A key measure of Xi's rising influence leading the world's second-largest economy will be how many of his allies are installed on the Standing Committee, the apex of power in China
Two years ago, President Xi affirmed targets set in 2012 to double GDP and per capita income by 2020, and growth is on target to hit those goals
The CPC may lay claim to global glory on the basis of an ethnically-defined "China Dream" but that does not mean the world should not be sceptical about it
Veteran diplomat Liu Jieyi, 59, China's permanent representative to the United Nations, was elected to the Central Committee and is expected to take over as minister of the Taiwan Affairs Office, replacing Zhang Zhijun, who is retiring.
Xi has been able to mask his failures through a reign of terror. This raises the chances of miscalculation in military matters which India will need to be wary of
China's president, newly empowered, should heed some lessons of history
Newest delegates to China's CPPCC are tech entrepreneurs
The major headache for China is Hong Kong, where pro-democracy protesters hit the streets early, with a series of rallies against what they see as the erosion of their special freedoms
Xi spent much of his long speech listing examples of China's progress over the past decades
The new pipeline emerges in Heilongjiang, which borders Russia, and goes onto Jilin and Liaoning, China's top grain hub
Jinping was instrumental in ordering arrest of six so-called "Tigers" under national anti-corruption campaign: Liu Shiyu
That the two sides allowed such a situation to arise in the first place exposed the level of inaction and inefficiency in the China-India border management: Manoranjan Mohanty on Doklam
India and China advocate world multi-polarity, economic globalisation, trade liberalisation, and oppose unilateralism and protectionism
China is expected to grow at 6.5% or higher over the period 2017 to 2021, according to IMF World Economic Outlook
Li Qiang will likely champion Xi's vision for Shanghai as a global trading hub.
No Chinese leader since Mao has managed to put his stamp on the party's prevailing ideology
The once-in-a-five-year Congress of the Communist Party endorsed Xi's leadership of the party
Trump and Xi plan to meet on the sidelines of a G20 summit, which is being held in Argentina at the end of November and early December
Recently, Prez Xi instructed the Chinese troops twice to improve their combat capabilities and readiness for war
Trump says could not blame the Chinese for taking advantage of the US