China’s Communist Party reelected Xi Jinping as general secretary for five years. This allowed Xi Jinping to become China’s first three-term president. China moves toward one-man control again.

Delegates elected 205 party officials to the Central Committee. The Central Committee elects the powerful Politburo Standing Committee, which Xi Jinping will lead again.

Political experts state that Xi’s reappointment and Politburo appointments show that “political loyalty is vitally crucial”. 

Key facts!

• Chinese Communist Party election reelected Xi Jinping as general secretary for five years.
• This allowed Xi Jinping to become China’s first three-term president.
• The move returns the Asian superpower to a single ruler after decades of power-sharing.
• Xi was also reappointed chairman of China’s Central Military Commission.
• He overturned the former president’s two-term limit in 2018, allowing him to serve indefinitely.
• Some think the 69-year-old autocrat will try to rule forever.
• Delegates chose a new Central Committee comprising 205 party officials, but just 11 were women.
• The Central Committee then elected the powerful Politburo Standing Committee, which Xi would command again.
• Since 2013, Xi has amassed more power than any other Chinese leader except Mao Zedong, the founder of modern China.
• Xi’s centralization of the Communist Party has increased governmental control over society and the economy.
• He also oversaw China’s rise to the world’s second-largest economy, a significant military buildup, and a more aggressive global stance.
• Over the next five years, Xi will face huge challenges despite his near-absolute power.
• These include managing the debt-ridden economy and competing with the US.

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