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TOPSHOT - Chinese President Jiang Zemin (L), together with his successor Vice President Hu Jintao (C) and Premier Zhu Rongji (R), wait as the new parliamentary chairman Wu Bangguo (front) announces the end of the opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC), in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, 05 March 2003. China opened its 10th NPC, one of the world's largest legislatures that will usher in a new group of political leaders expected to be headed by Hu Jintao, heading the so-called fourth generation of Chinese leaders, who are being handed the torch by the group of politicians around Jiang Zemin who have governed the country since 1989. (Photo by GOH Chai Hin / AFP via Getty Images)