Lineup conveys message of cohesion

As the Communist Party of China Central Committee General Secretary Xi Jinping unveiled the six other members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau on Wednesday, after the Party's most important gathering in five years, he also stressed the political orientation of China in what is now defined as a new era.

If the composition of the CPC's top decision-making body is any indication, the latest lineup conveys a message of cohesion, in line with the intraparty unanimity the just-concluded 19th National Congress demonstrated.

So with Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era now the Party's guiding ideology and the CPC rallied firmly around Xi as the core of the leadership, the road map he masterminded and which the 19th National Congress approved, it is anticipated it will be faithfully followed.