![XI–LI CONSOLIDATION](https://cisp.cachefly.net/assets/articles/images/resized/0000716225_resized_enpicxijinpingandlikeqiangbloomberg0320181022.jpg)
China Premier Li Keqiang, right, shakes hands with Xi Jinping, China’s President, following Parliament’s approval of Li's appointment for a second five-year term during the first session of the thirteenth National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, China, on March 18. Li was appointed for a second term as Premier, while Xi was reappointed President following a constitutional amendment lifting Presidential term limits.