China’s parliament, the National People’s Congress, started its annual meeting on Sunday. President Xi Jinping attended its opening session. Xi Jinping will be sealed for the third time in the meeting. Due to this his strength will increase even more.
The meeting will continue for a week, during which the ministers sitting in the Chinese government will be transferred. Also, there will be many appointments. According to reports, Xi Jinping’s term will be extended for the third time in this meeting. Due to this his power in China will be further strengthened.
Xi Jinping will also change the Prime Minister
According to media reports, the Communist Party will transfer ministers and officials of government institutions sitting on important posts. In this, the Premier of China i.e. the Prime Minister will also be changed. At present, Li Keqiang, who is said to be loyal to Xi Jinping, is in this position. Which will be handed over to Li Qiang, who was the party chief in Shanghai province.
At the same meeting, an announcement has been made on China’s defense budget. This year, China will spend 18 lakh crore rupees in the year 2023 on its defense. Which is about 3 times more than India’s defense budget. The defense budget has been increased by 7.2%. For this, the communist government there has cited external challenges.
China kept the target of economic growth at 5%
In the meeting, the target of China’s economic growth for 2023 has been kept at 5%. Which is 2% more than China’s economic growth last year. Premier Li Keqiang, while reading out the annual work report, said that getting the economy back on track would be his government’s priority. Apart from this, a target has been set to provide employment to 1 crore 20 lakh people.
Xi Jinping is continuously increasing his power
According to the report of the South China Morning Post, Xi Jinping is the most powerful person in China. He has got all this power not because of is the President but because of being the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China.
Communist Party and China are not only considered to be China but also the biggest party in the world. Which has 89 million members. It dominates all branches of China’s political system. Last year, the Communist Party of China abolished the rule in a leader can become president only twice. After this change, the way was cleared for Xi Jinping to remain president for life. Jinping has joined those leaders of China whose views have been included in the constitution.
How are members chosen?
Party members vote for the new Central Committee during the CCP meeting. More than 200 members participate in it. This committee selects the Politburo members. After the meeting is over, there is a meeting of the Central Committee. In this, 25 members of the Politburo and 7 members of the Standing Committee are elected.
