Xi’s Year of Reshuffles to Provide Clues on Next Set of Leaders
- One-fifth of incumbent provincial leaders set to be replaced
- Closely watched 1970s generation of cadres is now rising
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President Xi Jinping’s government is set to make a flurry of promotions this year that will give a first glimpse at a rising generation of officials set to become the nation’s next top leaders.
Roughly one-fifth of China’s local leaders are due to retire in 2025 as Xi hits the half-way mark of his precedent defying third term, according to the Asia Society. That shake-up will create space for officials born in the 1970s to start reaching full ministerial rank.