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China Begins 20th Party Congress



As the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) kicks off its 20th National Party Congress since the its formation in 1921, all eyes are fixed at the probable outcomes. Though it is confirmed that breaking the convention of former Chinese premiere Deng Xiaoping of not holding on the party general secretary post for more than two terms, Xi Jinping is not going to step down, the world is looking at the probable policy changes and the directions it’s going to take.To get more news about china party congress 2022, you can visit shine news official website.

Around 2300 delegates across the country have already gathered in the historic great Hall of the People in Beijing to appoint the top leadership along with finalizing the policy directions for the next five years. Xi is not only about to retain his power for the third consecutive term, he is also going to reportedly deploy his loyalists to the top decision making bodies of the party.
Unlike the multi-party democracies, China has a single party rule. So, the party congress here determines the fate of the country. In late 1970s, the then General Secretary of the CCP, Deng Xiaoping made a rule that no party supreme would hold the post for more than two terms. Though Hu Jintao and Jiang Zemin, two predecessors of Xi followed the norm, he is not ready to leave it so soon.

Xi along with the post of the party secretary also holds two other key positions - Chairman of the CCP Central Military Commission and the President of the People's Republic of China. According to the reports, while Xi will extend his Military title in this party Congress only, he will stretch his presidency in the upcoming annual meeting of its rubber-stamp parliament- National People's Congress in next year March.
Speaking to Al Jazeera and referring to the humongous power that Xi has accumulated, Brian Hart, fellow at the China Power Project at the United States-based Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) said, “Going into his third term, Xi is in a strong position to shape personnel picks for key posts. He has already manoeuvred allies into important positions over his first two terms, giving him greater influence over the personnel appointment processes that take place behind closed doors.”

Xi will also reportedly have commands over the recruitments of the Polit Bureau Members as like his predecessors he will not have to face any competition. Since taking over as the premiere of the party, Xi started two significant reforms- the first being the transition of the economy from ‘the factory of the world’ to the innovation-led thought-based economy; and second, the transformation of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) as a war-fighting machine.

Both of the projects of Xi are yet incomplete and the political analysts privy to the development in China think that as the President, he would not take the brunt of not fulfilling his motivated reforms.However, there are two formidable hindrances in the path of his dreams. Firstly, though the decentralisation of power initiated by Deng Xiaoping that allowed the farmers and industries to produce whatever quantities they want pushed the Chinese economy and witnessed a consistent growth of 10% for almost four decades, Xi’s centralisation efforts have stalled the progress.

Secondly, the new Chinese perception of conceiving any development from a security perspective has made the growth difficult. The moves like cutting the wings of the industrialists like Jack Ma who were perceived as a threat to the leadership of CCP have considerably affected the growth of the country.

In this context, Xi’s desperation to stay at the helm seems to be the only option to amend several crisis, for the history will otherwise not read him in a comfortable manner.