The Chinese legislature voted to change a four-decade-old law so it tightens the Communist Party¡¯s grip on the State Council ¡ª China¡¯s Cabinet ¡ª underscoring President Xi Jinping¡¯s drive to give the party control over all the main levers of government.
Some 2,883 delegates to the annual National People¡¯s Congress gathering in Beijing voted in favor of the amendments to the State Council Organic Law on Monday. Eight voted against, and nine abstained.
The changes would emphasize the party¡¯s leadership over the Cabinet and encourage it to follow certain ideologies including Xi Jinping Thought, Li Hongzhong, the vice-chairman of the legislature¡¯s Standing Committee, said earlier.
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