WITH POPULAR MANDATE, XI JINPING SPEARHEADS NEW DRIVE TO MODERNIZE THE NATION

About five months after his election as general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, Xi Jinping won his third term as Chinese president at the annual session of the national legislature, which concluded on Monday.

At the first session of the 14th National People's Congress, Xi was also elected chairman of the country's Central Military Commission. Assuming the top posts in the Party, the State and the armed forces, Xi is leading the country of 1.4 billion people on a new journey to modernization.

Wrapping up the session, Xi delivered a closely watched speech to a gathering of nearly 3,000 lawmakers. "The people's trust is my biggest motivation moving forward and is also a weighty responsibility on my shoulders," Xi said.