The ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) passed a historic resolution during a high-level party meeting on Thursday that could ensure Xi Jinping’s leadership of China for the rest of his life.
The Chinese state-run Xinhua news agency reported the CCP passed a historical resolution recognizing Xi as the core of the CCP’s central committee. While such resolutions are ostensibly historical documents, the measures serve to characterize individual Chinese leaders as essential to the CCP’s accomplishments and the direction of the Chinese government.
“The Party has established Comrade Xi Jinping’s core position on the Party Central Committee and in the Party as a whole and defined the guiding role of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era,” a translation of the resolution states. “This reflects the common will of the Party, the armed forces, and the Chinese people of all ethnic groups, and is of decisive significance for advancing the cause of the Party and the country in the new era and for driving forward the historic process of national rejuvenation.”
