Xi Jinping faction
Xi Jinping faction 习近平派系 | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Xi Jinping |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Headquarters | Beijing and Hangzhou |
| Ideology | Xi Jinping Thought |
The Xi Jinping faction (Chinese: 习近平派系), also been referred to as Xi Clan (simplified Chinese: 习家军; traditional Chinese: 習家軍; pinyin: Xí Jiājūn), is a term used by observers to represent political figures in the Chinese Communist Party who are closely related to CCP general secretary Xi Jinping. Those who held important provincial and local posts during Xi Jinping's term as Party Secretary of Zhejiang are known as the New Zhijiang Army (simplified Chinese: 之江新军; traditional Chinese: 之江新軍; pinyin: Zhījiāng Xīnjūn), while those affiliated to him through Fujian are known as the Fujian clique.