Chinese President Xi Jinping all set to get endorsement for third term

China's ruling Communist Party has begun the process for a rare third term for President Xi Jinping as he was “unanimously elected” as a delegate to the 20th national congress of the ruling party expected to be held in the second half of this year and is widely expected to endorse his continuation. In China, CPC leaders are essentially selected and Xi, 68 years old becoming a delegate was more of a formality. The decision was taken at the Communist Party of China Guangxi regional congress. “The CPC congress of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region was held from Thursday to Friday in the regional capital of Nanning,” the official news agency said in a report on Friday evening.
Xi was similarly elected as a delegate to CPC’s 19th National Congress by an expectedly unanimous vote at the CPC Guizhou provincial congress in April 2017 when he got his second term. Ever since his first election in a similar CPC Congress towards the end of the 2012, Xi heading the party, the powerful military and the presidency has consolidated his hold on power, highlighting the need for strong leadership to strengthen stability of the party and the country in the face of international adversity building against the country on a host of issues. 
He has emerged as a “core” leader on par with the party founder Mao Zedong, who remained in power until his death in 1976. By virtue of elevation to the status of a “core” leader he will continue to remain in power for another five-year term and perhaps for life unlike his predecessors who retired after two five-year terms. The plenum of the CPC held in November last year already paved the way for Xi’s continuation by adopting a landmark resolution to cement his "core" status in the country's political history and cleared the decks for him to extend his rule for a record third term and beyond. CPC 20th Congress will usher in a completely new set of officials, including a new Premier as incumbent Li Keqiang, who has the status of number two after Xi, has already announced that he will be stepping down as Premier..