The upcoming 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) will elect a new Central Committee and a new Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, congress spokesman Li Dongsheng said Sunday at a press briefing.

He said that a proposed list of candidates had been discussed and prepared by the Political Bureau of the 16th CPC Central Committee and would be submitted to the Presidium of the 17th Congress for deliberation and approval.

The list was made on the basis of the work of a special working group, which operated under the leadership of the Political Bureau and took charge of democratic recommendation, organizational scrutiny, assessment and nomination of candidates for the new Central Committee and the new Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, he said.

Li announced that the preparations for the congress had been completed. The congress is to open on Monday morning and will last seven days.

The agenda of the congress has been decided Sunday afternoon at a preparatory meeting of the congress.

The main items of the agenda are as follows:

-- to hear and examine the report submitted by the 16th CPC Central Committee;

-- to examine the report on the work of Central Commission for Discipline Inspection;

-- to deliberate and adopt the amendment to the Party Constitution;

-- to elect the Party's 17th Central Committee and Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.

(Xinhua News Agency October 14, 2007)