Xi Jinping secures a precedent-breaking third five-year presidential term. Nearly 3,000 members of China’s National People’s Congress vote unanimously for the 69-year-old Xi in an election where there was no other candidate. Full story:
Nearly 3,000 members of China’s rubber-stamp parliament, the National People’s Congress , voted unanimously in the Great Hall of the People for the 69-year-old Xi in an election where there was no other candidate.
China’s economy grew just 3% last year, among its worst performances in decades, and during parliament Beijing set a modest growth target for this year of just around 5%. China’s presidency is largely ceremonial, and Xi’s main position of power was extended last October when he was reconfirmed for five more years as general secretary of the central committee of the Communist Party.During Friday’s voting, Xi chatted casually with premier-in-waiting Li Qiang, who was seated to his left and is poised to be confirmed on Saturday, March 11, to China’s No.2 position, a role that puts the former Shanghai party chief and close Xi ally in charge of managing the economy.
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