Chinese Communist party elevates Xi’s status in ‘historical resolution’

Analysts say move is designed to put president on same level as Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping

Xi Jinping's grip on power has received a big boost after the ruling Communist party (CCP) passed a rare historical resolution" praising the president's decisive significance" in the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

It is only the third resolution of its kind in the party's 100-year history. The two previous resolutions were passed under Mao Zedong, who led the Communists to power in 1949, and Deng Xiaoping, whose reforms in the 1980s turned China into an economic powerhouse.