China begins a Parliament meeting this week that will unveil the final personnel changes of a once-a-decade leadership transition and provide some clues about the new administration’s commitment to address mounting social, economic and environmental problems that many Communist Party insiders fear are eroding its grip on power.
Xi Jinping, who succeeded Hu Jintao as Communist Party leader and military chief at the start of the succession process in November, will assume his third, largely ceremonial post as state president during the meeting of the National People’s Congress, or NPC, which begins on Tuesday and is seen lasting about 10 days.
Li Keqiang, who ranks No. 2 in the new Party hierarchy, is due to succeed Wen Jiabao as premier and chief steward of the world’s second-largest economy, and will face questions from local and foreign reporters for the first time in that role during a news conference at the end of the Parliament meeting.
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Jeremy Page, Bob Davis and Lingling Wei; Wall Street Journal via CHINA US Focus http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChinaUsFocus/~3/GHIOteWovco/
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