BEIJING -- The new central leadership of the Communist Party of China has been elected, as the Party of over 96 million members and the Chinese people it leads embark on a new journey in China's modernization drive.

Xi Jinping was unanimously elected general secretary of the 20th CPC Central Committee at the committee's first plenary session held on Sunday. He was also named chairman of the CPC Central Military Commission.

In April, Xi was elected by a unanimous vote as the delegate to the 20th CPC National Congress in the electoral unit of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, and on Saturday he was also unanimously elected a member of the new CPC Central Committee.

At the Sunday plenary session, Xi Jinping, Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang and Li Xi were elected the members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee.

Twenty-four members of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee were also elected at the session, which endorsed the members of the CPC Central Committee Secretariat nominated by the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. The session named the members of the CMC.

The plenum approved the secretary, deputy secretaries and members of the Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CPC elected at the first plenary session of the 20th CCDI.

The new central leadership was elected as the great transformation in the first decade of the new era since the 18th CPC National Congress marks "a milestone" in the history of the Party, of the People's Republic of China, of reform and opening-up, of the development of socialism, and of the development of the Chinese nation.

Faced with a situation of unparalleled complexity and risks and challenges, Xi, with great vision, has led the whole Party, the entire military, and the Chinese people of all ethnic groups to meet obstacles and difficulties head on with firm confidence, winning their heartfelt support and love.

It is the expectation of our times to maintain the long-term stability of the core of the Party Central Committee and of the Party as a whole.

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