- Xi Jinping was re-elected for a third term.
- In 2018, Xi eliminated the two-term presidential limits.
- China’s governmental institution was also given six additional members.
Xi Jinping will remain China’s President for a historic 3rd term.
Xi was elected President in 2013, ending two-term presidential limits In 2018. China’s presidents serve 5-year terms.
“This is an enormous, yet great undertaking. According to Xi, a member the Chinese Communist Party, the enormity of this task is what makes them great and inexhaustible. The Washington Post.
Sunday’s speech by Xi to an audience stated that the party was embarking on a “new journey to transform China into a modern socialist nation.” CNBC reported.
The Chinese Communist Party also revealed six other members — Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Li Xi, and Ding Xuexiang — elected to the Politburo Standing Committee, China’s governmental body, CNN.
Leading up to the lineup announcement was the 20th Communist Party Congress — during which China’s top leader prior to Xi, Hu Jintao was escorted from the session..
According to Wall Street Journal, Mr. Xi is “Mr. China’s politics dominatesIn ways that have not been seen since Mao Zedong, A third term gives him more freedom to accomplish his most important goals: To transform China into a global leader and to arm the country for confrontation with the West.
