Beijing, Oct 23 (PTI) China's ruling Communist Party on Thursday reaffirmed the "core" leadership of President Xi Jinping as the head of the party and the powerful military, while backing a major purge of top military officials and endorsing a new 5-year plan for a more resilient domestic market.

The announcement came after the Chinese Communist Party's 370-member-strong key body, called the plenum, met from Monday to Thursday.

It called on the party and country to unite behind Xi as it ended its four-day meeting. The 72-year-old leader is in his unprecedented third term in power, becoming the only Chinese leader after party founder Mao Zedong to do so.

The meeting also endorsed a new 5-year plan to build a more resilient domestic market and achieve greater self-reliance to ward off the

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