China’s Xi Elevated in Party Constitution, Joining Mao, Deng
- Move suggests Xi will influence China policy for decades
- Xi ally to exit standing committee in line with party norms
China's Xi Joins Mao as Credited in Constitution
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China’s ruling Communist Party approved a revised charter that enshrined President Xi Jinping’s name under its guiding principles, elevating him to a status that eluded his two immediate predecessors.
The new constitution approved Tuesday at the end of the party’s twice-a-decade congress in Beijing listed “Xi Jinping thought on socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era” alongside the theories of Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping. While presidents Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao also secured contributions to the document, neither was featured by name.