Xi Jinping has created a new ruling elite packed with loyalist officials primed to elevate his agenda of bolstering national security and of turning China into a technological great power.
A new lineup of the Communist Party elite will limit potential resistance to Mr. Xi’s agenda of bolstering security and expanding state sway over the economy.
Xi Jinping is poised to win five more years in power at the congress, a choreographed ritual that will offer a glimpse of China’s broad policy direction.