• Saturday, 02 November 2024

China's Communist Party confirms Xi to third term as president

China's Communist Party confirms Xi to third term as president

China's People's Congress has awarded Xi Jinping an unprecedented third term as president.

 

As expected, the nearly 3,000 hand-picked delegates on Friday voted in favour of a further five-year extension to the president's term during the annual week-long meeting of the People's Congress in Beijing, a major Communist Party gathering.

 

State and party leader Xi, 69, had already overturned earlier age and term limits at the Party Congress in October, cementing his hold on power.