Nov 15, 2002: First Plenary Session of the Sixteenth Central Committee of the Party convenes
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On November 15, 2002, the First Session of the Sixteenth Central Committee of the Party convened in Beijing, Hu Jintao was elected as General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee.
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