Since 2012, the paramount leader of China has been the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and chairman of the Central Military Commission.

The president of the People's Republic of China is Xi.

Xi is a member of the fifth generation of Chinese leadership.

After his father's purge during the Cultural Revolution, the son of a Chinese Communist veteran was exiled to a rural area.

He joined the CCP after several failed attempts and worked as the local party secretary.

After studying chemical engineering at Tsinghua University, Xi rose through the ranks politically in China's coastal provinces.

The governor of Fujian from 1999 to 2002 later became the governor and party secretary of neighboring Zhejiang.

The party secretary of Shanghai, Chen Liangyu, was dismissed and replaced by Xi.

In October 2007, he became the first-ranking secretary of the Central secretariat after joining the Politburo Standing Committee.

In 2008, he was designated as Hu Jintao's successor as paramount leader and was appointed vice president of the PRC.

The CCP gave him the title of leadership core.

The first general secretary of the CCP was born after the establishment of the PRC.

Since coming to power, Xi has introduced several measures to enforce party discipline.

Zhou Yongkang, a former PSC member, was one of the officials whose anti-corruption campaign led to their downfall.

He has promoted a more aggressive foreign policy, particularly concerning China's relations with the U.S.

There is a nine-dash line in the South China Sea.

He aims to expand China's influence in Africa through the Belt and Road Initiative.

Xi has expanded state-owned enterprises, advanced military-civil fusion, overseen targeted poverty alleviation programs, and attempted to reform the property sector.

He has advocated for 'common prosperity', a series of policies aimed at increasing equality, overseen a broad crackdown, and implemented a major slew of regulations against the tech and tutoring sectors in 2021.

In 2015, for the first time, the leaders of the PRC and Republic of China met with Taiwanese president Ma Ying-jeou.

From January 2020 to December 2022, he responded to the COVID-19 epidemic in mainland China with a zero-COVID approach.

The passing of a national security law in Hong Kong led to the suppression of political opposition in the city.