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When the NPC is not in session, its permanent organ, the Standing Committee, exercises state power.  

When the NPC is not in session, its permanent organ, the Standing Committee, exercises state power.  

===Principal Government and Party Officials===

===Principal Government and Party Officials===

*President--Hu Jintao

*President--[[Hu Jintao]]

*Vice President--Zeng Qinghong

*Vice President--Zeng Qinghong

*Premier, State Council--Wen Jiabao  

*Premier, State Council--Wen Jiabao  

*Minister, State Development and Reform Commission--Ma Kai

*Minister, State Development and Reform Commission--Ma Kai

*Ambassador to U.S.--Zhou Wenzhong  

*Ambassador to U.S.--Zhou Wenzhong  

*Ambassador to UN--Wang Guangya  

*Ambassador to UN--Wang Guangya

===Foreign Relations===

===Foreign Relations===