Xi jinping age

In theory, 2022 should be the year of Chinese President Xi Jinping's retirement. After turning 68 in June last year, Xi reached the customary retirement age for the top leaders of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). But Xi has signalled his plan to remain in power for quite some time yet, and the world is expecting him to make it official at China's National People's Congress in March. Read more In 2018, Xi scrapped a two-term, 10-year limit on the presidency by amending China's constitution. In the lead-up to his anticipated next term, the Politburo of the CCP adopted a historical resolution on Xi's "common prosperity" — Only two other historical resolutions have been made in China's history — the first by former leader Mao Zedong in 1945 to consolidate the leadership to create modern China, and the second by Deng Xiaoping after the cultural revolution, to build the foundation for the country's economic reopening and political reform. The move not only positioned Xi among the three greatest figures in the party's history but also showed his ambition by emulating Chairman Mao. Analysts say all signs seem to indicate that Xi's re-election is a foregone conclusion. With the historic resolution, Xi Jinping has put his stamp on Chinese history. ( Reuters: Jason Lee) A potential 'succession crisis' American academic Myron Rush, author of The Khrushchev Succession Problem, wrote: "In any personal dictatorship or tyranny, one thing is certain: someday there will be a succession cr...

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Washington — The 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party this fall will determine China's political direction for the next five years. A key agenda item hinges on the answer to one question posed to members of the Politburo Standing Committee (PSC), the most important policy-making group in China: What is your age? Implicit is that Xi Jinping, the 69-year-old general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and president of China, need not answer. But for other members of the PSC, age is more than just a number. Sixty-eight is the accepted retirement age for the committee members, who are on both sides of that milestone: Li Keqiang: Premier of the State Council. Born in July 1955, 67 years old. Li Zhanshu: Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. Born in August 1950, 72 years old. Wang Yang: Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Born in March 1955, 67 years old. Wang Huning: First Secretary of the Central Secretariat. Born in October 1955, turning 67 years old. Zhao Leji: Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. Born in March 1957, 65 years old. Han Zheng: Executive Vice Premier. Born in April 1954, 68 years old. Commonly referred to as qishang baxia or "seven up, eight down," the convention holds that if a PSC member is 68 or older at the time of a party congress, retirement looms. If a PSC member is 67 or younger, he — and all members are males —...