Election of Party's leadership follows a new process

Xi Jinping was re-elected general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Wednesday by a unanimous vote at the first plenum of the new Central Committee elected at the Party's twice a-decade national congress. The plenum also elected the members of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee and its Standing Committee.

Based on the nomination of the Political Bureau Standing Committee, it endorsed members of the Secretariat of the Central Committee, and decided on members of the Central Military Commission.

It also approved the election of the secretary, deputy secretaries and members of the Standing Committee of the 19th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.