China Chooses A New Generation Of Leaders

Military delegates leave the Great Hall of the People after the opening ceremony.

People look at a portrait of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong at a studio in Beijing.

Paramilitary policemen hold their fists in front of a flag of the Communist Party as they attend an oath-taking rally to ensure the safety of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party, at a military base in Hangzhou.

A man poses with carboard cutouts of U.S. President Barack Obama and presidential candidate Mitt Romney at a hotel during an event organised by the U.S. Embassy in Beijing.

A worker cleans near a poster of the late Chairman Mao Zedong at a thermal power plant in Henan Province.

A paramilitary police officer stands in front of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.

People stroll through Tiananmen Square in Beijing.

Elderly women with red armbands, identifying them as security volunteers, chat as they sit to watch over a traditional alleyway in central Beijing.

Young Pioneers gather during a flag-raising ceremony at the East Experimental School in Shanghai.

A staff member walks around the Great Hall of People during a press conference in Beijing.

A security officer stands guard at the opening ceremony.

Delegates before the opening ceremony