The President
Xi Jinping is, since 2013, the President of the Peoples Republic of China, as well as the General Secretary of the Communist Party.
Childhood
He was born June 1953 in Beijing.
Xi Zhongxun
His father Xi Zhongxun, served as China's deputy prime minister and was an early ally of Mao Zedong.
Facing Jail
His father often didn't agree with the government, which made him face persecution and jail during the Cultural Revolution and then received rehabilitation in the 1970s.
In 1962 Mao sent him to work at a factory.
University
He graduated in Chemical Engineering from the Tsinghua University.
Peng Liyuan
His wife, Peng Liyuan, is a famous Chinese folk singer.
Ph.D.
Xi Jinping is the only Chinese President to have a Ph.D. and one of the only Chinese leaders who is educated in humanities.
After he graduated from chemical engineering he did a Master in Marxist theory and ideological education at Tsinghua Humanities Institute.
Xi Mingze
He has a 22-year-old daughter, which studied at Harvard and graduated with a degree in Psychology and English.
While she was at Harvard, she didn't want to be recognized so she studied under a fake name.
Olympic Summer Games
He was in charge of the preparations of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games.
Hollywood Lover
He loves Hollywood movies, such as "Saving Private Ryan" and "The Departed".
Hard Working
Xi never whines.
Although he states that he spends all his private time on his work, he does never complain.
Big Family
Xi Jinping has four brothers and two sisters.
Two Child Policy
January 2016, he abolished one-child-policy and started to adopt the two-child-policy.
Against Corruption
One of his high priorities after coming to power was to crack down on corruption.
He made himself a controversial person and is known by the slogan: Loved by many, hated by some.
WEF
In 2017 Jinping became the first Chinese President to attend the ‘World Economic Forum’ held in Switzerland.
No Western Influence
His administration imposed an extreme clampdown on western influence. Internet restriction was also imposed with a three-year prison term for those who shared more than 500 times a content considered defamatory.
In matter to save his population from bad western influence.
The Chinese Dream
When he travelled around the country to give a speech, he continuously talked about the "Chinese Dream" of a strong military, better education for everybody, stable job, better income, social security and medical care of high standard.
With this speech, he gained the trust of his whole nation.
Reforms
In November of 2013, he introduced reforms in economic and social policy.
Humble Spirit
Xi is known as a very humble person.
He was once seen at Beijing eatery queuing-up for a simple lunch and he even though they wanted to offer him his food, he insisted to pay.