Beijing (Reuters) - China's former President hu jintao warned that corruption threat to the ruling communist party and the state, promising political reform, he opened officially the party congress, will have a time in a decade the change of leadership.
More than 2000 qin point representative gathered in Beijing's great hall of the people spongy social unrest more and more under the background of the held, the start of the week-long conference in transplantation of the scandal, both rich and poor countries the huge gap between.
President hu jintao in opening speech warned: "if we can't it is quite good to process the problem (corruption), it can prove that the party's trauma, and even lead to the collapse of the party and the state of decline,".
"The reform of the political structure is an important part of China's overall reform. We must continue to make both positive and prudent efforts, for the political structure reform and make people's democratic more extensive, more comprehensive scope and sounder in practice."
But no one think the move toward full democracy and the party's spokesman CaiMingZhao said Wednesday that a one-party state, is inviolable.
The party expelled senior regional leadership bo, and accused him of abuse his office, receiving huge bribes and other crime has fallen dramatically, from the power of the leadership, shaking the transition.
"We must never let words local law or power supply (individual) substitution method, we also will not allow to ignore personal interest law," hu said.
During the meeting, hu jintao will give up as a secretary of the party committee anointed successor vice President xi jinping. Parliament in 3 months of the annual meeting, xihe state obligation and take over.
A few weeks later, anti-japanese riots swept across a row, the disputed island city streets, hu also said that China should strengthen the army and to protect its maritime interests, and prepare in the information age "local war".
"We should strengthen our ability for the development of Marine resources, and resolutely safeguard China's Marine rights and interests, and building China into a maritime power," he said.
China is also be locked in the on the south China sea disputed areas and southeast Asia indispute neighbors. 's relationship with the United States is already in both sides in the area of military confident accused.
The government has to strengthen the safety operation of the congress, or banned release the birds in the capital, and already locked or out dozens of dissidents, it worry will destroy the party.
Drag away
Security around Thursday at the great hall of the people and tiananmen square next door of special tight, the scene of pro-democracy protests in 1989 by the army of the crackdown.
The police towed screaming protester who put forward the Chinese flag.
The party, a long and bloody civil war in 1949 on the stage, in recent years its legitimacy tied economic growth and make hundreds of millions of people out of poverty.
Hu jintao said that China's development should be "more balanced, harmonious, sustainable development", should be to 2020 years, its 2010 years of GDP and per capita income two times.
But China experts say, unless through the halt of the reform, the new leadership, promote the national economy is weak, deepen the unrest, and even crisis, also can't shake the party's grip on power risk.
July to September seventh straight for a quarter of China's economic growth slowed, the lack of the government's goal for the first time since the depth of the global financial crisis, but other data points out, mild year-end rebound.
Reform advocates in the sunrise to reduce the privilege of state-owned enterprises, making it easier to for the rural floating population in the city permanently settled, solve the financial system, encourage local government live in land expropriation, the most important is, lashing the power of a country, they said risk choking growth and fan dissatisfaction.
As the beginning of the meeting, the authorities banned dissidents.
"My network have been cut off, I can't answer the call, three people follow me, when I left home my dog," Xinna, China's longest one of the political prisoners, Mongolia rights activists hadad wife, told Reuters.
"I want from this congress is my husband is released, and for our life to return to normal," she said, from her home in the cold north China city, Hohhot.
A Tibetan rights group report, in southwest sichuan province three teenage Tibetan monks burning on Wednesday against Chinese rule in the protests, the number of nearly 70 in 18 months of Tibetan people get event.
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