Chinese President Xi Jinping’s speech is shown on a large screen inside the Communist Party Museum in Beijing, China.[사진=로이터연합뉴스]
As Chinese President Xi Jinping confirms his third term in office with the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China as an opportunity, attention is also paid to whether a large number of “Xi Jinping loyalists” will join the new leadership and will assist. President Xi Jinping for the third term in office.
Standing member of ‘peak force’ … Will the loyalists be filled?
The highest point of the CCP’s pyramid of power is the seven members of the Standing Committee of the Central Politburo, known as the supreme leadership. During the second term of Xi Jinping’s reign, seven members, including Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Li Zhansu, Wangyang, Wang Huning, Zhao Leji, and Han Jeong, were divided into the 1st-7th ranks, respectively, the president, chief minister, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC), and the National Political Consultative Meeting The supreme leadership was formed by serving as President (Cheonghyeop), secretary of the Central Secretariat, secretary of the Party’s Central Discipline Inspection Committee, and the deputy chief minister of commerce.
Among them, Xi’s ‘bokshim’ is the third in rank, Li Zhansu, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, and the sixth in rank, Zhao Leji, secretary of the Party’s Central Discipline Inspection Committee.
When more than half of the main leadership of the third term in power, which has just been launched on the occasion of the 20th Party Congress, is filled with close aides of President Xi, it can be said that his position within the party has been further . combined.
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Instead of 7s and 8s, it depends on your will…
At present, it is not clear how the top leadership of Xi Jinping’s third term will be formed.
This is because, at this year’s 20th party congress, the unwritten rule of ‘7, 8’, which was normally considered the election of standing members, was almost broken. The 7-sang-8 means that a standing member can become a member of the Standing Committee up to the age of 67 at the party convention, and those who are 68 or older will retire. However, as it is clear that the 69-year-old Xi will serve a third consecutive term this year, it is uncertain whether the 7th, 8th and below rules will be followed. According to the 7th, 8th, and 7th party, in the 20th Party Congress, Ri Zhansu (72) and Han Han (68) will go through the process of retirement.
The CCP also recently revised the terms of office of high-level executives, removing things like the retirement age and limiting their tenure. Instead, he emphasized ‘skilled and competent (能上能下, appointment according to ability)’, so that if they have the ability, they are employed unconventionally, and even without serious mistakes, if they lack political ability, belief, fighting spirit. , leadership, etc., they are forced to resign. This is an item that can be evaluated abstractly and subjectively. While noting ‘ability’ on the outside, there are comments that Xi’s intentions are the most important influence on high-level executives.
In fact, President Xi Jinping has been promoting the ‘war on corruption’ to get rid of political enemies and strengthen his power base by using people close to him.
Five years ago, at the 19th Party Congress, five of “Xi Jinping’s People” were promoted at high speed. They are Beijing Secretary Tsai Qi (67), Director Ding Xuexiang (60), Director of the Party Central Propaganda Department Huang Kunming (66), Deputy Secretary of the Party Central Discipline Committee Yang Xiaodu (69), and Guangdong Secretary Li Shi (66 ). They skipped the Central Committee stage and immediately entered the Politburo. In addition, Chongqing City Clerk Chun Min-eru (62), and Shanghai City Clerk Li Chang (63), and other former ‘Xi Jiajun’ (former subordinates of Xi Jinping) are stationed in the Politburo. The point to watch in the 20th Party Congress is which of them will become the next member of the Standing Committee and assist President Xi.
習 3 consecutive appointments only … The Prime Minister is also ‘in the fog’
At the moment, different scenarios are flowing through the foreign media as to who will go to the next top leadership.
The Asia Society, a US think tank, predicted that Shanghai City Secretary Li Chang, classified as Shi Jiajun, would become prime minister. In view of the theory of responsibility for having caused a shock to the Chinese economy by closing the city of Shanghai due to the spread of Corona 19, it is interpreted that if he rises as prime minister, it shows Xi Jinping’s strong political position within the party.
Instead, Xi said he would coordinate with a faction of the Communist Youth League (Gongcheongdan) faction with a different political background, move Premier Li Keqiang to the post of chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, and that Hu Chun- could hua , 59, who is currently a member of the Politburo, joined the Standing Committee and was promoted to deputy prime minister look forward
In addition, one or two of the current members of the Standing Committee, Wang Yang, Wang Huning, and Zhao Leji, have been retained and will serve as President Jeong-hyeop and secretary of the Central Secretariat who are expected to be removed.
The Asia Society did not rule out the possibility of Wang Yang, a former member of the public service group, becoming prime minister. However, when Wang Yang becomes prime minister, Li Keqiang, a member of the same communist group, will retire, and Hu Chunhua will also have difficulty joining the Standing Committee.
On the other hand, Hong Kong Myeongbo Li Keqiang, Wang Yang, and Zhao Leji continue in the standing committee, and Li Zhansu is appointed ‘8th in rank’ to succeed Wang Qishan (74), the vice president of the state, and Hu Chunhua and Hu Chunhua, born in the 1960s, the youngest among the members of the Politburo. Chen Min-eru, Ding Xuexiang, and Li Chang are expected to join the next standing committee.
Japanese political media The Diplomat predicted that President Xi Jinping could increase the number of the Standing Committee from the current seven member system to nine in order to strengthen his power. The media selected Xi Jinping, Han Han, Wang Yang, Zhao Leji, Li Zhansu, Ding Xuexiang, Huang Kunming, Chen Miner, and Li Chang as the next nine members of the standing committee.
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