He entered the Standing Committee of the Politburo in 2007 and in 2008 became the country's vice president.
However the five new members on the Standing Committee are all relatively old.
By then, it was evident to the architects of China's next government that the country's security chief should be placed below the Standing Committee.
The Standing Committee had agreed to his request, sources said.
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And like Mr. Bo until recently, Mr. Zhang is a potential candidate for promotion to the Standing Committee although unwritten party norms suggest he would serve only one five-year term because he is 65 already.
That afternoon, the Secretary-General also went to the Storting, the Norwegian Parliament, where he addressed members of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs and answered their questions.
Last year, he was considered a favorite for promotion to the Standing Committee after several top leaders visited his city and sang the praises of the "Chongqing model", which Mr. Bo has aggressively promoted at the last two NPCs.
First, on March 26, the Standing Committee decided on its own to intervene in the question of whether and how changes to the methods of selecting the Hong Kong Chief Executive and forming the Legislative Council could be made.
Although he says his grandfather and father served time in prison for their faith, the 44-year-old had achieved the rare feat of being approved by both the Vatican and the CCPA, where he once served on the standing committee.
The Standing Committee for Youth Justice (SCYJ), a body whose members include Barnardo's, The Children's Society and Prison Reform Trust, said it was "disappointed" the committee did not "oppose the naming and shaming of teenagers subject to anti-social behaviour orders".
The Chief Executive's immediate action to submit a report to the Standing Committee, on April 15, stating there is indeed a need for change, has not been taken as a sign of progress among advocates of greater democracy in Hong Kong.
Other analysts say that even if Mr. Bo doesn't make it onto the Standing Committee, the party may borrow many of his ideas, which appeal in particular to the security forces, state-owned enterprises and other constituencies that see liberal reforms as a threat.
Irina Bokova, the Executive Director of the Confucius Institute Headquarters, Madame Xu Lin, as well as the founder of the Nishan Forum and former Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of National People's Congress, Professor Xu Jialu, will speak at the opening session of the Forum.
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In adjudicating cases, where the courts need to interpret a provision concerning affairs which are the responsibility of the central government or the relationship between the central authorities and the SAR, the CFA shall, before giving a final judgment, seek an interpretation of that provision from the Standing Committee (SC).
The Politburo Standing Committee, the party's most powerful organization, sets broad monetary policy, which is then implemented by the PBOC.
Just as the new Standing Committee of the Politburo takes up its positions in Beijing, there will be the basis of new conversations with their own generals and admirals.
Where it counts at the Politburo Standing Committee, the Central Military Commission, and the Leading Group on Foreign Affairs there is still strong support for the Kim family, despite its potentially destructive antics.
The new Standing Committee of the Communist Politburo, due to be announced tomorrow, could sow the seeds of more economic reforms that would profoundly help the U.S. Or it may veer toward policies of recent years that are raising the odds of mercantilist brinksmanship.
The regular meeting of the Standing Veterinary Committee decided the export ban could be lifted for farms in Essex from 15 September, as long as no new cases are reported in the county.
The standoff is particularly risky for Wang Yang, the Communist Party chief of Guangdong, who is vying with other candidates for promotion to the Politburo Standing Committee the party's top decision-making body in a once-a-decade leadership change next year.
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The new Nobel laureate is of the same generation as the new leaders set to take over the Politburo Standing Committee next month after the convening of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
The UK and Ireland Blue Shield Committee, which is a constituent part of the ICBS, is a standing Committee of the UK National Commission's Culture Committee.
The reconfigured Standing Committee is designed so that all of the members have relatively equal amounts of power.
On Thursday, Chinese state media reported that the Politburo Standing Committee convened a special meeting to consider the economy.
On September 18th, Qiao Shi, the head of China's parliament, was among a number of Deng-era veterans who were not elected to the new Central Committee, hence losing his seat on the all-powerful standing committee of the Politburo.
Yet meaningful political reform is completely off the table, as the disappointing lineup of the new Standing Committee makes clear.
The commission itself is headed by He Guoqiang, one of nine members of the Politburo Standing Committee, China's top decision-making body.
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