Xi Jinping has been elected General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and will also now be the country’s commander-in-chief, making him de facto leader of the world’s most populous country.

­He was confirmed to be China's paramount leader for the next 10 years as the 18th Congress of the Communist Party of China came to an end. The Politburo of the Communist Party selected Xi and other members of the new seven-man Standing Committee, the highest authority in the party, on Thursday.

Xi has also been named chairman of the Central Military Commission, putting China’s military under his control.

In his acceptance speech, Xi admitted that the Communist Party has its problems with corruption, detachment from the people and bureaucratic tendencies among some of its members.

He pledged to address these issues by working “with all the comrades in the party to uphold the principle that the party should supervise its own conduct and run itself with strict discipline."

He also praised the people of China, saying that their “desire for a better life is what we shall fight for” and that ''If we unite as one people, there is no difficulty we cannot overcome.''

"It is the people who have created history, and it is the people who are true heroes. The people are the source of our strength," Xi said.

The new leader replaces Hu Jintao, under whose administration China saw a decade of extraordinary growth despite the global financial crisis.

Xi was first unofficially slated to take this position five years ago during the previous congress of the CPC. He’s been a member of the Standing Committee of the Politburo since 2007.

Son of the late communist elder Xi Zhongxun, Xi Jinping is part of the "princeling" generation – offspring of the figures who played key roles in bringing the Communist Party into power in 1949.

Like many other young educated Chinese, he was sent to live in the countryside to live and work alongside peasants during Chairman Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution of 1966-76.

Xi is believed to be a pragmatic and skilled politician capable of finding consensus among different factions in the party. Like his predecessor, he is expected to continue opening China’s economy to market reforms while maintaining tight grasp on political sphere.

The six other members of the newly-elected committee are Li Keqiang, Zhang Dejiang, Yu Zhengsheng, Liu Yunshan, Wang Qishan, and Zhang Gaoli.

The new Chinese leadership will gradually take over responsibility for the country over the next several months. Hu Jintao's presidency will formally end at the annual parliamentary session in March 2013.

http://rt.com/news/china-new-leader-xi-734/

Kai dis selectn problem of theirs na wahala.America nd her cronies keep advocatng for democracy bt it seems dis communism works better wit d chinese example.China now occupies an enviable position in the global economy.Those halfly eyed's r trying to take over Africa.Here in Kano ,they r gradually colonising our ever busy textile market.May be 9ja needs to borrow a leaf from China esp dat corruption tin.

I wish China well.i can only hope the new man continues the good work Hu started...The man(Hu Jintao) was really a true leader.China is were it is now cos of him

WHY ALL THEY NAME SOUND SIMILAR

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watch a documentary yesterday.how xi transform a village to an industrial hub.and didn't short Change the locals.socialism and communism is way better than capitalist greed.

Xi Ji PING ..hehe
Good for him sha

I don't know the man but i want to believe he will continue from where his predecessor stopped. In countries like that there's continuity.

now our 'PINGING' capacity shall increase, since we hav jinping as the new elected leader of the most populous country in the world...lol
congrats to him!

Xinping na presido. Pingshpong na vice presido

obadiah777: WHY ALL THEY NAME SOUND SIMILAR

why all "THEY"english sound gbagaun-ish

Behold the new world leader!

ojeffo:
why all "THEY"english sound gbagaun-ish

ITS AFRICAN AMERICAN ENGLISH

Democracy is massively overrated.
It breeds gluttonous cowards.
Communism in the hands of a fearless and good leader(s) is the best.

afam4eva: I don't know the man but i want to believe he will continue from where his predecessor stopped. In countries like that there's continuity.

Chinese Communist party has only one agenda and politics. bettering the lives of there citizens.and xi was the former secretary of the party.the guy is definitely a hu ji Tao clone.lo

China is a success story of communism.. The only justification to Karl Max's maxim's. However, they shoud try and play by the rules of WTO to proof america wrong. Considering the extent of their economic progress, I am optimistic they can still remain very strong even playing by international standard but one thing for sure is the fact that china's ventures are out to help poor societies like ours where only the few aristocrats can afford the standard quality products.

obadiah777: WHY ALL THEY NAME SOUND SIMILAR

Looks exactly like the late leader.

*Ileke-IdI:

HEY HEY NOW ILEKE. TRUST ALL IS WELL

obadiah777: HEY HEY NOW ILEKE. TRUST ALL IS WELL

pinging or what

ojeffo:
why all "THEY"english sound gbagaun-ish

OkwaIfugo: pinging or what

when you look at the composition and membership of the the CPC ( communist party of China)you will realise that Nigeria may not survive at the rate we are going, we can say all the prayers if we like.

Sounds like JINCHENG popular okada in naija

obadiah777: WHY ALL THEY NAME SOUND SIMILAR

This man looks like he can chicken out to the west soon.

I saw them on t.v. Come dey wonder why dem no dey smile, na so so frown, all the communist party members. Like telling the rest of the world we mean business.
Reminds me of the popular chinese adage 'in the peoples republic of china, we don't crack jokes'.

gboss4sure: This man looks like he can chicken out to the west soon.

.. so u be herbalist

good one there

right now, china's communism SEEM to be working better than america's democracy.

and china has combined communism with capitalism. the have a communist political system and a semi-capitalist economic system.

looks like it's working

pres-elect:
right now, china's communism SEEM to be working better than america's democracy.

and china has combined communism with capitalism. the have a communist political system and a semi-capitalist economic system.

looks like it's working

@ pres-elect(m), nice opinion.

I would say that The Peoples Republic of China has combined a MARKET economy (not predatory Capitalism) with Chinese socialist Characteristics.

However for example,the Special SAR(Special Administrative Regions) Zones Like Hong Kong may be more favorable to a European capitalistic Type Market.

As these SAR(Special Administrative Regions) Zones can be more favorable to foreign investors due to the history of the Area (zone) and market forces that respond to certain factors due to those circumstances.

A new World Super Power is on the rise, America beware!

awwww.. no more Hu

i'm gonna miss this video then



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J5W_OFCdsk