Key Outcomes of CPC’s 20th National Congress
... observers, and so a certain intrigue—albeit largely far-fetched—loomed large till the last. Nevertheless, Xi Jinping’s supremacy was never challenged throughout the Congress, and it was announced on October 23 that at the 1st Plenum of the 20 th CPC Central Committee Xi Jinping is elected General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee for the next five years. Intrigue 2: Who will be the “right-hand man”? While nobody was surprised at Xi Jinping leading a group of comrades entering the press hall in the afternoon ...