News Analysis
Since Chinese Premier Li Qiang assumed office last March, the State Council’s function has been reset to serve Chinese leader Xi Jinping as a loyal executor of his will. In the country’s annual Two Sessions this week, not only was the conventional premier’s press conference canceled, but the government work report was drafted directly following Xi’s directive. Furthermore, safeguarding Xi Jinping’s core leadership became the highest principle in the amendment of the State Council Organization Law.
