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On 20 November 2015, the 100th Anniversary of the birth of Hu Yaobang, Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping held a high-profile commemoration ceremony for Hu Yaobang in Beijing. In contrast to the event held by the previous leadership ten years earlier, the 100th anniversary event was deliberately high-profile and attended by all ...
On April 15, 2013, the anniversary of Hu Yaobang's death, official media in mainland China, including the Liberation Daily and the People's Daily, published articles mourning Hu Yaobang, marking the first time such mourning has appeared since General Secretary Xi Jinping and other new CCP Central Committee leaders came to power. [30] [31] [32]
Significance: Hu Yaobang was elected General Secretary, with Zhao Ziyang as his No. 2 (though he was listed fourth among top leaders). 28-member Politburo, 6-member Politburo Standing Committee and 5-member Secretariat were elected. The Central Advisory Commission was established.
Another Xi ally, Li Qiang, is poised to be confirmed as premier on Saturday, China’s second-highest post. It is a role that puts the former Shanghai party chief and Xi ally in charge of the economy.
The incumbent general secretary is Xi Jinping, who took office on 15 November 2012 and was re-elected twice on 25 October 2017 and 23 October 2022. The last person to rule the country for more than two terms was Mao Zedong , who served as Chairman of the CCP Central Committee from 1943 until his death in 1976.
Xi Jinping has not named his successor as paramount leader of the CCP which broke from the precedent previously established of naming the successor at the start of the second term of the paramount leader. [35] This is seen as an attempt by Xi to further consolidate power as the leader of China and maintain a strong hold on his position of power ...
President Xi Jinping, China's most powerful leader in decades, increased his dominance Sunday when he was named to another term as head of the ruling Communist Party in a break with tradition and ...
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