China: Party leaders heap praise on Xi Jinping, his leadership ahead of Congress
Hindustan TimesBEIJING: President Xi Jinping has been reaffirmed several times as the “core” of the Communist Party of China by the party’s top leadership at a closed-door meeting that concluded on Wednesday, an official communique said. On Wednesday, the CPC’s central committee, one of the top decision-making bodies of the party, praised the “unusual and extraordinary” accomplishments made under Xi over the past five years, as per the communique, quoted by the official Xinhua news agency. It said with Xi at the CPC “core”, the party over the past five years has “…overcome many long-term unsolved problems, and accomplished many major and important things of long-term concern, and promoted the cause of the party and the country to achieve major achievements that attracted worldwide attention”, the Xinhua report said. Mentioning Xi as a “core” several times, the Xinhua report said Xi’s core status within the party “reflects the common aspiration of the whole party, the whole army and the whole nation, and is of decisive significance to the endeavors of the party and the country”.