# abdicating life-long tenure of leading cadres

> Chinese policy created by Deng Xiaoping and abolished by Xi Jinping in 2018

**Wikidata**: [Q50358922](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50358922)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolition_of_the_lifetime_tenure_system_for_leading_cadres)  
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