Xi- Jinping: A vibrant Reformist of China and Global Leader

Abstract

President Xi Jinping, the current head of the People’s Republic of China and the prominent and General Secretary of one of the powerful Communist Party of the country. He has emerges as a vibrant and proactive reformer and creative statesman who transformed China’s economic, social and political trajectory to new high levels at the global stage. His leadership style is mixture of practicality and implementing ideology of making China powerful at the global arena. The main role in polishing his abilities has been deep rooted in his early exposure into China’s innovative political experience and his academic background alongside his rural related practical experiences. Xi, after assuming power in 2012 has transformed the domestic and foreign policy of China to next levels. He has elevated the stature of China in global environment at the same time he has fought and addressed the challenges of economy, inequality and corruption inside China. The tenure of President Xi in which he took bold and transformative moves thus launched campaigns against corruption, decreasing poverty and economic reforms based on market orientation in which he aimed to modernize the state owned enterprise which will automatically address the problems related to socio-economic disparities. His vision has been highly focused on making "moderately prosperous society" which aims to enhance the rural lives of the country with his dedicated futuristic ideas. He has also focused on creating improved health related infrastructure with modern climate and environmental sustainability. President XI style of leadership consist of central control and prolonged strategies for public planning. He has been heavily criticized of controlling public freedom and their representation. On the international stage he has transformed China a power house through his diplomatic and economic interventions. Some interventions include Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), nurturing connectivity and trade across Asia, Africa, and Europe. His foreign policy is aggressive which focuses on the heavy modernization of China military and his deep interests in South China Sea dispute, this shows President Xi and China ambitions to dominate the and influence the regional and global world. He is focused on perusing the "China Dream" which advocates in creating proper balance modernization and his ideology of socialism while showing his governance model as different framework from the western existing liberal democracies. He has achieved great things for China yet he is facing criticism for his controlling practices, human rights violation concerns and his aggressive political strategies. Despite the criticism he through his unique and revolutionary ideas has transformed China into one of the leading power in the regional and global stage.