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The first session of the 10th National People's Congress, opening
March 5, concludes at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on
March 18, 2003. Newly elected President Hu Jintao pledged at the
closing ceremony that he would faithfully perform the powers and
functions endowed by the Constitution, scrupulously discharge his
duties, word hard and industriously and serve the country and the
people with utmost sincerity. [xinhua]
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