'Xi may face constraints due to balanced leadership structure'
26 Oct 2017 10:47 PM IST
Beijing: The ruling Communist Party of China's (CPC) new leadership, balancing the interests of different groups, may impose some constraints on President Xi Jinping in his second five-year tenure though he remained powerful, according to observers. The seven-member Standing Committee of the CPC, which virtually rules China, was unveiled on Tuesday in which Premier Li Keqiang along with other candidates backed by different powerful factions within the party have been accommodated restoring a semblance of balance, they said.
Besides Xi, 64, and Li, 62, the other members of the ruling council are Xi's chief of staff Li Zhanshu, 67; Vice Premier Wang Yang, 62; leading Communist Party theoretician Wang Huning, 62; party organisation department head Zhao Leji, 60; and Shanghai party chief Han Zheng, 63.
While Xi, who heads the party, presidency and the military, remain more dominant figure, the composition of the Standing Committee was regarded as little more balanced with members from other factions of the party. Chen Daoyin, an associate professor at Shanghai University of Political Science and Law, said that although Xi's authority within the party was well recognised, the new Standing Committee line-up suggested he might still face some constraints.
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