New leaders boast rich governance experience
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November 16, 2012, Friday
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A NEW generation of top Chinese leaders took the stage yesterday in one of the world's most important power transitions, taking the helm of the ruling party of the world's second-largest economy and the most populous country.
Xi Jinping was sworn in as general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, leading the seven-seat Political Bureau Standing Committee.
The other six members of the top leadership are Vice Premier Li Keqiang, the chief economic official; Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang; Shanghai Party Secretary Yu Zhengsheng; the Party's central publicity department chief Liu Yunshan; Vice Premier Wang Qishan, who will head the Party's internal watchdog panel; and Tianjin Party Secretary Zhang Gaoli.
"The new leaders are not ossified or conservative. Their election will ensure that China will continue with both reforms and the socialist path with Chinese characteristics, as they have witnessed, participated in and benefited from reform and opening-up," said Xie Chuntao, a professor of the Party School of the CPC Central Committee.
Xi and Li were born in the 1950s, while the other five were born in the mid to late 1940s.
Xi, Li, Zhang Dejiang and Wang toiled in communes and villages during the "cultural revolution" (1966-1976), when millions of high school graduates were sent to rural areas to receive "re-education" from farmers and help with rural development.
It was during their re-education that Xi and Li received their first official titles. Acting as Party branch secretaries of their respective production brigades, they got the chance to learn administration at the grassroots level.
Xie said the new generation of leaders had shown "capacity in controlling overall situations and tackling complicated emergencies" and "are well prepared for challenges and ready to take opportunities."
All boast rich governance experience, climbing the Party cadre echelon step by step. Most of the new leaders have experience in governing frontier regions for reform, while others are familiar with the situation in underdeveloped central and west regions.
Unlike their predecessors, the new leaders grew up in a peaceful time, which offered them a chance to receive better education than previous generations.
The seven leaders have diverse higher learning backgrounds, varying from engineering to the humanities.
Xi Jinping was sworn in as general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, leading the seven-seat Political Bureau Standing Committee.
The other six members of the top leadership are Vice Premier Li Keqiang, the chief economic official; Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang; Shanghai Party Secretary Yu Zhengsheng; the Party's central publicity department chief Liu Yunshan; Vice Premier Wang Qishan, who will head the Party's internal watchdog panel; and Tianjin Party Secretary Zhang Gaoli.
"The new leaders are not ossified or conservative. Their election will ensure that China will continue with both reforms and the socialist path with Chinese characteristics, as they have witnessed, participated in and benefited from reform and opening-up," said Xie Chuntao, a professor of the Party School of the CPC Central Committee.
Xi and Li were born in the 1950s, while the other five were born in the mid to late 1940s.
Xi, Li, Zhang Dejiang and Wang toiled in communes and villages during the "cultural revolution" (1966-1976), when millions of high school graduates were sent to rural areas to receive "re-education" from farmers and help with rural development.
It was during their re-education that Xi and Li received their first official titles. Acting as Party branch secretaries of their respective production brigades, they got the chance to learn administration at the grassroots level.
Xie said the new generation of leaders had shown "capacity in controlling overall situations and tackling complicated emergencies" and "are well prepared for challenges and ready to take opportunities."
All boast rich governance experience, climbing the Party cadre echelon step by step. Most of the new leaders have experience in governing frontier regions for reform, while others are familiar with the situation in underdeveloped central and west regions.
Unlike their predecessors, the new leaders grew up in a peaceful time, which offered them a chance to receive better education than previous generations.
The seven leaders have diverse higher learning backgrounds, varying from engineering to the humanities.
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