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Xi leads new lineup of top Chinese Communist Party officials
President Xi walked at the head of the group at the presentation event for the CCP's seven-member Standing Committee, a position reserved for the party's general secretary.
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China's President Xi Jinping (center) and other new members of the Communist Party of China's Politburo Standing Committee meet the media in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on October 23, 2022.
(AFP/Noel Celis)
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i Jinping led a new lineup of top Communist Party officials on Sunday, AFP journalists said, confirming he has secured a third term as China's leader after a week-long congress.
President Xi walked at the head of the group at the presentation event for the CCP's seven-member Standing Committee, a position reserved for the party's general secretary.
Xi also vowed Sunday to "work diligently" after securing a historic third term as China's leader.
"I wish to thank the whole Party sincerely for the trust you have placed in us," he told journalists at Beijing's Great Hall of the People, promising to "work diligently in the performance of our duties to prove worthy of the great trust of our Party and our people."
Xi Jinping secured a historic third term as China's leader on Sunday, state media reported, after a Communist Party Congress in which he cemented his position as the nation's most influential leader since founder Mao Zedong.
The Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party elected Xi as its general secretary for another five-year term, Xinhua reported, tilting the country decisively back towards one-man rule after decades of power-sharing among its elite.
His anointment in a closed-door vote on Sunday came after a week-long gathering of the party faithful in Beijing during which they endorsed Xi's "core position" in the leadership and approved a sweeping reshuffle that saw former rivals step down.
Xi is now all but certain to sail through to a third term as China's president, due to be formally announced during the government's annual legislative sessions in March.
