Overseas media give prominent coverage to National Congress of CPC

BEIJING—Overseas media have given prominence and extensive coverage to the just-concluded 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) that elected a new leadership.
Bulgarian newspaper Duma on Monday devoted two pages to reports on the conclusion of the 17th CPC National Congress, the recent changes in the Chinese society and the economic achievements China has made.
Newspaper Trud said the incorporation of the Scientific Outlook on Development into the party constitution showed China will strive to achieve stable economic development and build a harmonious society while making efforts to narrow the gap between the rich and the poor in the future.
Newspaper 24 Chasa said the CPC Congress unprecedentedly addressed the concerns regarding environmental protection.
Leading Portuguese newspapers Journal de Noticial and Correio da Manha reported the conclusion of the 17th CPC National Congress with both stories and photos.
Journal de Noticial said the Congress has added the Scientific Outlook on Development to the party constitution, which showed that the concept would become a guiding principle for China’s future economic and social development.
German media including Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) and Der Spiegel on Monday all carried reports on the election of the new leadership of the CPC.
The DPA believed China’s reforms are irreversible, and Der Spiegel said the newly-elected members of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee are younger and better educated, and most of the Central Committee members have received higher education.
Azerbaijan’s state television, the ANS TV, and the Trend News Agency on Monday all reported the group debut made by the new CPC leadership line-up led by Hu Jintao, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee.
Trend News Agency said the top priorities of the new leadership will be to adhere to the policies of building socialism with Chinese characteristics, reform and opening-up, building a harmonious socialist society, resolutely fighting corruption, narrowing the gap between the rich and the poor, and promoting environmental protection.—Xinhua