Jiang Zemin not on new Party central committee (11/14/2002)

Jiang Zemin and five of his colleagues in the Party's top decision-making body are not on a new central committee of the CPC elected in Beijing this morning.

His five colleagues are: Li Peng and Zhu Rongji, both 74, Li Ruihuan, 68, Wei Jianxing, 71, and Li Lanqing, 70.

The only member of the 15th CPC Central Committee Political Bureau Standing Committee who has entered the 16th CPC central committee is 59-year-old Hu Jintao.

(Xinhua)

Jiang Zemin, in his report to the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, said the Party's door is open to all positive factors of the society, including private entrepreneurs, foreign-invested firm employees, self-employed businessmen and freelance professionals, he also said that the Party should advance with the times. What's your opinion?