The leader was reappointed as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for five years. He must therefore be confirmed as President of the country in March 2023.
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The strong man of Beijing remains at the head of power in China. Chinese President Xi Jinping was reappointed for five years as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), according to the official agency, Sunday, October 23, becoming the most powerful leader since Mao Tse-tung, founder of the regime.
His renewal was announced at the end of a congress which allowed Xi Jinping to strengthen his power over the Communist Party. The leader was nominated for a third five-year term by a largely revamped Central Committee of the party. He is expected to be officially confirmed as the country’s president in March 2023.
To stay in power, Xi Jinping had the limit of two presidential terms removed from the Constitution in 2018. In a decade at the head of the country, Xi Jinping has succeeded in making China the second largest economy in the world, endowed with one of the most powerful armies in the world. The leader, however, has gradually concentrated all the powers at the head of the party and China, while carrying out a severe crackdown on any dissent.
Despite an almost total concentration of power, Xi Jinping will have to face a sharply slowing economy, in particular due to his “zero Covid” policy, an exacerbated rivalry with the United States and international criticism of human rights.