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Xi Jinping was elected general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and chairman of the Central Military Commission at the 18th Party Congress in 2012. He succeeded Hu Jintao as leader of the Communist Party and was elected president in March 2013. In 2018, the National People's Congress, China's parliament, abolished the term limits of the presidency effectively allowing him to stay in power for life. Born in 1953, Xi graduated from Tsinghua University in 1979 with a degree in engineering.
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15 Jun 1953
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President of China
last updated:
7 October, 2024
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US president-elect President Donald Trump has invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to his inauguration in Washington on January 20. Photo: AP
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Chinese President Xi Jinping (front right), Macau Chief Executive Sam Hou-fai (front left) and first lady Peng Liyuan (back right) at the inauguration ceremony in Macau. Photo: Eugene Lee
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The Macau Tower and Hengqing in the distance. Photo: Xinhua
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President Xi Jinping swears in Macau Chief Executive Sam Hou-fai. Photo: Eugene Lee
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Macau

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Chinese President Xi Jinping and Macau Chief Executive Ho Iat-seng shake hands at the city’s airport on Wednesday. Photo: Eugene Lee
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President Xi Jinping (centre) and his wife Peng Liyuan arrive in Macau on Thursday. Photo: Eugene Lee
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In his most recent meeting with US counterpart Joe Biden (left) in Peru last month, Chinese President Xi Jinping said that “a new cold war should not be fought and cannot be won”. Photo: TNS
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and then US president Donald Trump on November 9, 2017, outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Photo: Tass/Abaca Press/TNS
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Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign has snared a number of senior military commanders. Photo: Xinhua
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Hong Kong politics

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