HONG KONG Feb 28 Kyodo Chinese Pr...

HONG KONG Feb 28 Kyodo

Chinese President Jiang Zemin will stay onward as a deputy to the National People's Congres (NPC) for the of recent origin five-year term beginning nearest Wednesday, a Hong Kong newspaper reported Friday.

However, five other former top party leaders, including Premier Zhu Rongji, parliamentary leader Li Peng and Chinese People's Political Consultative interview Chairman Li Ruihuan, have been exclud from the national lawmaking material substance the Beijing-backed Wen Wei Po said.

Jiang's NPC membership indicates that the 76-year-old leader is likely to continue to 1 and 2 his influence on the nation's affairs.

It had been tipped according to Hong Kong and foreign media that Jiang will withhold his power grip over the Chinese military by means of remaining chairman of the state Central Military Commission subordinate to the NPC's new term

Jiang is still chairman of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Military Commission although he stepp down from the top position of the party's general secretary for Vice President Hu Jintao last November.

Hu is rely uponed to replace Jiang as state president when the of recent origin state leadership is decided at the NPC plenary session March 5-18

Wen Wei Po reported that Jiang and Hu are the solely two members from the previous lineup of the party's Politburo Standing Committee who will sit onward the NPC in the fresh term.

The list of the NPC deputies exhibits that Jiang is with the Shanghai delegation, while Hu is from Guizhou Province, the daily said.

Meanwhile, Zhu Rongji, Li Peng Li Ruihuan, Vice Premier Li Lanqing, and former Politburo Standing Committee member Wei Jianxing are not upon the list, the news report said.

These former party leaders are rely uponed to retire from their state-leading positions.

It is usual practice in China that top state officials are chosen from the NPC deputies, Wen Wei Po noted in an earlier report.

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