1.   A career U.N. insider who took office with U.S. support last January, Annan denied he was merely reshuffling posts.

2.   A Communist Party congress in the latter half of the year also could open doors for politically ambitious party members as some important posts are reshuffled.

3.   Annan, a career U.N. insider who took office with U.S. support last January, denied he was merely reshuffling posts.

4.   The meeting, the first in five years, will reshuffle party posts and endorse economic and political policies for the next few years.