The Communist Party of China will hold an important meeting of the party on the 23rd following the closing of the party convention and decide on personnel such as the new top leadership.
With President Xi Jinping set to enter an unprecedented third term as party leader, the new top leadership is expected to be dominated by people with close ties to Xi.
The Congress of the Communist Party of China closed on the 22nd, calling for a deeper understanding of the slogan "Two Establishments", which shows loyalty to President Xi Jinping, and electing 205 new central committee members to decide the party's important policies and personnel. did.
At the party congress, President Xi, now 69, was elected to the new Central Committee, breaking the convention of "retiring at 68," securing an unprecedented third term as party leader.
Following the closing of the party convention, the party's important meeting "1st plenary session" will be held on the morning of the 23rd, and it is planned to decide on personnel such as the new top leadership, and the third Xi Jinping leadership is expected to start. is.
At this year's party congress, four of the seven members of the current top leadership, including Prime Minister Li Keqiang, who ranks second in the party hierarchy, are expected to resign from the top leadership without being elected as new central committee members.
However, Lee's successor will be decided at next year's National People's Congress, so he will serve as prime minister until then.
Regarding the new leadership to be launched on the 23rd, the Hong Kong media reported the view that Xi's close aides and subordinates who worked in rural areas will be promoted, and it is believed that many of them will be closely related to Xi.
Expert ``Mr. Xi's complete victory in personnel affairs''
Regarding the list of members of the Central Committee, Kobe University graduate school lecturer Li Hao, who is familiar with Chinese politics, said, "I was shocked when I saw the list. Looking at the members who remained on the list, I suspect that all members of the top leadership are close to Xi Jinping. It is expected that it will be occupied by close people.In that sense, I think Mr. Xi's personnel affairs will be a complete victory, an unimaginable victory."
He added, "There is no doubt that Mr. Xi will enter a third term. This is unusual given decades of practice, but he already has a power base that everyone accepts." We are.”
Furthermore, it is worth noting that Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who will turn 69 by the end of this month, and Zhang Yuxia, 72, the head of the uniformed Chinese military, have broken the custom of retiring at the age of 68 to form a new central government. I pointed out that I was elected to the committee.
Regarding this, Lecturer Li said, "It is extremely important that two people other than Mr. Xi have stayed over the age of 68 when considering the future of Chinese politics."