Exclusive - China power brokers agree preferred leadership : sources


China's President Hu Jintao (front R), chairman of the Standing Committee of National People's Congress Wu Bangguo (4th L), Premier Wen Jiabao (L), top political advisor Jia Qinglin (3rd L), Standing Committee of the Political Bureau member Li Changchun (2nd L), Vice President Xi Jinping (back R), and Vice-Premier Li Keqiang (back 2nd R) attend a banquet marking the 63rd anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing September 29, 2012. China's National Day falls on October 1. REUTERS/China Daily

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's three most powerful men have come up with preferred candidates to head up the nation's new leadership, sources said, in a group that includes financial reformers but leaves a question mark over its commitment to political reform.

The seven-member list has been drawn up by past, present and future presidents ahead of a once-in-a-decade leadership change to be finalised next month at the ruling Communist Party's 18th congress, said three sources with ties to senior party leaders.

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