China Names New Top Party Leadership for Next 5-Year Term

The Communist Party’s Central Committee has named a new party leadership lineup Sunday to lead the country for the next five years.

The seven-member Politburo Standing Committee (PSC), the party’s highest decision-making body, led by reelected party General Secretary Xi Jinping, appeared before Chinese and foreign journalists at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing at noon on Sunday, effectively confirming the other members as Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang and Li Xi.