With grip on present, Xi Jinping eyes control over Party’s past and future
The Hindu
The 20th Party Congress to be held in October next year will likely see him begin his third five-year term.
A major four-day Communist Party conclave that will open in Beijing on Monday is expected to further tighten President and General Secretary Xi Jinping’s grip over China’s ruling party and enshrine his place in the party’s official history.
Mr. Xi, who took over in 2012, has already abolished term limits and ended the collective leadership model. The 20th Party Congress to be held in October next year will likely see him begin his third five-year term.
Monday’s behind-closed doors meet, called the sixth plenum, is an annual gathering of the 370 members of the party’s Central Committee. Seven such meetings are held during the five year period between each Party Congress. The sixth plenum has traditionally occupied particular significance as it focuses on party ideology. At the last sixth plenum five years ago, Mr. Xi was declared the “core” of the party, formalising the disbanding of the collective leadership model that had been place for more than two decades.
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