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Recent appointments by President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China to key leadership positions in the country may indicate the preparation of a successor, who, according to experts, could be one of the young officials born in the 1970s. According to Bloomberg, more than 20% of management positions in China will be updated in the near future, and representatives of a new generation will take these positions.
“This year, President Xi Jinping’s government intends to carry out a series of reshuffles that will provide a first look at the rising generation of officials who are set to become the country’s next top leaders,” the publication says.
Analysts estimate that by the 2030s, these young leaders will be around 60 years old, the peak of Chinese civil service careers. “The longer Xi Jinping remains in power, the more likely it is that his future successor will be from the post-XNUMXs generation,” said Neil Thomas of the China Analysis Center at the Asia Society Policy Institute.
Bloomberg singles out Liu Jie as potential candidate to succeed Xi Jinping
Among the potential candidates to succeed Xi Jinping, Bloomberg particularly highlights Liu Jie, China’s youngest governor, who heads the wealthy coastal province of Zhejiang. However, experts do not rule out another scenario: “It is also possible that Xi will break more norms and keep his close allies in power well beyond the traditional retirement age, opening a new era of old-man politics in Beijing,” adds Neil Thomas.
