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Torch passes to a new generation (2)

(Xinhua)

08:37, March 15, 2013

Legislature election

The NPC meeting on Thursday also elected leaders and 161 members of the 12th NPC Standing Committee. Click to see profiles the chairman and 13 vice-chairpersons

Zhang Dejiang was elected chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, and 13 vice-chairpersons were also elected.

After the elections, a younger generation born after the founding of the People's Republic of China joined the top legislature leadership and took center stage, including Shen Yueyue, 56, the youngest of the 13 vice-chairpersons.

The new NPC leadership lineup is made up of experienced ministers, CPC officials, regional leaders and heads of democratic parties who have displayed their leadership capabilities in previous positions.

Notably, it marks the first time in 15 years that the national legislature includes lawmakers from a judicial background into its leadership, a change that experts say can make legislation more practical and easier to implement.

Wang Shengjun, president of the country's top court and its vice-president, Wan Exiang, were both elected vice-chairpersons of the NPC Standing Committee.

Wang, 66, and Wan, 56, are expected to resign from their posts in the top court, according to the Organic Law of the National People's Congress. The law stipulates that members of the NPC Standing Committee cannot hold posts in the administrative, judicial or procuratorate bodies.

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