who is the current leader of china today?
Xi Jinping
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 Preparations for a decadal Communist Party leadership change in 2012 were marked by factional disputes and political scandals . During China 's 18th National Communist Party Congress in November 2012 , Hu Jintao was replaced as General Secretary of the Communist Party by Xi Jinping . Under Xi , the Chinese government began large @-@ scale efforts to reform its economy , which has suffered from structural instabilities and slowing growth . The Xi – Li Administration also announced major reforms to the one @-@ child policy and prison system . 

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 On 31 August 2014 , China disapproved a full democracy in Hong Kong by ruling that three candidates could run for elections as leader in 2017 , and they would be chosen by a nomination committee . 

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 In June 2009 , after it was announced that Kim Jong @-@ un was to be the intended successor of North Korean leader Kim Jong @-@ il , U.S. government analysts speculated that the purpose of the nuclear test was to establish North Korea as a nuclear power within Kim Jong @-@ il 's lifetime . 

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 Although Bo was initially unhappy about his reassignment in Chongqing , he soon resolved to use his new position as a staging ground for a return to higher national office . Bo made no secret of his desire to enter the nine @-@ member Politburo Standing Committee ( PSC ) during the 18th Party Congress in autumn 2012 , as all but two of the PSC members — including President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao — were expected to retire . The transition would be an opportunity for Bo to join the highest echelon of national leadership , likely as a replacement for ally Zhou Yongkang , secretary of the Central Political and Legislative Committee , serving as the head of the party 's security apparatus . 

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 CPC General Secretary Jiang Zemin succeeded Deng as “ paramount leader ” in the 1990s , and continued most of his policies . As part of Jiang Zemin 's nominal legacy , the CPC ratified the Three Represents for the 2003 revision of the Party constitution , as a " guiding ideology " to encourage the Party to represent " advanced productive forces , the progressive course of China 's culture , and the fundamental interests of the people . " The theory has legitimized the entry of private business owners and bourgeois elements into the party . Hu Jintao , Jiang Zemin 's successor as paramount leader , took office in 2002 . Unlike Mao , Deng and Jiang Zemin , Hu laid emphasis on collective leadership and opposed one @-@ man dominance of the political system . The insistence on focusing on economic growth has led to a wide range of serious social problems . To address these , Hu introduced two main ideological concepts : the Scientific Outlook on Development and Harmonious Socialist Society . Hu resigned from his post as CPC General Secretary and Chairman of the CMC at the 18th National Congress held in 2012 , and was succeeded in both posts by Xi Jinping . Since taking power Xi has initiated the most concerted anti @-@ corruption effort in decades , while centralizing powers in the office of CPC General Secretary at the expense of the collective leadership which has led foreign commentators to liken him to Mao . 
