At least 8% of nominees off slates

At least 8 percent of nominees have been eliminated in the preliminary elections for member and alternate member candidates of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and of candidate members of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.

The draft name-lists of candidate members and alternate members of the new CPC Central Committee and of candidates members of the new CCDI were approved at the third meeting of the presidium of the 18th CPC National Congress on Tuesday.

The meeting, presided over by President Hu Jintao, decided to submit the draft name-lists to the delegations to the Party congress for deliberation.