Hu Jintao, Wu Bangguo, Wen Jiabao,Jia Qinglin and Li Changchun have been reelected as members of the Political Bureau Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC).

They were elected into the nine-member Political Bureau Standing Committee at the first plenary session of the 17th CPC Central Committee Monday morning.

All the five had served a five-year tenure in the Political Bureau Standing Committee of the 16th CPC Central Committee starting from 2002.

Hu, 64, succeeded Jiang Zemin as Party leader at the 16th CPC National Congress in November 2002. He was elected a member of the Political Bureau Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee in 1992, at the age of 49.

Wu, 66, has been chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress since 2003.

Wen, 65, serves as Chinese Premier.

Jia, 67, is chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Li, 63, is in charge of CPC's publicity and ideological work.

The newly elected Political Bureau Standing Committee also consists of four new members -- Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, He Guoqiang and Zhou Yongkang.

(Xinhua News Agency October 22, 2007)