Xi Jinping (pinyin: Xí Jìnpíng; pengucapan [ɕǐ tɕînpʰǐŋ], lahir 15 Juni 1953; umur 62 tahun) adalah Sekretaris Jenderal Partai Komunis, Presiden, dan Kepala Komisi Militer Sentral Republik Rakyat Tiongkok. Ia juga menjadi Sekretaris Jenderal Komite Tetap Politburo PKT. Pada 15 November 2012, setelah sebuah pemungutan suara dalam pertemuan parlemen di Beijing, ia terpilih sebagai Sekretaris Jenderal Partai Komunis Tiongkok. Jinping adalah putra dari veteran komunis Xi Zhongxun (1913–2002), dan mengawali sebagian besar karier politiknya di provinsi Fujian. Ia kemudian diangkat sebagai ketua partai di provinsi tetangga, Zhejiang, dan selanjutnya juga diangkat sebagai ketua partai di Shanghai setelah pemecatan Chen Liangyu. Jinping dikenal karena sikap kerasnya terhadap korupsi dan keterbukaannya mengenai reformasi politik dan ekonomi pasar di RRT. Posisinya di kancah perpolitikan Cina membuatnya menjadi penerus kelima, menggantikan Hu Jintao, sebagai Sekretaris Jenderal dan pemimpin tertinggi dari Partai Komunis Tiongkok. Xi Jinping menyatakan bahwa kepemimpinannya ini akan digunakannya untuk memajukan kembali perekonomian Republik Rakyat Tiongkok, bersama dengan enam anggota papan atas partai lainnya, termasuk anggota baru Li Keqiang dan Wang Qishan. Tujuh anggota kelompok "Komite Tetap Politburo" dan beberapa organisasi lainnya memprediksikan bahwa di bawah kepemimpinannya, Cina akan kurang progresif.
Xi Jinping (pronounced [ɕǐ tɕînpʰǐŋ], Chinese: 习近平; born 15 June 1953) is the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, the President of the People's Republic of China, and the Chairman of the Central Military Commission. As Xi holds the top offices of the Party and the Military, in addition to being the Head of State through the Office of the President, Xi is sometimes referred to as China's "Paramount Leader". As the General Secretary, Xi is also an ex-officio member of the Politburo Standing Committee, China's top decision-making body. The son of Communist veteran Xi Zhongxun, Xi Jinping rose through the ranks politically in China's coastal provinces. Xi served as the Governor of Fujian, from 1999 to 2002, and then as the Governor and the Party Secretary of the neighboring Zhejiang, from 2002 to 2007. Following the dismissal of Chen Liangyu, Xi transferred to Shanghai as the Party Secretary for a brief period in 2007. Xi joined the Politburo standing committee and central secretariat in October 2007, and was Hu Jintao's successor. Xi served as vice-president, from 2008 to 2013. Xi has attempted to legitimize the authority of the Communist Party, by introducing far-ranging measures to enforce party discipline and to ensure internal unity, as well as initiating an unprecedented and far-reaching campaign against corruption. Xi's anti-corruption campaign has led to high-profile arrests such as General Xu Caihou. Xi has also imposed further restrictions over ideological discourse, advocating the concept of "internet sovereignty".
Considered the primary figure of the People's Republic's fifth generation of leadership, Xi has significantly centralized institutional power by taking on a wide range of leadership positions, including chairing the newly formed National Security Commission, as well as new steering committees on economic and social reforms, military reform, and the Internet. Xi has called for further market economic reforms, for governing according to the law and for strengthening legal institutions, with an emphasis on individual and national aspirations under the neologism "Chinese Dream". Xi has also championed a more assertive foreign policy, particularly in relation to Sino-Japanese relations, China's claims to the bulk of the South China Sea, involvement in Asian regional affairs, and initiatives related to energy and natural resources.
