Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with CAI Qi, close to the assistant of Chinese President Xi Jinping and a member of the Politburo Permanent Committee in Tianjin on Sunday during his visit to China.
The Ministry of External Affairs said that the Prime Minister shared his vision for bilateral relations with CAI and was looking for his support to realize the vision of both leaders.
“CAI has repeated the desire to expand bilateral exchange and further improve relationships in accordance with consensus achieved between two leaders,” he said.
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In the X post, sharing photos of PM Modi and Cai Qi, spokesman for Mea Randhir Jaiswal wrote: “Building and in line with the meeting of leaders affected bilateral economic, political and people-the exchanges between India and China.”
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Who is Cai Qi, the influential leader of the Chinese Communist Party?
Cai Qi, a member of the Politburo Committee, is the Chief of Staff XI Jinping. He is the first person to hold both positions since the Mao era, and is said to enjoy exceptional trust and authorization of the highest leader of the Communist China.
His role of Chinese No. 5 also makes him the highest official on his body, who is in charge of convening a politbar.
Fujian province of a native, CAI first met Jinping at the age of 80. Today he is considered a similar position as the Chinese Prime Minister No. 2, Li Qiang, thanks to Jinping, who stacked the Supreme Body of the Party of the Loyalist.
People who worked with CAI remembered him as intelligent and accessible. He was remembered as a fruitful social media user with 10 million followers who have pointed out problems such as youth suicide.
But after Jinping became a leader, the online accounts Cai fell silent and his public personality hardened. He was called to Beijing to serve in the Chinese Supreme Commission for National Security.
CAI was soon ejected to the highest decision -making policyro, a rare jump for an official who never served in a much larger central committee, which was usually a prerequisite.
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In 2017, CAI became the head of the Beijing Party, who was in charge of securing the house of the best rulers of the nation. Has gained the rumor of the hard line.
According to the Bloomberg report, after a deadly fire in Beijing, the reflector threw the reflector on its poorer population, Cai promised to “see blood” in a campaign against the illegal apartment of migrants that left thousands of homeless and caused extensive public criticism.
Cai Qi is one of the first officials to publicly refer to Xi Jinping in the same sense as Mao and claims to “piloted the rudder”, which is a phrase previously reserved for Mao.
Steve Tsang, director of the Soas China Institute, said, “Cai’s power comes from enjoying the confidence and sponsorship of XI,” he added.
“Security of the ax man is ultimately a result of maintaining the confidence of the highest leader,” Tsang added.
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