New top leadership boasts a wealth of experience
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XI Jinping was elected general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China for the first time at the first plenum of the 18th CPC Central Committee in 2012.
At a key plenum of the Central Committee in 2016, his status as the Party’s core was endorsed.
Before him, Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping and Jiang Zemin had been given core status.
During this year’s congress in Beijing, the Party declared a “new era” of socialism with Chinese characteristics. It enshrined Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era into the Party’s constitution as a new component of the Party’s constitution.
The new leadership are the helmsmen leading the Chinese toward the new era goals of realizing socialist modernization by 2035 and building a great modern socialist country by the middle of this century.
For the first time, all Standing Committee members of the Politburo were born after the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949. They began their political careers around the time of the launch of reform and opening-up in 1978, which imprinted them with the mark of the era when China’s economy began to take off, following a decade of turmoil during the Cultural Revolution (1966-76).
As a staunch reformist, Xi has launched more than 1,500 reform measures over the past five years that were unprecedented in their coverage and depth.
The other six Standing Committee members have also been active practitioners of reform and opening-up policies.
At central government or local level, they are said to have all driven an array of major reforms, explored theories, and solved deep-rooted problems.
The new leaders are widely seen as having firm ideals and convictions, strong loyalty to the Party and deep love for the country.
All have received higher education and demonstrated an in-depth understanding of philosophy and strategic thinking, with a relatively high level of theoretical thinking. Many have published academic papers and books.
They are said to have accumulated rich experience in practice and are viewed as having a good sense of the times and caring about the people.
Xi, for example, began his political career 44 years ago. Over the past five years, he has spent 151 days on 50 local inspection tours around the country.
The other leaders also have extensive experience working at grassroots level and have been promoted to senior posts due to their excellent performance and good reputations.
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