China completes largest state leadership transition of last decade (2)

Sun Xianzhong, an NPC deputy and legal scholar who cast ballots at the session, described the leadership change as "steady and transparent."

Analysts say the new leadership, which is now overseeing the world's most populous country and the second-largest economy, is a team that will take China to a higher level of development.

Because they have grass-roots working experience, "they know the national condition from first-hand experience and can feel the people's needs," Sun said.

According to Li, the new leadership is diverse. They come from different political parties with different academic backgrounds. Some of them even have overseas education experience.

Moreover, analysts say the completion of the leadership transition shows that the CPC has made another significant step in achieving the institutionalization and standardization of the transfer of power.

A smooth and stable power transfer is of paramount importance for the long-term prosperity and stability of China, according to them.

The CPC abolished lifetime tenures in the 1980s. The constitution imposes a limit of two consecutive terms for the posts of state president, premier and top legislator, as well as deputy positions within the state, the central government and the NPC Standing Committee.

"In contrast to a power transfer accompanied by social turbulence in some other countries, China has done it with a growing economy and stable society," said Huang Renwei, a historian with the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences.