Hu Jintao, general secretary of the Communist Party of China and Chinese president, casts ballot during the fourth plenum of the Third Session of the 10th National People's Congress (NPC) of China in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing March 13, 2005. Hu was elected chairman of the state Central Military Commission (CMC).
Hu Jintao, 62, general secretary of the Communist Party of China and Chinese president, is elected chairman of the state Central Military Commission in Beijing Mar. 13, 2004.He succeeded Jiang Zemin as chairman of the CMC of theCommunist Party of China (CPC) last September.