Beijing: China’s ruling Communist Party retains nationality twice in a decade Congress starting on Sunday, on which Xi Jinping The party, the world’s second-largest economy party, is expected to get a third five-year term as head of government and military unopposed. The proceedings surrounding the incident are shrouded in secrecy, as is typical in the authoritarian one-party state of China. But the week-long congress, the 20th in its more than 100-year history, is expected to produce a new group of leaders elected by Xi, who have no term limits and are still in the top spot after a decade. The successor has not been indicated.
The 96 million-member party is led by a Central Committee and Politburo. His top workers, now number seven, are powerful Politburo Standing Committee,
What’s at stake?
No significant changes are expected in the political or economic system. Using a massive anti-corruption campaign and stern crackdown on dissidents and freedom of expression, Xi has eliminated almost all opposition and kept loyalists in most key positions.
Yet his hard-line “zero-Covid” policy, which has placed millions under quarantine, imposed severely restricted travel and rising economic costs, has sparked anti-Xi banners in Beijing’s high-tech business. have given rise to rare conflicts, including appearance. Haidian District this week.
Officials declined to comment on the incident and shut down all discussion about it on the Internet – the only area of public life where criticism of the regime is possible, at least until party censors come.
Xi’s administration says such stringent COVID-19 controls are the only way to prevent a widespread outbreak in the world’s most populous country.
How will Congress affect China globally?
China’s more assertive foreign policy, sometimes described as a “wolf warrior” approach named after a popular action film, has prompted a backlash from the US, Europe and regional neighbours. China’s claim to virtually the entire South China Sea has raised tensions with fellow claimants, the US and others, while its forces have clashed with Indian troops along their disputed border.
Beijing’s close alignment of its foreign policy with Russia and refusal to criticize Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine has also heightened tensions with the West.
It also focuses on China’s threat to invade Taiwan’s self-governing island democracy to bring it under its control, a move that would attract the US and allies such as Japan and Australia.
Xi has shown no sign of a change in foreign policy direction, although China’s rapid slowdown in economic growth and the challenges facing his signature “Belt and Road” foreign investment program have been cited as reducing his leverage. is seen. The detention of more than one million Muslim minorities in Xinjiang and the dismissal of opposition voices and freedom of speech in Hong Kong has also drawn widespread criticism abroad, with many local leaders traveling to the US, UK and EU and under financial sanctions. Is placed.
Who is represented in Congress?
State media reports that 2,296 delegates were “elected” to Congress. All candidates are carefully screened and no open publicity is allowed. Of them, 771 are described as members of the Frontline Party, who hold jobs outside the party’s bureaucracy, either in the armed forces, which serve as the party’s military wing, or in agricultural or technical occupations. In.
The makeup of the Party and Congress is heavily dominated by men from China’s main Han ethnic group. According to the official state news agency, Xinhua, members of women and minority groups represent 27% and 11.5%, respectively.
After what is expected to be a lengthy policy address on Sunday, the Congress will be held mainly behind closed doors.
If previous protocols are followed, the new leadership will be unveiled the day after Congress closes, with the highest-ranking members to take their places in the hierarchy based on distance from behind the scenes to Xi’s left and right. Will emerge
The 96 million-member party is led by a Central Committee and Politburo. His top workers, now number seven, are powerful Politburo Standing Committee,
What’s at stake?
No significant changes are expected in the political or economic system. Using a massive anti-corruption campaign and stern crackdown on dissidents and freedom of expression, Xi has eliminated almost all opposition and kept loyalists in most key positions.
Yet his hard-line “zero-Covid” policy, which has placed millions under quarantine, imposed severely restricted travel and rising economic costs, has sparked anti-Xi banners in Beijing’s high-tech business. have given rise to rare conflicts, including appearance. Haidian District this week.
Officials declined to comment on the incident and shut down all discussion about it on the Internet – the only area of public life where criticism of the regime is possible, at least until party censors come.
Xi’s administration says such stringent COVID-19 controls are the only way to prevent a widespread outbreak in the world’s most populous country.
How will Congress affect China globally?
China’s more assertive foreign policy, sometimes described as a “wolf warrior” approach named after a popular action film, has prompted a backlash from the US, Europe and regional neighbours. China’s claim to virtually the entire South China Sea has raised tensions with fellow claimants, the US and others, while its forces have clashed with Indian troops along their disputed border.
Beijing’s close alignment of its foreign policy with Russia and refusal to criticize Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine has also heightened tensions with the West.
It also focuses on China’s threat to invade Taiwan’s self-governing island democracy to bring it under its control, a move that would attract the US and allies such as Japan and Australia.
Xi has shown no sign of a change in foreign policy direction, although China’s rapid slowdown in economic growth and the challenges facing his signature “Belt and Road” foreign investment program have been cited as reducing his leverage. is seen. The detention of more than one million Muslim minorities in Xinjiang and the dismissal of opposition voices and freedom of speech in Hong Kong has also drawn widespread criticism abroad, with many local leaders traveling to the US, UK and EU and under financial sanctions. Is placed.
Who is represented in Congress?
State media reports that 2,296 delegates were “elected” to Congress. All candidates are carefully screened and no open publicity is allowed. Of them, 771 are described as members of the Frontline Party, who hold jobs outside the party’s bureaucracy, either in the armed forces, which serve as the party’s military wing, or in agricultural or technical occupations. In.
The makeup of the Party and Congress is heavily dominated by men from China’s main Han ethnic group. According to the official state news agency, Xinhua, members of women and minority groups represent 27% and 11.5%, respectively.
After what is expected to be a lengthy policy address on Sunday, the Congress will be held mainly behind closed doors.
If previous protocols are followed, the new leadership will be unveiled the day after Congress closes, with the highest-ranking members to take their places in the hierarchy based on distance from behind the scenes to Xi’s left and right. Will emerge