the case involving bo xilai highlighted this issue. party officials expelled the former head of chongqing city over accusations he abused his power and accepted bribes. he's expected to face criminal prosecution. his wife is already in jail for the murder of a businessman. the communist party wanted to show they take this kind of case and other pressing issues seriously. they are expecting to incorporate the concept of scientific development in the party's action guidelines, the centerpiece of its platform. president hu backs the concept. it calls for sustainable approach to economic and social progress that takes into account the environment and the citizens. it will be up to the party's next generation of top members to promote scientific development. delegates to the congress will choose about 200 people to serve on the central committee. then officials will announce the new leader lineup which is expected to be headed by xi jingping. sources close to the party say the number of political standing members will be reduced to seven fr

>> in terms of corruption, it is very difficult not to address corruption demanding bo xilai scandal and "the new york times" piece on both wealth of wen jiabao. benowitz they disputed. but he came in in that early 2000's, 10 years. scientific development -- all of those metrics, china has gone back or even as it become a world economic power. >> he was talking about his legacy. actually in many ways he was laying out the job that needs to be done by his successor. >> the guys will take the stage next week -- face a huge challenge. clearly to the get reform is needed to be both economic, financial, exchange rate, but political reform. to put it on a more sustainable path. >> he kept talking about scientific developments. for those of our viewers around the world, what does that actually mean? >> each over the last three administration they each have that their watchwords and scientific development is really the hu jintao stamp. it is about the transition to a healthier type of growth -- new innovation, better quality of education. it goes hand-in-hand with this concept -- reducing th

when high ranking politica political-- political leader bo xilai-- xilai recommend brought down by scandalhis wife convicted of killing a britishman, millions of others joined her in a freewheeling internet discussion. >> it is a huge crack in the wall for sure because i don't think any political problem has been so played out in publishing-- public ever before. >> reporter: her mother was arrested during the cultural revolution. she wants her daughter's china to be a more open place. she hopes new leaders picked by the congress will be agents of change. >> the change in leadership gives people reason to hope. there's an opportunity there. >> possibility of change. >> there's a possibility, right, exactly. >> reporter: its if not, hung huang will speak out. bill whitaker, cbs news, beijing. >> jeff: just ahead, remembering a young american soldier shot to death by a supposed afghan ally. the pitch! whoa! so why are you doing his? only your doctor can determine if your persistent heartburn is actually something more serious like acid reflux disease. over time, stomach acid can damage the li

there's been the huge scandal involving bo xilai and his wife and the murder of a businessman.heard president hu warn about how that could actually bring down the party. how serious is the public anger over it? do you think anything will be done? >> well, i think it is a serious problem and when in a public report that hu jintao gave today he says fatal weak link for the party i think he's not kidding. on the other hand, that's been said before and nonetheless we've had 10% growth and china continually growing its national power. it's certainly something that everybody is upset about. but there was a recent pugh poll that talked about what are chinese unhappy and happy with and the ironive in is they're happy with their personal life, they're happy with housing for the most part. they can now -- their children can go abroad if they want or they have more educational opportunity, career mobility. so people in the domains of their life that they're most concerned about seem to be very happy. but when they reflect on sort of what you might call public civic issues of which corrupt

think of the impact on politics of the bo xilai scandal. the son out covorting abroad with various party girls. there have been several high- level scandals that have reinforced what i believe is a growing alienation of the society from the party leadership. as the country enters its fifth generation of leadership, which is about to proceed in a formal way shortly after the election will play out next year, this leadership does face some very fundamental issues. and the open up the political process in dealing with the very substantial measures in the population? that situation will be exacerbated if economic growth slows. the eastern provinces are looking for higher incomes. at in the profits of significant instability will be part of the game. what about external relations? the effort to create a greater strategic equilibrium in east asia through the rebalancing process is a risky one. it is risky because the chinese are doing what we are up to not as an effort to maintain stability in the region, but to maintain the working relations tha

who were not promoted, there were two generals, both very high ranking, who were associated with bo xilai. especially the political commissar of the artillery. both of these officers did not receive promotions. it reflects to me the continued efforts to consolidate in power professional military officers who are loyal to the party, not engage in chinese internal politics and suggesting over time the gradual diminution of the pervasively dominant influence of the ground forces in china's military. we can see this in a couple of respects in the parallel rise of the air force, navy, and central artillery. let's get the two new members of the vice chair of the central military commission. he just did something very unusual. he jumped to grades. he never previously served on the central military commission. and this case he leapfrogged in order to be promoted although it up to vice chair. the military region has been the principal laboratory and location for trying on different kinds of concepts and doctrines related to the military experimentation related to major exercises that have been con