Xi Jinping will serve another five-year term as China’s president after almost 3,000 members of the National People’s Congress unanimously voted in his favour. Read this to find out more:
The appointment makes him China's most powerful leader in generations.Xi Jinping has secured a precedent-breaking third five-year term as China's president, a largely ceremonial role, as he tightens his grip as the country's most powerful leader since Mao Zedong.
Mr Xi, 69, has faced some challenges with mass protests over his zero-COVID policy and its subsequent abandonment that saw countless people die.Those issues have been avoided at this week's National People's Congress , a carefully choreographed event that is also set to appoint Xi ally Li Qiang as the new premier.
Beijing also unveiled during the parliamentary meeting a growth goal of "around five per cent", one of its lowest in decades, as well as a modest increase in defence spending.
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