Potential next act for trusted Xi adviser

By Deborah Lehr, as featured on Axios

At last month's party congress, President Xi Jinping announced his new Politburo Standing Committee — China's seven most powerful men. Now attention has turned to the government appointments coming at the National People's Congress in March.

Many were surprised to hear that Wang Qishan, head of the anti-corruption campaign and a trusted adviser to Xi, would retire from the standing committee. The campaign remains a priority for Xi going into his second term, so there was a chance that Wang would continue at its helm.