China Cements Ruling Party’s Grip on Cabinet With Law Change
- State Council will have to follow ideologies like Xi Thought
- President pushes to give party more sway than government
Xi Jinping is applauded by delegates at the closing session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference on March 10.
Photographer: Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
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The Chinese legislature voted to change a four-decade-old law so it tightens the Communist Party’s grip on the cabinet, underscoring President Xi Jinping’s drive to give the party control over all the main levers of government.
Some 2,883 delegates to the annual National People’s Congress gathering in Beijing voted in favor of the amendments to the State Council Organic Law on Monday. Eight voted against, and nine abstained.