Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for the promotion of "law-based governance" under the leadership of the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and for concerted efforts to break new ground in advancing the rule of law in China, state media reported.

Why It Matters

The internal workings of Xi's leadership and the CCP are notoriously opaque, but the announcement on the rule of law can be seen to highlight the primacy of two of Xi's core objectives: political stability with him and the party at the center of power and the promotion of his ideology for guiding the country's development.

What To Know

Xi, who is chairman of the CCP, highlighted at a recent party conference "the necessity of safeguarding and promoting social fairness and justice, and comprehensively advancing rule of la

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