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BEIJING - CHINA'S parliament on Saturday almost unanimously re-elected Communist Party chief Hu Jintao, 65, to serve as president for five more years, according to a ballot made public.
Mr Hu received the support of 99.7 percent of the 2,965 votes cast by delegates to China's parliament.
The overwhelming endorsement was not a surprise because China's parliament is regarded as a rubber-stamp body for the ruling Communist Party.
Mr Hu was re-confirmed as head of the party at its five-yearly Congress in October last year.
Xi Jinping elected VP
Rising political star Xi Jinping was elected China's vice president on Saturday in a result widely seen as putting him in line to succeed President Hu Jintao in five years.
Mr Xi, 54, received 2,919 votes for, 28 against, and there were 17 abstentions in a vote by the National People's Congress in Beijing. -- AFP
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