China's Reform Process: Xi's Personal Guidance and Global Impact

Chinese state media has emphasized President Xi Jinping's central role in China's reform process, highlighting his leadership in the overall design, coordination, supervision, and implementation of reforms. Xi personally oversaw the drafting process of a document on reforms in 2013, which set out specific tasks and measures for comprehensively deepening reform and advancing the modernization of the national governance system. The report also noted Xi's major theoretical breakthrough in calling for the market to play a decisive role in resource allocation. Xi's leadership in steering reform and opening up has been described as crucial for the success of China's future and the destiny of the Communist Party and the country.