NEW DEAL
Xi and the other six newly elected members of the Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau have followed a very tight timetable in their first 100 days of rule.
They made many inspection tours of poverty-hit rural areas, sitting on brick beds, chatting with farmers and learning the real situation.
They convened many efficient, down-to-earth but frugal meetings, and promulgated a series of practical and to-the-point policies and measures.
Their jargon-free speeches have become popular soundbites.
The new CPC leaders also used their public appearances in various occasions -- inspection tours, meetings and speeches -- to deploy political, economic, diplomatic and national defense work, showcasing their ruling principle and concept.
These moves were hailed by media from home and abroad as the "new deal."
Xi has presided over four Political Bureau meetings of the CPC Central Committee in a little over three months, respectively on implementing the spirit of 18th CPC National Congress, on fighting bureaucracy and analyzing the economic work of 2013, on fighting corruption and on optimizing Party membership.
He delivered speeches at three study sessions of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, respectively on developing socialism with Chinese characteristics, on deepening reform with more political courage and wisdom and on sticking to the path of peaceful development.
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