New State, govt leaders to be elected in March

The country's top leaders will be elected at the first plenary session of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC), which will begin on March 5, 2008.

According to the resolution of the 31st meeting of the 10th NPC Standing Committee, which ended in Beijing on Saturday, the two-week plenary session will elect the chairperson and vice-chairpersons of the NPC Standing Committee, and the country's president and vice-president.

The plenary session will also elect the State Council premier and vice-premiers, State councilors and government department ministers, the chairman of the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China, and the heads of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate.