Xi Jinping is primed to receive a third five-year term as head of China's ruling Communist Party. What's unknown is who will join him for the next five years on the party’s leading bodies. Some question how much it matters given Xi’s steely hold on power.
Other possible holdovers include Wang Yang, who joined the Standing Committee in 2017 and is also regarded as a member of the wing that favors markets, private enterprise and economic experimentation.Wang heads the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, a party-controlled advisory body made up of representatives from various sectors such as religious groups, professional organizations and chambers of commerce.
Hu Chunhua is known as a boy wonder who ranked first in China’s national university entrance examinations and became the youngest person to hold several official posts. His reputation was dented by a lengthy lockdown of Shanghai earlier this year that confined 25 million people to their homes, disrupted the economy and prompted scattered public protests.Chen Min’er, another Xi ally who worked under him in Zhejiang province, has served as party secretary of the vast southwestern city of Chongqing since 2017.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
For China's women, this week's Congress is unlikely to mean progressAs Xi Jinping consolidates power at China's 20th Communist Party Congress this week, Chinese women are not holding their breath for progress in gender equality.
Read more »
How Xi Jinping's Dream Slowed China's Economy - The Journal. - WSJ PodcastsAs China’s top leaders gather for the 20th Communist Party congress, all eyes are on China’s economy. A decade ago, President Xi Jinping set out his “China Dream' and promised it would boost the economy. But as WSJ’s Lingling Wei explains, Xi’s state-centered approach isn’t delivering on that vision. Further Reading: - China’s Xi Jinping Stakes Out Ambitions, With Himself at the Center - China Abruptly Delays GDP Release During Communist Party Conference - Xi Jinping’s Ideological Ambition Darkens China’s Economic Prospects Further Listening: - The Political Cost of China’s Faltering Economy
Read more »
China delays release of key economic data amid party congressChina delayed the release of economic indicators scheduled for publication this week, including its third-quarter gross domestic product data due on Tuesday, according to an updated calendar on the statistics bureau's website.
Read more »
China delays release of key economic data amid party congressChina has delayed the release of economic indicators scheduled for publication this week, according to an updated calendar on the statistics bureau’s website. The highly unusual delay comes amid the weeklong congress of the ruling Communist Party.
Read more »
What Does China’s Communist Party Congress Mean for the Luxury Market?Chinese President Xi Jinping’s commitment to the “dynamic zero-COVID” policy means luxury demand will continue to be impacted by disruptions in the next few quarters.
Read more »
China’s economy faces hurdles as Xi Jinping heads into party congressAs XI Jinping gets ready to be installed for a historic third-term as the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist party, Beijing is facing a host of growing economic problems that are already cause for concern.
Read more »