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

One of the big messages that was talked about in the meeting was corruption. Mr Hu Jintao said the Party must work hard in 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 of] the party, and even cause the collapse of the party and the fall of the state." Mr Hu told Party members at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing that China had to change because of a changing world. He said: "We must aim higher and work harder and continue to [go after] development in a scientific way." He added the Party should "promote social harmony and improve the people's lives".