A spokesman for the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) said Sunday the new team of top CPC leaders will meet journalists after the congress.

Upon the conclusion of the congress, which will be held from Oct. 15 to 21, the Party's 17th Central Committee and the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection will hold their first plenary sessions respectively to elect their new leading bodies, spokesman Li Dongsheng said at a press briefing.

Members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the new Central Committee of the CPC will meet Chinese and foreign reporters after the plenary session of the Central Committee, he said.

According to Li, 2,213 delegates are attending the congress, representing more than 70 million Party members nationwide.

The congress, regarded as the most important political event in China this year, has attracted more than 1,000 overseas reporters.

(Xinhua News Agency October 14, 2007)