over by Xi.
Candidates for the Central Committee
outnumber seats by only a small portion, giving the 2,268 congress delegates
little choice except on the margins.
In addition
to the name list for Central Committee members, the meeting also forwarded
candidate lists for the party's internal watchdog agency, state media reported.
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