As expected, since the constitutional amendment, which eliminated the maximum ten-year period for holding this position, Xi Jinping was re-elected secretary-general of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), at the committee’s first plenary session held on Sunday
The session was attended by 203 members of the 20th Central Committee of the CPC and 168 alternate members. Xi was also appointed chairman of the CPC Central Military Commission.
According to the Xinhua news agency, the new hierarchical order of the Politburo Standing Committee is made up of Secretary General Xi Jinping, 69, Li Qiang, 63, Zhao Leji, 65, Wang Huning, 67, Cai Qi, 66, Ding Xuexiang, 60. and Li Xi, 66.
This means that Li Qiang will take over as the prime minister of China. Cai Qi is the first secretary of the Party secretariat, replacing Wang Huning as responsible for the day-to-day management of the organization’s main affairs. Zhao Leji, now third in the hierarchy, is likely to head the National People’s Assembly, the country’s highest legislative body, while Wang Huning will take over as head of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, an important platform for mobilizing resources and support from outside the country. Broken. Li Xi will head the powerful anti-corruption agency, the Central Commission for Inspection and Discipline, replacing Zhao Leji.
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