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Meeting gives China’s Xi a chance to tighten hold on economy

Women wearing traditional costumes wait outside a photography store catering to tourists in Beijing, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. A meeting of the ruling Communist Party to install leaders gives President Xi Jinping, China's most influential figure in decades, a chance to stack the ranks with allies who share his vision of intensifying pervasive control over entrepreneurs and technology development. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Visitors line up at the booth for Chinese tech giant Tencent at a trade fair in Beijing on Sept. 2, 2022. A meeting of the ruling Communist Party to install leaders gives President Xi Jinping, China's most influential figure in decades, a chance to stack the ranks with allies who share his vision of intensifying pervasive control over entrepreneurs and technology development. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) A woman wearing a face mask walks by a sealed shuttered shop lot in Beijing on Oct. 11, 2022. A meeting of the ruling Communist Party to install leaders gives President Xi Jinping, China's most influential figure in decades, a chance to stack the ranks with allies who share his vision of intensifying pervasive control over entrepreneurs and technology development. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) A child holds up a candy at a convenience store in Beijing on Sept. 29, 2022. A meeting of the ruling Communist Party to install leaders gives President Xi Jinping, China's most influential figure in decades, a chance to stack the ranks with allies who share his vision of intensifying pervasive control over entrepreneurs and technology development. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) A worker removes protective plastic wrap from flowers on sale at a market in Beijing, Oct. 11, 2022. A meeting of the ruling Communist Party to install leaders gives President Xi Jinping, China's most influential figure in decades, a chance to stack the ranks with allies who share his vision of intensifying pervasive control over entrepreneurs and technology development. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) A worker stands on an electric lift as he works at a construction site in Beijing, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. A meeting of the ruling Communist Party to install leaders gives President Xi Jinping, China's most influential figure in decades, a chance to stack the ranks with allies who share his vision of intensifying pervasive control over entrepreneurs and technology development. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) People wearing face masks stand in line for COVID-19 tests at a coronavirus testing site in Beijing, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. A meeting of the ruling Communist Party to install leaders gives President Xi Jinping, China's most influential figure in decades, a chance to stack the ranks with allies who share his vision of intensifying pervasive control over entrepreneurs and technology development. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) Chinese President Xi Jinping is seen on a big screen below the slogan "The People's desire for the good life, is the goal of our efforts" at the Museum of the Community Party of China in Beijing, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. A meeting of the ruling Communist Party to install leaders gives President Xi Jinping, China's most influential figure in decades, a chance to stack the ranks with allies who share his vision of intensifying pervasive control over entrepreneurs and technology development. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) People riding scooters and bicycles wait at an intersection in the central business district in Beijing, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. A meeting of the ruling Communist Party to install leaders gives President Xi Jinping, China's most influential figure in decades, a chance to stack the ranks with allies who share his vision of intensifying pervasive control over entrepreneurs and technology development. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) A woman wearing a face mask rides on a cart loaded with construction cements past a barricaded shuttered barbecue restaurant in Beijing on Oct. 10, 2022. A meeting of the ruling Communist Party to install leaders gives President Xi Jinping, China's most influential figure in decades, a chance to stack the ranks with allies who share his vision of intensifying pervasive control over entrepreneurs and technology development. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) Men wearing face masks sit on a bench seat near empty storefronts at a shopping mall in Beijing, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. A meeting of the ruling Communist Party to install leaders gives President Xi Jinping, China's most influential figure in decades, a chance to stack the ranks with allies who share his vision of intensifying pervasive control over entrepreneurs and technology development. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) Visitors pass by the Communists party flags at the Museum of the Community Party of China in Beijing, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. A meeting of the ruling Communist Party to install leaders gives President Xi Jinping, China's most influential figure in decades, a chance to stack the ranks with allies who share his vision of intensifying pervasive control over entrepreneurs and technology development. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) A security guard adjusts his capacity near a decoration promoting the upcoming 20th Party Congress to be held in Beijing, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022. A meeting of the ruling Communist Party to install leaders gives President Xi Jinping, China's most influential figure in decades, a chance to stack the ranks with allies who share his vision of intensifying pervasive control over entrepreneurs and technology development. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Workers for an express delivery company sort packages along a sidewalk in Beijing, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. A meeting of the ruling Communist Party to install leaders gives President Xi Jinping, China's most influential figure in decades, a chance to stack the ranks with allies who share his vision of intensifying pervasive control over entrepreneurs and technology development. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) A worker wearing a face mask sorts through clothes on racks in a clothing store at a shopping mall in Beijing, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. A meeting of the ruling Communist Party to install leaders gives President Xi Jinping, China's most influential figure in decades, a chance to stack the ranks with allies who share his vision of intensifying pervasive control over entrepreneurs and technology development. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) A woman adjusts her hair near a model of the Chinese made C919 passenger jet at a trade fair in Beijing on Sept. 1, 2022. A meeting of the ruling Communist Party to install leaders gives President Xi Jinping, China's most influential figure in decades, a chance to stack the ranks with allies who share his vision of intensifying pervasive control over entrepreneurs and technology development. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) Chinese President Xi Jinping is seen on screen and poster at an exhibition highlighting China's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic at the Museum of the Community Party of China in Beijing, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. A meeting of the ruling Communist Party to install leaders gives President Xi Jinping, China's most influential figure in decades, a chance to stack the ranks with allies who share his vision of intensifying pervasive control over entrepreneurs and technology development. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)