Delegates applaud at the successful conclusion of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, which ended yesterday. Ma Zhancheng

Yang Liwei, China's first astronaut who was elected an alternate member of the CPC Central Committee yesterday, is seen with other delegates during the weeklong event. Wang Jianmin

Li Zhaoxing (second from right), former foreign minister and a delegate to the congress, talks to student reporters from Chinese Teenagers News, outside the Great Hall of the People.Xu Jingxing

Military band members perform during the closing ceremony of the congress in Beijing yesterday. AP

Reporters at the Great Hall of the People cover the opening of the Party congress. Xiong De

Residents dance to mark the end of the Party congress yesterday, in a Xiuning public square, East China's Anhui Province. Ni Shoubing

(China Daily 10/22/2007 page8)