Hu Jintao (born 21 December 1942 in Tai County, Jiangsu) is a retired Chinese politician who led China as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012 and as president of the People's Republic from 2003 to 2013. He also chaired the Party and State Central Military Commissions and sat on the Politburo Standing Committee from 1992 to 2012. An engineer by training, he rose through the Communist Youth League and served as Party secretary in Guizhou and in the Tibet Autonomous Region before being groomed as successor to Jiang Zemin. His administration promoted the Scientific Outlook on Development and a Harmonious Society, strengthened state control over parts of the economy and oversaw the response to the SARS outbreak. He retired from all posts voluntarily, and Xi Jinping succeeded him.
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Hu Jintao (born 21 December 1942)
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president of China from 2003 to 2013
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president of China from 2003 to 2013
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Hu won praise for retiring voluntarily from all positions
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is a retired Chinese politician
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served as the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 2002 to 2012
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