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Verna Yu has spoken to some experts about Xi’s third term could mean for China.
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Chen Daoyin, a political commentator formerly with Shanghai University of Political Science and Law said after the 20th party congress, China is expected to continue its current conservative and hawkish stance. He said domestically, it will continue to suppress dissent and internationally, it will be confrontational and adopt the “dare to fight” spirit as mentioned by Xi many times during the congress. He expects China to clash with the United States and Europe on issues over sovereignty, security and development.
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“‘Struggle’ is the main theme of this congress: It will ‘struggle’ internally and externally. It will ‘dare to fight’ and be ready for tit for tat,” said Chen.
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Willy Lam, a senior fellow at Washington-based think tank Jamestown Foundation, predicted the personality cult surrounding Xi will exacerbate. The party and country risk becoming a “one-voice chamber” where only one voice will be heard. The supreme leader has almost totally abandoned the institutional reforms started by Deng Xiaoping and largely followed by ex-presidents Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao.
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Today we are expecting Congress delegates to elect the Standing Committee – the apex of Chinese political power at which Xi is set to sit firmly at the top.
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The Standing Committee is then expected to be unveiled to foreign and domestic media at a press conference around noon (0400 GMT, 3pm AEST) at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People.
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A list of officials in the new Central Committee earlier revealed that four out of seven members of the Standing Committee will be replaced, allowing Xi to further pack the top body with loyalists.
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“Whichever way you look at it, it’s almost a total victory for Xi,” Willy Lam, a political analyst at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, told Agence France-Presse.
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The move will allow Xi to get a third term as China’s president.
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China’s president Xi Jinping is poised to secure a historic third term in power, cementing his position as the nation’s most influential leader since founder Mao Zedong.
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Xi is all but certain to be unveiled as general secretary of the ruling Communist Party again – tilting the country decisively back towards one-man rule after decades of power-sharing among its elite.
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His anointment will cap a week-long gathering of the party faithful in China’s capital during which high-ranking cadres endorsed his “core position” in the leadership and approved a sweeping reshuffle that saw several top officials step down.
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Follow the developments here.
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Key events
Xi is still speaking. He has said China must remain on high alert for challenges “like a student on never-ending exams”.
He says the party “can only become invincible if it is committed to self reform, even if it has had a glorious past.” He said the party is stronger and more dynamic because of its struggles and achievements in the last century.
Xi’s political thought now officially drives the party’s ideology – not just because he is the current leader but also after constitutional changes this week enshrined him as being at the “core” of the party.
Here is Xi Jinping (C) and other new members of the Communist Party of China’s Politburo Standing Committee:
Helen Davidson
Xi is repeating his warnings of “choppy waters” and “dangerous storms” to come – it’s heightened language compared to previous meetings which were more focused on peace and development, and reflects how much more isolated China has become from the west, with numerous disputes and tensions.
Xi is praising the CCP’s work in achieving its first centenary goal of “moderate prosperity for all”, and says the work now is for the second goal of achieving a modern socialist nation, and the “great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation” – a goal which requires the annexation of Taiwan.
“We have fought long and hard to open a Chinese path to modernisation,” he says. “The enormity of the task is what makes it great and infinitely glorious… Successive generations of Chinese have devoted themselves to this glorious goal. We should always remember their dedication and sacrifice.”
Verna Yu has a short biography of one of the members of the Politburo Standing Committee:
Li Xi
A loyal stalwart of Xi Jinping, Li Xi is already part of the top leader’s core inner circle. Li started his career in the party’s powerful the Organisation Department and rose steadily through the ranks in a series of key positions in the provinces of Shaanxi, Shanghai, Liaoning, and finally Guangdong over a period of 18 years. As the party chief of affluent Guangdong province which borders Hong Kong, he has already been in the 25-member Politburo for the past five years and is one of the most powerful non-Standing Committee politicians in the country. Li is the top official responsible for the development of the Greater Bay Area, Xi’s master plan for an integrated economic powerhouse of nine Chinese cities with Hong Kong and Macau.
“I was reelected as the general secretary of the CPC central committee,” Xi says, before presenting the six other members.
They are: Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang, and Li Xi
Xi Jinping has been confirmed as leader of China for a precedent-breaking third term
Helen Davidson
Xi Jinping has been confirmed as leader of China for a precedent-breaking third term, after a week-long political meeting eliminated key rivals and strengthened his political power. Xi and the six members of the new Politburo Standing Committee have just walked on stage.
Xi has been confirmed as the general secretary and is going to make some remarks.
Xi Jinping has walked out at the front the group.
The press conference is beginning – stay tuned.
The stage is set in Beijing:
Xi Jinping opened the Congress meeting last week with a speech laying out his vision for the next five years in China.
Helen Davidson and Emma Graham-Harrison looked at the key take-aways: