In this Oct. 18, 2017 photo, Director of the Central Policy Research Office Wang Huning attends the opening ceremony of China’s 19th Party Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Wang was made a member of the
In this Oct. 18, 2017 photo, Director of the Central Policy Research Office Wang Huning attends the opening ceremony of China’s 19th Party Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Wang was made a member of the Politburo Standing Committee, the inner circle of Chinese political power, and was paraded in front of assembled media, Wednesday Oct. 25, 2017, the day after the close of the 19th Communist Party Congress. President Xi Jinping was also appointed to another five-year term as party leader. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)