It's official, Xi is China's new leader
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| Beijing
's ruling聽聽unveiled its new leadership line-up on Thursday to steer the world's second-largest economy for the next five years, with Vice President聽聽taking over from outgoing President Hu Jintao as party chief.
Xi was also named head of the party's Central Military Commission, state news agency聽听蝉补颈诲.
The other new members of the聽聽- the innermost circle of power in聽's authoritarian government - include premier-in-waiting Li Keqiang and financial guru聽, who will be in charge of fighting corruption.
The number of members has been reduced to seven from nine, as expected, which should help ease consensus-building as they tackle everything from growing social unrest to uncertainty in the domestic and global economy.
North Korean-trained economist聽聽is expected to head the largely rubber-stamp parliament, while聽听产辞蝉蝉听聽is likely to head parliament's advisory body, according to the order in which their names were announced.
听肠丑颈别蹿听听补苍诲听, a conservative who has kept domestic media on a tight leash, make up the rest of the group.
Xi will take over Hu's state position in March at the annual meeting of parliament, when Li will succeed Premier Wen Jiabao.
However, Guangdong's reform-minded party boss聽聽did not make it to the聽.
Advocates of reform are pressing Xi to cut back the privileges of state-owned firms, make it easier for rural migrants to settle in cities, fix a fiscal system that encourages local governments to live off land expropriations and, above all, tether the powers of a state that they say risks suffocating growth and fanning discontent.
With growing public anger and unrest over everything from corruption to environmental degradation, there may also be cautious efforts to answer calls for more political reform, though nobody seriously expects a move towards full democracy.
The party could introduce experimental measures to broaden inner-party democracy - in other words, encouraging greater debate within the party - but stability remains a top concern and one-party rule will be safeguarded.