Xi Jinping becomes CCP General Secretary for the Third Time in China

Xi Jinping, who has been the leader of the People's Republic of China for 10 years, was once again elected as the General Secretary of the Communist Party by the Central Committee members of his party. In this way, Cinping was recorded as the first name to lead the party for a third term after Mao.

After the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, which ended yesterday, the party's top governing body, the Central Committee, which held its first meeting today, re-elected Xi Cinping as general secretary. President Xi, who was re-elected in 2012 and 2017, is the first leader since Mao Zidong, the founder of the People's Republic of China, to serve more than two terms as party leader. After its first meeting, the Central Committee appointed the 25-member Political Bureau, the 10-member Central Military Commission, the 7-member Standing Committee and the General Secretary. At the end of the meeting, General Secretary Xi and the other members of the newly elected Standing Committee, Li Chiang, Vang Huning, Cao Lici, Li Xi, Cai Xi and Ding Shuushiang, appeared before the press in protocol order. Follow Global Economic Developments on Social Media! Click here to follow Ieconomy official Facebook account! Click here to follow Ieconomy official Instagram account! Click here to follow Ieconomy official Twitter account!