Members of the communist partys new Politburo Standing Committee are clapping as Vice President Hu Jintao was named the partys general secretary at the 16th Party National Congress held in the Great Hall of the People on Nov. 15. From the left, Hu Jintao, Wu Bangguo, Wen Jiabao, Jia Qinglin, Zeng Qinghong, Huang Ju, Wu Guanzheng, Li Changchun and Luo Gan.