Advance Happy National Day "CHINA"
Beijing: Bracing for once-in-a-decade power change, China's top leadership on Monday appeared relaxed at the 63rd National Day celebrations as they laid the floral wreaths at Hero's Monument in Tiananmen Square here.
The old guard of Communist Party is set to hand over power to new leaders next month after staving off bid by expelled leader Bo Xilai to wrest control of a key post.
It is perhaps for the last time, President Hu Jintao and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao who led the Party for the past 10 years laid the floral wreaths at Hero's Monument.
Vice President Xi Jinping and Vice Premier Li Keqiang who are tipped to succeed Hu and Wen respectively were part of the nine members Standing Committee of the Politburo that took part in the ceremony.
They joined 3,600 representatives from all walks of life in Beijing in the ceremony to mark the anniversary of founding of the People's Republic of China by Mao Zedong, whose Marxian policies however were relegated to history in the last three decades.
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