Hu Jintao
Xi's 'Chinese dream' aims to boost party: analysts
Mar 17, 2013 23:42 EDT
New leader Xi Jinping has urged China to pursue the "Chinese dream" but experts say behind the grandiose words he is single-minded in his aim to bolster Communist Party rule.
Xi's 'Chinese dream' aims to boost party: analysts
Mar 17, 2013 22:59 EDT
New leader Xi Jinping has urged China to pursue the "Chinese dream" but experts say behind the grandiose words he is single-minded in his aim to bolster Communist Party rule.
China's new president calls for 'great renaissance'
Mar 17, 2013 04:54 EDT
China's new President Xi Jinping will fight for a "great renaissance of the Chinese nation", he said Sunday as the world's most populous country completed its once-in-a-decade power transition.
China President Xi calls for 'great renaissance'
Mar 17, 2013 00:10 EDT
China's newly-installed President Xi Jinping said on Sunday he would fight for a "great renaissance of the Chinese nation", in his first speech as head of state of the world's most populous country.
China president Xi calls for 'great renaissance'
Mar 16, 2013 22:49 EDT
China's newly-installed president Xi Jinping said on Sunday he would fight for a "great renaissance of the Chinese nation", in his first speech as head of state of the world's most populous country.
Li Keqiang named China's new premier
Mar 15, 2013 14:26 EDT
China's parliament installed bureaucrat Li Keqiang as premier Friday, putting him in charge of running the world's second-largest economy in one of the final steps of a landmark power transition.
New China premier Li faces challenge to exert authority
Mar 15, 2013 10:23 EDT
China's new premier Li Keqiang has risen from relatively humble roots to take charge of running the government of the world's second-largest economy, but could struggle to enforce his will.
China's parliament names Li Keqiang as new premier
Mar 14, 2013 23:05 EDT
China's parliament named Communist bureaucrat Li Keqiang to the post of premier Friday, a role that involves running day-to-day government in the world's second-largest economy.
Obama reaches out to China's new president
Mar 14, 2013 19:26 EDT
US President Barack Obama wasted no time in courting China's new President Xi Jinping Thursday, calling him within hours of his elevation, and then pressing him on cybercrime and North Korea.
China names Xi Jinping as new president
Mar 14, 2013 15:53 EDT
China's parliament named Xi Jinping as president Thursday four months after he took charge of the Communist Party with pledges of reform that have raised hopes but so far yielded little change.
China to name Xi Jinping as new president
Mar 13, 2013 23:25 EDT
China's parliament was set to name Xi Jinping as president Thursday, four months after he took charge of the Communist Party with pledges of reform that have raised hopes but so far yielded little change.
China commissions new stealth frigate
Mar 12, 2013 09:21 EDT
China's navy has commissioned a new type of stealth frigate that is expected to strengthen the country's defences amid maritime territorial rows, state media said on Tuesday.
Venezuela, China vow deeper ties after Chavez death
Mar 09, 2013 17:33 EST
Venezuela's new acting president, Nicolas Maduro, held talks with a Chinese delegation on Saturday and the two sides vowed to deepen strategic relations in honor of late leader Hugo Chavez.
China looks to Russia, Africa after transition
Mar 09, 2013 14:27 EST
China's new president will pay a state visit to Russia and three African countries, the foreign minister said Saturday, with Beijing looking to step up diplomacy after a protracted leadership transition.
China's Xi to visit S.Africa this month
Mar 07, 2013 10:09 EST
China's incoming president Xi Jinping will visit regional economic powerhouse South Africa this month, the foreign ministry said Thursday, a highly symbolic trip that will come soon after he takes up the post.
China parliament targets growth, graft, well-being
Mar 05, 2013 05:22 EST
China Tuesday targeted 2013 economic growth of 7.5 percent and vowed to tackle corruption and improve the quality of life as an annual parliamentary session to seal its transition to new leadership started.
China enlists Jackie Chan to kick off political meeting
Mar 03, 2013 11:58 EST
Film star Jackie Chan joined other celebrities Sunday at a meeting of China's highest-profile advisory body, a move seen by analysts as an attempt by the ruling Communist Party to cultivate "soft power".
Jackie Chan's China appointment draws Hong Kong ire
Mar 02, 2013 01:35 EST
Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan this week joins China's top political advisory body in a move analysts say highlights Beijing's growing "soft power" efforts to project unity between itself and the former British colony.
China navy gets new "stealth frigate": state media
Feb 26, 2013 13:31 EST
China's navy has taken delivery of a new type of stealth frigate that is expected to bolster the country's maritime defences amid territorial disputes, state media reported Tuesday.
Taiwan's former vice president to meet new China leader
Feb 24, 2013 15:11 EST
A Taiwan politician known for making a landmark 2005 visit to China flew to Beijing Sunday to meet China's Communist Party chief Xi Jinping in the highest level cross-strait meeting since Xi took office, officials said.
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| Hu Jintao 胡锦涛 | |
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| Assumed office 15 November 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Jiang Zemin |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 15 March 2003 | |
| Premier | Wen Jiabao |
| Vice President | Zeng Qinghong(2003-2008) Xi Jinping (2008-) |
| Preceded by | Jiang Zemin |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 19 September 2004 | |
| Deputy | Guo Boxiong Xu Caihou |
| Preceded by | Jiang Zemin |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 13 March 2005 | |
| Deputy | Guo Boxiong Xu Caihou |
| Preceded by | Jiang Zemin |
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| In office 15 March 1998 – 15 March 2003 | |
| President | Jiang Zemin |
| Preceded by | Rong Yiren |
| Succeeded by | Zeng Qinghong |
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| Born | 21 December 1942 Jiangyan, China |
| Political party | Communist Party |
| Spouse(s) | Liu Yongqing |
| Children | Xiaolin Haifeng Hu Haiqing |
| Residence | Beijing, People's Republic of China |
| Alma mater | Tsinghua University |
| Profession | Hydraulic engineer |
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