CPC adopts candidates for leadership positions

BEIJING - The 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) adopted a list of candidates for state leadership positions as its second plenary session closed Thursday.

The list will be recommended to the presidium of the first annual session of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC), according to a communique issued after the plenary session.

The first annual session of the 12th NPC, the country's national legislature, will kick off on March 5.

The CPC Central Committee also adopted a list of candidates for the leadership of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and chose to recommend it to the presidium of the first session of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, which is scheduled to open on March 3, the communique said.

The CPC Central Committee also passed a plan on institutional restructuring and the functional transformation of the State Council and suggested that the State Council submit it at the national legislature's session, it said.

A total of 204 CPC Central Committee members and 168 alternate members attended the plenary session.