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 | | The standing committee mem-bers of the 16th Politburo are (in ranking order): Hu Jintao (胡錦濤), Wu Bangguo (吳邦國), Wen Jiabao (溫家寶), Jia Qinglin (賈慶林), Zeng Qinghong (曾慶紅), Huang Ju (黃菊), Wu Guanzheng (吳官正), Li Chang-chun (李長春) and Luo Gan (羅幹). |
 | | Of these, Wu Bangguo, Jia, Zeng, Huang and Li are Jiang's people, although Li's relations with Jiang are not as close as the other four's. |
 | | Hu will be president; Wu Bangguo will chair the standing committee of the Na-tional People's Congress; Wen will be premier; Jia will chair the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference; Zeng will handle party affairs and Wu Guanzheng will be secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. |
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