Xi Jinping
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since 2012
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| 2025 | China's official military budget reached a record $246 billion under Xi's administration. |
| January 2025 | President Xi Jinping publicly declared corruption as the 'biggest threat' to the Communist Party, reaffirming the government's ongoing commitment to combating corruption. |
| 2024 | Amended State Council regulations to add a clause about following CCP ideology and policies, further strengthening the CCP's role. |
| May 2024 | The China Cyberspace Research Institute announced a large language model trained on data including Xi Jinping Thought, further integrating the ideology into technological development. |
| 2023 | Federation of American Scientists estimated China's nuclear arsenal at 410 warheads. |
| 2023 | The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection conducted investigations into 27 central State-owned enterprises. |
| 2023 | Xi introduced the concept of 'new productive forces', emphasizing technological innovation and development in strategic emerging industries. |
| 2023 | Carried out further reforms strengthening Party control over financial and technology domains, including creating the Central Financial Commission (CFC), reviving the Central Financial Work Commission (CFWC), and establishing a new CCP Central Science and Technology Commission. |
| 2023 | Xi Jinping expressed doubt about the national soccer team's capabilities, stating he is 'not so sure' of their abilities. |
| 2023 | Xi introduced the Global Civilisation Initiative (GCI), further demonstrating his approach to shaping international discourse and expanding China's global influence. |
| 2023 | Publication of 'The Blind Eye', a book examining the broader economic consequences of Xi's anti-corruption efforts, particularly its impact on global markets like the fur trade. |
| December 12 2023 | During a visit by Xi Jinping to Vietnam, Vietnam and China announced 36 cooperation agreements, covering areas such as cross-border rail development, digital infrastructure, and establishing joint patrols in the Gulf of Tonkin, along with a hotline for South China Sea fishing incidents. They also issued a joint statement supporting the building of a Community of Common Destiny. |
| August 2023 | Introduction to Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era was added as a textbook for ideological and political education in colleges and universities. |
| August 2023 | During another Xinjiang visit, Xi emphasized the region's potential for tourism and economic development, declaring it 'no longer a remote area'. |
| June 2023 | The Institute of China and Contemporary Asia at the Russian Academy of Sciences opened the first research center dedicated to Xi Jinping Thought outside of China, focusing on analyzing modern Chinese ideology. |
| April 26 2023 | Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Xi Jinping held their first phone call since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. |
| March 2023 | Re-elected as state president for a third term. |
| March 10 2023 | Xi Jinping was re-elected as the President of the People's Republic of China and Chairman of the PRC Central Military Commission during the opening of the 14th National People's Congress. |
| March 10 2023 | Saudi Arabia and Iran agreed to restore diplomatic ties, following a deal brokered by China after secret talks in Beijing. |
| March 6 2023 | During a speech to the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Xi Jinping asserted that Western countries, led by the U.S., have implemented extensive containment and suppression measures against China, posing unprecedented challenges to China's development. |
| February 2023 | China released a 12-point peace plan aimed at settling the acute crisis in Ukraine, which was praised by President Putin but criticized by U.S. and European officials. |
| 2022 | Xi launched the Global Security Initiative (GSI), continuing his efforts to expand China's global diplomatic presence. |
| 2022 | Xi visited Hong Kong for its 25th handover anniversary and swore in John Lee, a former police officer backed by the Chinese government, as the new chief executive to expand control over the city. |
| 2022 | After the 20th CCP National Congress in 2022, the Rodong Sinmun published a long editorial praising Xi Jinping, referring to both Kim Jong Un and Xi as Suryong, a title historically reserved for Kim Il Sung. |
| 2022 | After military exercises around Taiwan, PRC published a white paper urging Taiwan to become a special administrative region of the PRC under the 'one country, two systems' formula, marking the first white paper on Taiwan since 2000. |
| 2022 | A study by researchers from the University of Navarra and the University of Manchester critically analyzed the effects of Xi's anti-corruption campaign, revealing complex economic impacts. |
| December 7 2022 | China announces large-scale changes to its COVID-19 policy, including allowing home quarantine for mild infections, reducing PCR testing, and decreasing local officials' power to implement lockdowns. |
| October 2022 | Secures a third term as CCP General Secretary. |
| October 2022 | Xi Jinping introduced the 'six musts' philosophical guidance at the 20th Chinese Communist Party National Congress, outlining key principles for Party leadership and governance, emphasizing people-centric approach, self-confidence, innovation, problem-solving, systematic thinking, and global perspective. |
| August 2022 | In August 2022, it was reported that Xi Jinping personally decided to allow ballistic missiles to land within Japan's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) during military exercises around Taiwan, serving as a warning to Japan. |
| July 2022 | Xi visited Xinjiang for four days, urging local officials to preserve ethnic minority culture and inspecting the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. |
| July 2022 | Fourth volume of 'The Governance of China' book series is published, completing the comprehensive documentation of Xi Jinping's political philosophy and governance approach. |
| July 23 2022 | The National Health Commission reports that Xi and other top leaders have taken local COVID-19 vaccines. |
| June 15 2022 | Xi Jinping reasserted China's support for Russia on issues of sovereignty and security, while also expressing concern over the conflict in Europe. |
| April 2022 | Xi Jinping expressed opposition to sanctions against Russia. |
| February 20 2022 | The conclusion of the Beijing Olympics, which U.S. officials indicated China wanted Russia to delay its invasion of Ukraine until after this date. |
| February 4 2022 | Xi Jinping met with Russian President Vladimir Putin amid the build-up of Russian forces on the Ukrainian border, where they expressed a nearly united anti-U.S. alignment and discussed commitments without limits. |
| 2021 | Xi declared a 'complete victory' over extreme poverty, claiming nearly 100 million people were lifted out of poverty during his tenure. He also began promoting 'common prosperity', initiating large-scale regulations on tech, tutoring, and other industries. |
| 2021 | Xi directs a broad crackdown on the tech and tutoring sectors as part of promoting 'common prosperity'. |
| 2021 | Xi declared a 'complete victory' over extreme poverty, claiming nearly 100 million people were lifted out of poverty during his tenure. |
| 2021 | Xi did not personally attend COP26, but sent a Chinese delegation led by climate change envoy Xie Zhenhua. During the conference, the United States and China agreed on a framework to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through cooperative measures. |
| 2021 | Enacted a data security law, continuing the expansion of national security legislation initiated during Xi's leadership. |
| 2021 | Xi quoted the Yan'an Talks during the opening ceremony of the 11th National Congress of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the 10th National Congress of the Chinese Writers Association. |
| 2021 | A Politico and Morning Consult poll found that only 5% of Americans had a favorable opinion of Xi Jinping, with 38% having an unfavorable view. |
| 2021 | Xi unveiled the Global Development Initiative (GDI) as part of his strategy to increase China's international influence. |
| 2021 | The 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party officially approved a historical resolution that elevated Xi Jinping Thought, declaring it 'a new breakthrough in the Sinicization of Marxism' and describing it as the 'Marxism of contemporary China and of the 21st century'. |
| 2021 | Xi Jinping labeled the United States as the biggest threat to China's development, stating that it represents the 'biggest source of chaos in the present-day world.' |
| 2021 | A cooperation deal between China and Iran, proposed by Xi Jinping in 2016, was signed. |
| November 2021 | Xi Jinping promised African nations 1 billion doses of China's COVID-19 vaccines as part of China's vaccine diplomacy, in addition to the 200 million doses already supplied prior. |
| September 2021 | Xi announced that China will not build coal-fired power projects abroad, a potentially pivotal decision in reducing global emissions. |
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