Xi Jinping's Continuation As Country's Top Leader To Benefit Pakistan: Chinese Media

Xi Jinping's continuation as country's top leader at helm of the affairs will immensely benefit China's friendly countries like Pakistan, Chinese media reported on Wednesday

Beijing, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 27th Feb, 2018) : Xi Jinping's continuation as country's top leader at helm of the affairs will immensely benefit China's friendly countries like Pakistan, Chinese media reported on Wednesday.

XI emerged as World's most popular leader in the recent years, mainly due to its vision of shared destiny and the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Quoting official sources, leading media house, the Global Times said the leadership of Communist Party of China (CPC) attached high priority to the country's relations with Pakistan, due to it leading position in smooth implementation of BRI.

China-Pakistan Economic Corridor that is the major and pilot project of BRI reflects the fast growing Sino-Pak relationship, under the leadership of President Xi. China is now in process of amending the constitution.

The proposal to this effect includes addition of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to the Constitution and removing the expression of term limits for the country's President and Vice-President, according to the Xinhua news Agency.

Removing the constitutional restriction to two terms is a significant decision made by the CPC to serve its historic mission in the new era of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, Su Wei, a professor at the Party school of the CPC Chongqing Municipal Committee, told the Global Times.

"Especially in the period from 2020 to 2035, which is a crucial stage for China to basically realize socialist modernization, China and the CPC need a stable, strong and consistent leadership. So removal of the section of the clause about the presidency in the Constitution is serving the most important and fundamental national interest and the Party's historic mission," Su said.

In a two-stage development plan of China, drawn up by President Xi Jinping, who is also general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, the first stage is "from 2020 to 2035" which is "to see that socialist modernization is basically realized"; and the second stage from "2035 to the middle of the 21st century," China will develop "into a great modern socialist country that is prosperous, strong, democratic, culturally advanced, harmonious, and beautiful." "The decision has been made after careful consideration, and this is an adjustment to serve China's current situation and future development, which is consistent with Chinese political characteristics and goals," a Chinese scholar who requested anonymity told the Global Times on Sunday .

The trinity of the general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission has positive meaning, the expert said. "In order to achieve the great goal from 2020 to the middle of the 21st century, China needs a centralized and unified leadership; otherwise the decentralization of authority will impact realization of the great goal." "No organization or individual has the power to overstep the Constitution or the law," Xi said while presiding over a group study session of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Xinhua reported.

The CPC Central Committee also proposed writing Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era into the country's Constitution. The proposal was made public on Sunday, Xinhua reported. The proposed Constitutional amendment requires the approval of the National People's Congress, which is scheduled to hold its annual session in March.