On the 20th (local time), China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency accompanied Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Russia by Caiqi, member of the Standing Committee of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (fifth in rank) and director of the Central Office of the Communist Party of China. introduced it. It was confirmed that Tsai was appointed as the head of the Central Office, which had been vacant.
As the central body of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Central Committee is in charge of documents, meetings, confidentiality, information, and research-related affairs, as well as the protection of the supreme leader and health. For this reason, it is called ‘Chief of Staff to the Supreme Leader’. Of course, the closest aide to the Supreme Leader is appointed, but before that, a Standing Committee member within the 7th rank of the Communist Party had never been appointed. This is because the members of the Standing Committee each held their own powers and formed a collective leadership system in the top leadership of the Communist Party of China.
For this reason, there is an analysis that it symbolizes that President Xi’s ‘concentration of power in one person’ has reached the highest level. A source familiar with the power relations of the Chinese Communist Party analyzed, “The fact that a Standing Committee member took over as Chief of Staff is itself an event that symbolizes that ‘Xi Jinping’s underworld’ has been completed.”
At the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party (party congress) in October last year, Tsai joined the Standing Committee of the Politburo, which consisted of seven members, including President Xi. Along with Prime Minister Li Chang and Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang, he is considered one of the leading runners-up of the “Xi Jiajun,” referring to Xi’s close aides. While working in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces, which are considered the political bases of President Xi, he made connections and served as vice mayor of Zhejiang Province and vice director of the Central National Security Commission Office, and in October 2016, he was suddenly selected as the deputy mayor of Beijing. In January 2017, he was officially promoted to mayor, and in May of that year, he was promoted to the post of Beijing Party Secretary at a high speed.
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Source: Donga
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