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This analysis offers an in-depth profile of Chinese President Xi Jinping, taking stock of his leadership style as well as his past policy record. Its key findings include 1) that Xi is China’s most disciplined and powerful leader in a generation, and faces no visible obstacles to his standing ahead of the 19th Chinese Communist Party Congress; 2) Xi’s influence is most obvious within the party itself, in the way he has centralized power in his office and within Chinese Communist Party departments; and 3) 3) Xi has been a cautious steward of the economy, strengthening the state sector and extending political controls over the country’s thriving private businesses.