Xi Jinping

Xi Jinping (pronounced [ɕǐ tɕînpʰǐŋ], born 15 June 1953) is the General Secretary o the Communist Pairty o Cheenae, the Preses o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae, an the Chairman o the Central Militar Commission. As General Secretary, he is also an ex officio member o the CPC Politburo Staundin Committee, Cheenae's de facto tap decision-makin body.

Xi Jinping
习近平
Xi in 2019
General Secretary o the Communist Pairty o Cheenae
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 November 2012
Depute	Li Keqiang (№ 2nt in PSC)
Precedit bi	Hu Jintao
Preses o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 Mairch 2013
Premier	Li Keqiang
Vice Preses	Li Yuanchao
Precedit bi	Hu Jintao
Chairman o the CPC Central Militar Commission
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 November 2012
Depute	Fan Changlong Xu Qiliang
Precedit bi	Hu Jintao
Chairman o the PRC Central Militar Commission
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 Mairch 2013
Depute	Fan Changlong Xu Qiliang
Precedit bi	Hu Jintao
First Secretary o the Central Secretariat o the Communist Pairty o Cheenae
In office 22 October 2007 – 15 November 2012
General Secretary	Hu Jintao
Precedit bi	Zeng Qinghong
Succeedit bi	Liu Yunshan
Vice Preses o the Fowk's Republic o Cheenae
In office 15 Mairch 2008 – 14 Mairch 2013
Preses	Hu Jintao
Precedit bi	Zeng Qinghong
Succeedit bi	Li Yuanchao
Preses o the CPC Central Pairty Schuil
In office 22 December 2007 – 15 Januar 2013
Depute	Li Jingtian
Precedit bi	Zeng Qinghong
Succeedit bi	Liu Yunshan
Personal details
Born	(1953-06-15) 15 Juin 1953 (age 71) Beijing
Poleetical pairty	Communist Pairty
Spoose(s)	Peng Liyuan
Bairns	Mingze
Residence	Zhongnanhai
Alma mater	Tsinghua Varsity

Xi Jinping
Semplifeed Cheenese	习近平
Tradeetional Cheenese	習近平
Transcriptions Staundart Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xí Jìnpíng IPA [ɕǐ tɕînpʰǐŋ] Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanisation jaahp gahn pìhng

Son o communist veteran Xi Zhongxun, Xi Jinping rose through the ranks poleetically in Cheenae's coastal provinces. He served as the Govrenor o Fujian atween 1999 an 2002, then as Govrenor an CPC pairty chief o the neighborin Zhejiang atween 2002 an 2007. Followin the dismissal o Chen Liangyu, Xi wis transferred tae Shanghai as the pairty secretary for a brief period in 2007. Xi wis promotit tae the central leadership in October 2007, groomed tae acome Hu Jintao's successor.

Xi is nou the leader o the Fowk's Republic's fifth generation o leadership.^[1] He haes cried for a renewed campaign against corruption, continued market economic reforms, an open approach tae govrenance, an a comprehensive naitional renewal unner the neologism "Cheenese Dream".^[2]