Closer Look: Xi's Leadership of Top Economic Group Follows Pattern

Xi Jinping

(Beijing) – Communist Party general secretary Xi Jinping's chairmanship of a top economic decision-making group has generated discussion about his expanding power and role in China's reforms.

Xi is the chairman of the Leading Group for Financial and Economic Affairs, an economic decision-making body comprising top party leaders and government officials, Xinhua reported on June 13, the day the group met for the sixth time in Xi's administration. For the first time ever, Xinhua listed all the members in the group, including party No. 2 Li Keqiang, its vice chairman.