The Communist Party of China closed its congress on Saturday (22), consolidating the iron grip of Xi Jinping, who, at 69, is on the verge of winning a third five-year leadership term as party general secretary, breaking precedents. and solidifying his place as China’s most powerful ruler since Mao Zedong, the founding leader of the People’s Republic.
The new leadership will be revealed around noon on Sunday (1000 GMT), when Xi enters a journalists’ room in the Great Hall of the People, followed by the other members of the new Standing Committee in descending order of rank. .
In an unusual moment during the closing ceremony, former President Hu Jintao, seated next to Xi, was escorted off stage. Looking distressed, Hu, 79, appeared to resist leaving as flight attendants escorted him out. He looked a little frail last Sunday when he was watched on the same stage.
The party’s new 205-member Central Committee, elected by delegates at the end of the week-long congress, did not include outgoing premier Li Keqiang or former Guangdong party chief Wang Yang, who was seen as a possible replacement. as prime minister.
Analysts said his omissions are signs that the powerful Politburo Standing Committee (CPP), to be unveiled on Sunday, is likely to be filled with people close to Xi.
“The main theme of this congress, as seen in the constitutional amendment and the report, is to highlight Xi’s central status,” said Chen Gang, a senior fellow at the East Asia Institute in Singapore.
“With this congress, Xi’s authority grows even more. In the future, we will see more concentration of power around Xi and the center,” he said.
Li and Wang out
Li, who will step down in March as prime minister, and Wang, who heads the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, are both 67 years old and therefore eligible under China’s age norms to serve an additional five years on the Committee. Permanent, which currently has seven members.
Neither appear to have long-standing ties to Xi, who is likely to bring four new faces to the Standing Committee, according to analysts and media reports.
Li and Wang have ties to the Communist Youth League, a once-influential group that experts say lost power under Xi.
The prime minister is tasked with overseeing the world’s second-largest economy, though the position’s influence has waned as Xi consolidated control during his decade in power.
A Beijing political scholar, who asked not to be named because he is not authorized to speak to the media, said Li was the only opposing voice on the standing committee.
“From the looks of it, Xi is free to do whatever he wants. This means it no longer faces any resistance or checks and balances in CPP. All future policies will be carried out according to his will,” said the academic.
Current Politburo Standing Committee members Wang Huning, 67, and Zhao Leji, 65, were both re-elected to the Central Committee and are expected to be reappointed to the Standing Committee.
Two other Standing Committee members are past retirement age.
Source: CNN Brasil
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