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China's President Hu Jintao opened the Chinese Communist Party meeting Wednesday Beijing. The president and his team will choose the new leaders that will rule China the next ten years. China selects its leaders, unlike many other countries, which elect them. The meeting will last a week and will look many issues that are important China today. Perhaps the biggest topic the meeting will be the economy. Ten years ago, China's economy was not so big. However, an economic miracle the past decade means the country is now the second biggest economy in the world. Its leaders are a little worried though, because the economy is slowing . It is still growing 6 times faster than the rest the world.

One the big messages that was talked about the meeting was corruption. Mr Hu Jintao said the Party must work hard the next decade to remove corruption from Chinese society. He warned that the Party could die if corruption continued. He said: "If we fail to handle this issue well, it could [be the end ] the party, and even cause the collapse the party and the fall the state." Mr Hu told Party members the Great Hall of the People Beijing that China had to change because a changing world. He said: "We must aim higher and work harder and continue to [go ] development in a scientific way." He added the Party should "promote social harmony and improve the people's lives".