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Summary: 18 October 2017, the representatives of the Communist party of China (CPC) gathered at the party Congress held every 5 years. As a result of this event, the Chinese President XI Jinping has largely consolidated his position in the party and state apparatus. The Chinese leadership faces difficult challenges, but it is something to be proud of. Party demonstrates strength and stability and is doing everything to show that China has leaders who lead the country to the challenges of the future — even if the Chinese approach is not always consistent with the views of the West.

The Communist party of China (CPC), the only party in the country, every 5 years organizes meetings to discuss the future of China and to choose a replacement for the vacant senior positions. 18 October 2017 about 2 300 members of the party gathered for a week to discuss the future of his giant state.
You can admit that we know little about what took place at the Congress behind closed doors. Information about decisions adopted during this forum, came mainly from the Chinese Newspapers that are organs of the party, and from public speeches of Chinese President XI Jinping, which he made at the opening of the Congress.

What do we know from these sources is the names of those who were elected to fill the vacant senior positions. Han Zheng will now be Deputy Prime Minister, Zhao Lacsi will lead the campaign against corruption (this is a priority for the Chinese President since he took office five years ago), Li Zhanshu, will lead the Parliament of China, Wang Yang is a member of the standing Committee of the political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Wang Junin will be responsible for ideology, propaganda and organizational work in the party. These people know little. Surely they can only say that none of them pose a threat to the position of Chairman of si and none of them designate as his heir.

Which lasted three and a half hour speech by the Chairman at the opening of the Congress gives the opportunity to obtain a limited view of what is happening within the party. Based on this speech, and studying the atmosphere around this event, we can conclude that C (and this is not surprising) consolidated his power in the party and in the state.

In addition to the fact that he was unanimously elected for a second term, si has made several achievements. His concept paper included in the program of the party, he was appointed Chairman of the Central military Commission of the PRC, and he managed to hold the conference smoothly without any unwanted negative effects inside the country and abroad.

The concept paper of the President XI “Socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era” in the program of the party now stands along with two works revered Communist leaders of China — Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping. Other leaders who followed Mao and Dan, this success was not awarded — it is a special achievement just the current Chairman.

Achieving this suggests that si is likely to be reelected more than one time — in the same way as Mao. Or to maintain political activity, many years after the official end of his tenure — as well as Dan. In any case, we can conclude that the Chinese leadership steadily, consistently and full of pride for their leader. You can also conclude that no surprises will not. Thus, the world leaders who want to have good relations with China, should be interested in having a good relationship with si, and do not expect that there will be some new scenarios of development of events.

The purpose of the appointment of the current Chairman of the PRC for the post of Central military Commission of the PRC is to strengthen the position of the military within the party and outside it. This step is part of a Grand plan si to strengthen the armed forces, moving them forward and preparing them to the challenges of the future. In order to achieve this, he reiterated the necessity to focus on technological progress — both in the armed forces, and economy.

From this we can conclude that the Chinese President would like to see the country’s economy more open. This means that international companies will have more opportunities to conduct their operations. That, in turn, should promote technological progress that China will use for its own purposes. Si often says about the necessity of such progress, the Chinese government encourages activity in the technology sector and the development of relations with those countries which have proved their competence in this area.

One of such countries is Israel, and the cooperation between Jerusalem and Beijing in the field of technology are actively developing. It should be noted that cooperation in the sector of military technology not very significantly, mainly due to pressure on Israel from the United States, and also because the history of bilateral relations regarding these issues.

The fact that the Congress passed without a hitch, without a hitch — even one of the achievements of President XI. However, this is the impression formed on the basis of the information (obtained second hand) about the events that took place behind closed doors. Si, which is struggling to present himself to the people of China as a leader of the war against corruption, abolished many of the privileges to which members of Congress were accustomed. These benefits consisted of service in hairdressing, sewing costumes to order and expensive delicacies. It is unknown whether there was resistance to this within the party, but it seems that no incidents when implementing these changes was not.

North Korea, a neighbor of China, during the Congress had not carried out a nuclear test, tried to attract the attention of the rest of the world and put China in an awkward position. Those who challenge the position of China on the South China sea, during the Congress was also sitting quietly, so as not to put C in an awkward position. Even the appearance of U.S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson in Asia did not provoke any tension.

The words of President XI on the expected economic and military growth was a message to the American President. As told to si, relations between the two countries for him are of the utmost importance, and he wants to assure US that the intention of China is not to challenge American hegemony. According to XI, China seeks to cooperate with the United States and does not consider relations with the United States as a zero-sum game.

Having said this, XI has warned his American counterpart that he did not support those actions which threaten China’s sovereignty, such as the sale of weapons to Taiwan.

It’s hard to say exactly what is meant si when he said that China is not trying to undermine American hegemony, because it also said that it expects China under his leadership, will be the largest and strongest economy in the world. However exactly what if si China willingly leaves for the United States the role of global policeman and has no intention to “waste” their time to try to resolve various conflicts around the world.

What was not in the speech of President XI, is any allusion to the social aspect of the continuing Chinese growth to the desire of the Chinese people to be more involved in the decision-making process on issues that affect their own lives and future. The Chinese middle class is growing, and growing desire of its members to participate in the decision-making process.

Anyway, the statement si that China does not need to learn foreign methods of government or social models, it seems, is a clear indicator of the views of the party. Speaking about his intention to lead the country to full upgrade in 2035, si did not mention about the methods of government. It is unclear whether China can continue its growth without political and social change. But earlier, few would have believed that China could achieve what he has achieved without these changes.

The Chinese leadership is facing many challenges, some of which it either ignores or suppresses. At the same time, the Chinese authorities have a lot of something it can be proud of. Over the past five years, more than 60 million Chinese people have overcome the poverty line. In the international arena party demonstrates flexibility, stability and faith in their leaders. How the Chinese leadership approaches the upcoming challenges, not always fit into the style of thinking of the West. But, in the end, I told si: “We do not need to adapt to any foreign ideas.”

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