The document, a summary of the party’s 100-year history, addresses its key achievements and future directions.
It is only the third of its kind since the founding of the party – the first was passed by Mao Zedong in 1945 and the second by Deng Xiaoping in 1981.
The move aims to establish President Xi as an equal to party founder Mao and his successor Deng.
Some observers see the resolution as Mr. Xi’s latest attempt to turn back decades of decentralization by Chinese leaders that began under Deng and continued through other leaders like Jiang Zemin- a sign that China might be moving back to a so-called cult of personality.
