Xi Jinping declared China president for a historic third term

INA-sources
 
Xi Jinping was handed an unprecedented third five-year term as Chinese president on Friday (Mar 10), capping a rise that has seen him become the country's most powerful leader in generations.
 
Nearly 3,000 members of China's parliament, the National People's Congress (NPC), voted unanimously in the Great Hall of the People for Xi to be president in an election where there was no other candidate.
 
Xi, 69, also received unanimous votes for a third term as chairman of the country's Central Military Commission.
 
After his re-election, Xi held up his right fist and placed his left hand on a red leather copy of China's constitution.
 
"I swear to be loyal to the constitution of the People's Republic of China, to uphold the authority of the constitution, to perform my statutory obligations, to be loyal to the motherland, to be loyal to the people," he said, promising to fulfil his duties with honesty and hard work.
 
In the oath - beamed live on state television across the nation - he vowed to "build a prosperous, strong, democratic, civilized, harmonious and great modern socialist country".
 
Source: CAN