And why ex-President of the People’s Republic of China Hu Jintao was taken out of the hall on the last day of the congress of the twentieth Congress of the Communist Party of China strengthened Xi Jinping’s position and prepared personnel appointments favorable to him. However, the carefully thought-out ending of the forum was disrupted by an unexpected incident with Hu Jintao, Xi’s predecessor Xi Jinping Updating China’s Party leadership On Saturday, October 22, the 20th anniversary Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) ended in Beijing, where Chinese President Xi Jinping was able to strengthen his power on the eve of a historic re-election for a third term. More than 2,200 delegates of the congress approved amendments to the CPC constitution, which recognize Xi Jinping as the core of the party, and declare his ideas to be the Marxism of the XXI century.«the quintessence of Chinese culture and Chinese spirit». “The Congress unanimously approves the introduction into the Party’s Charter of the content on the new results of the development of Xi Jinping’s ideas about socialism with the Chinese specifics of the new era since the XIX Party Congress, in order to better demonstrate the achievements of the CPC Central Committee, the core of which is Comrade Xi Jinping,” the text of the adopted resolution says. In fact, these amendments made Xi Jinping the most powerful leader of China after Mao Zedong. The first steps towards this were taken at the last party congress, in 2017. Then Xi presented his doctrine “Xi Jinping’s thoughts on socialism with Chinese specifics in the New Era”, which was included in the CPC charter. This move demonstrated broad party support for the chairman. Then the doctrine was included in the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China and became the basis for China’s development until 2049. Xi Jinping became the third Chinese leader to present his own doctrine, after Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping.
The Congress also elected a new composition of the CPC Central Committee of 205 people. It did not include four members of the current Standing Committee of the CPC Politburo (the main governing body of the CPC of seven people), including the second and third person after Xi in the Chinese hierarchy of power, Prime Minister Li Keqiang and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (Parliament, NPC) Li Zhanshu. Also , they did not get into the new composition of the CPC Central CommitteeChairman of the National Committee of the People’s Political Consultative Council Wang Yang and First Deputy Premier Han Zheng. Most likely, none of these four will now get into the Politburo and the Standing Committee, whose composition will be announced on October 23 following the results of the first plenum of the CPC Central Committee of the new convocation. It is also expected to announce the re-election of Xi Jinping. At the same time, the approval of these decisions will take place only in March 2023, at the annual session of the National People’s Congress.
According to the Financial Times newspaper, the absence of Li Keqiang in the lists actually indicates the early resignation of the prime minister. At the same time, Wang Yang was previously considered his likely successor.
CNBC also notes the absence from the list of new members of the CPC Central Committee of prominent economic figures who held relatively liberal views, including Vice Premier Liu He, known for trade negotiations with the United States, and the head of the State Committee for Control of Banking and Insurance Activities of the People’s Republic of China Guo Shuqing.
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In general, the reshuffle of the CPC’s governing bodies will allow Xi Jinping to increase the number of his supporters in them, the Financial Times notes, “13 out of 25 members are expected to be replaced in the Politburo, and four out of seven in the Standing Committee.
The incident with the ex-President of the People’s Republic of China
On the day of the closing of the congress, an incident occurred, an explanation for which has not yet been given by either the PRC authorities or experts. Footage has appeared online showing former Chinese President Hu Jintao being taken out of the hall before the meeting, while it is obvious that against his will. There were no foreign journalists in the hall at that time, but the incident was captured by the camera of the agency “France Presse”. When the media representatives were allowed into the hall, the chair on Xi Jinping’s left hand was empty, and in front of him was a sign “Hu Jintao”.
Hu Jintao served as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China from 2002 to 2012 and was President of the People’s Republic of China from 2003 to 2013.
The video shows how 79-year-old Hu, sitting in a place of honor next to Xi, is approached by one of the stewards and tries to lift him from his chair, explaining something. Xi silently watches what is happening. Then a high-ranking employee of the CPC Central Committee secretariat approaches Hu, after which he is escorted out of the hall by two men. Leaving, Hu Jintao exchangedA few words with Xi Jinping and patted Li Keqiang on the shoulder. It is characteristic that at the opening of the congress, Hu was present in the hall during the almost two-hour speech of the Chinese leader. However, the Reuters news agency notes that he needed help to get to the chair, and he himself looked “insecure”, possibly due to health problems.
Victor Shi, an expert on Chinese politics from the University of California, San Diego, called the incident with Hu Jintao “simply amazing.” The South China Morning Post writes that this incident not only disrupted the carefully planned program of the congress, but also attracted considerable attention on the Internet. At the same time, in the Chinese segment of the Network, messages about the incident were erased, state media completely ignored it.
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