BEIJING (PTI): China's new leader Xi Jinping on Saturday formally took over as the country's Military Chief, presiding over the first meeting of the powerful 11-member Military Commission, the highest body of the country's defence command structure.
Xi, 59, was chosen as the new General Secretary of the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC) and also appointed as the Chairman of the Military Commission on Thursday at the end of the 18th Party Congress.
The 11-member Commission previously had both the outgoing President Hu Jintao and Xi as Chairman and Vice Chairman respectively.
Under the new set up, Xi would be the lone civilian member, heading the Commission while the rest of the 10 members were drawn from the Army, Navy and Air Force of the 2.3 million-strong People's Liberation Army (PLA).
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