Addis Ababa, March 15(ENA)--Hu Jintao was elected on Saturday as President of the Peoples' Republic of China at the 5th plenary meeting of the first session of the 10th National Peoples' Congress (NPC).

Showing up at the plenary meeting were 2,951 NPC deputies.

The plenary session also elected Zeng Qinghong, Vice President of China, Wu Bangguo chairman of the NPC Standing Committee and Jiang Zemin chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Peoples' Republic of China.

The session also elected vice-chairpersons and 159 members of the 10th NPC Standing Committee.

According to the rules of election and appointment adopted at the NPC Session, the election of Chairman and Vice-Chairmen of the NPC Standing Committee, President and vice presidents of the People's Republic of China and Chairman of the Military Commission followed the single-candidate system.

However, election of the NPC Standing Committee members followed the different voting system, with 159 members to be voted in from 167 candidates.

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