BEIJING -- Hu Jintao, Wu Bangguo, Wen Jiabao, Jia Qinglin and Li Changchun have been elected Sunday morning into the 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the Party's top decision-making body.

Hu Jintao, Wu Bangguo, Wen Jiabao, Jia Qinglin and Li Changchun (from left to right)

Delegates cast their votes for the new CPC Central Committee and the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection at the closing session of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing October 21, 2007. [Xinhua]

Zeng Qinghong, Wu Guanzheng and Luo Gan are not in the new central committee.

Zeng Qinghong is 68 years old, Wu Guanzheng, 69 and Luo Gan, 72. They were members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 16th CPC Central Committee.

Zeng Qinghong, Wu Guanzheng and Luo Gan sat in the front row of the podium as executive members of the presidium of the congress.

The delegates to the congress showed respect and appreciation to Zeng Qinghong, Wu Guanzheng and Luo Gan, for their "breadth of their political vision and sterling integrity".

Zeng was also a member of the secretariat of the 16th CPC Central Committee and is vice president of China. Wu Guanzheng acted as secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CPC. Luo served as secretary of the CPC Central Political and Legal Affairs Committee.

Huang Ju, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 16th CPC Central Committee and vice premier of the State Council, died of illness on June 2, 2007.

Members of the Political Bureau of the 16th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Wu Yi, Zhang Lichang, Cao Gangchuan and Zeng Peiyan are not in the 17th CPC Central Committee.

Wu Yi and Zeng Peiyan are vice premiers. Zhang Lichang is deputy director of a leading group for revitalizing northeast China and other old industrial bases. Cao Gangchuan is vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, state councilor and defense minister.