Hu Jintao becomes new CMC chairman
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2004-09-20 07:58

President Hu Jintao (L) and Jiang Zemin shake hands at the Fourth Plenum of the 16th CPC Central Committee in Beijing September 19, 2004. At the meeting, Hu succeeded Jiang Zemin as chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China. [Xinhua] Hu Jintao (R), new Central Military Commission chairman, and his predecessor Jiang Zemin meet with participants of the Fourth Plenum of the 16th CPC Central Committee at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing September 19, 2004. [Xinhua] President Hu Jintao, also chairman of the Central Military Commission and general secretary of the the 16th CPC Central Committee, gives a speech at the the Fourth Plenum of the 16th CPC Central Committee that concluded in Beijing September 19, 2004. [Xinhua]