China Holds CPC Congress, Xi Jinping May Get Third Term Michael Olugbode in Beijing The General Secretary of Communist Party of China (CPC) and the President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinpi
The General Secretary of Communist Party of China and the President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping is expected to get another term of five years as 2,296 delegates stormed Beijing, the country capital to elect the president of the most populous country in the world.
At the congress, Xi Jinping is equally expected to be returned as the Security General of CPC, a position that he first attained in 2012 and retained in 2017. “They will attend the congress, representing more than 4.9 million primary-level Party organisations and over 96 million Party members. The number of female delegates increases, with their proportion reaching 27 percent. The share of ethnic minority delegates remains stable standing at 11.5 percent.