BEIJING (Reuters) - China's new parliament is expected to promote younger leaders and possibly a non-Communist and will endorse plans to create powerful "super-ministries" in moves that will further consolidate President Hu Jintao's authority.
On the cusp of a second five years as president and premier, Hu and Wen Jiabao are determined to strengthen the central government's hand to ensure their policies of more balanced growth are carried out in the face of opposition from regional and industrial interests.
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