FILE - A 1988 photo provided by China's Xinhua News Agency shows Communist Party Leader Xi Jinping, right, then secretary of the Ningde Prefecture Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), participates in farm work during his investigation in the countryside. Born in Beijing in 1953, Xi enjoyed a privileged youth as the second son of Xi Zhongxun, a former vice premier and guerrilla commander in the civil war that brought Mao Zedong's communist rebels to power in 1949. At 15, Xi Jinping was sent to rural Shaanxi province in 1969 as part of Mao's campaign to have educated urban young people learn from peasants. (AP Photo/Xinhua, File)

FILE - Chinese President Xi Jinping waves as he attends a gala show ahead of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing on Monday, June 28, 2021. The Chinese president, hosting the 2022 Winter Olympics beleaguered by complaints about human rights abuses, has upended tradition to restore strongman rule in China and tighten Communist Party control over the economy and society. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

FILE - Chinese President Xi Jinping is seen on a screen at a booth promoting winter sports ahead of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics during the China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing, China on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021. The Chinese president, hosting the 2022 Winter Olympics beleaguered by complaints about human rights abuses, has upended tradition to restore strongman rule in China and tighten Communist Party control over the economy and society. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

FILE - Xi Jinping, then Shanghai's Communist Party chief, attends a ceremony to launch the countdown clock for the Shanghai Special Olympic Games in Shanghai, China, on June 24, 2007. The Chinese president, hosting the 2022 Winter Olympics beleaguered by complaints about human rights abuses, has upended tradition to restore strongman rule in China and tighten Communist Party control over the economy and society. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - Chinese President Xi Jinping adjusts wreaths of flowers after he paid respects to the Monument to the People's Heroes during a ceremony to mark Martyr's Day at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021. Xi was dubbed "chairman of everything" after he put himself in charge of economic, propaganda and other major functions. That reversed a consensus for the ruling inner circle to avoid power struggles by sharing decision-making. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

FILE - In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks to residents in the Duancun Village in Fenxi County, northwestern China's Shanxi Province, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. The Chinese president, hosting the 2022 Winter Olympics beleaguered by complaints about human rights abuses, has upended tradition to restore strongman rule in China and tighten Communist Party control over the economy and society. (Yan Yan/Xinhua via AP, File)

FILE - In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping stands on a military jeep as he inspects troops of the People's Liberation Army during a military parade to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the PLA at Zhurihe training base in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Sunday, July 30, 2017. Xi was dubbed "chairman of everything" after he put himself in charge of economic, propaganda and other major functions. That reversed a consensus for the ruling inner circle to avoid power struggles by sharing decision-making. (Li Tao/Xinhua via AP, File)

FILE - In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping visits a resident's home in Fengnanyuan Village in Huozhou city in northwestern China's Shanxi Province, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. The Chinese president, hosting the 2022 Winter Olympics beleaguered by complaints about human rights abuses, has upended tradition to restore strongman rule in China and tighten Communist Party control over the economy and society. (Li Xueren/Xinhua via AP, File)

FILE - An honor guard walks past a poster of Chinese leader Xi Jinping near the entrance to the Forbidden City in Beijing, Sept. 18, 2021. Xi was dubbed "chairman of everything" after he put himself in charge of economic, propaganda and other major functions. That reversed a consensus for the ruling inner circle to avoid power struggles by sharing decision-making. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

FILE - Residents line up at a security checkpoint into the Hotan Bazaar where a screen shows Chinese President Xi Jinping in Hotan in western China's Xinjiang region on Nov. 3, 2017. The Chinese president, hosting a Winter Olympics beleaguered by complaints about human rights abuses, has upended tradition to restore strongman rule in China and tighten Communist Party control over the economy and society. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

FILE - Then newly named members of the Politburo Standing Committee, from left, Zhang Gaoli, Liu Yunshan, Zhang Dejiang, Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Yu Zhengsheng and Wang Qishan stand in Beijing's Great Hall of the People following the end of the 18th Communist Party Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. A second-generation member of the party elite, Xi became general secretary of the party in 2012. He took the ceremonial title of president the next year. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

FILE - Xi Jinping, then Shanghai's Communist Party chief holds the torch for the Special Olympic Games to be held in Shanghai, China, Sept. 29, 2007. The Chinese president, hosting the 2022 Winter Olympics beleaguered by complaints about human rights abuses, has upended tradition to restore strongman rule in China and tighten Communist Party control over the economy and society. (AP Photo, File)

FILE -In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping waves as he arrives at the airport in Nyingchi in western China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Wednesday, July 21, 2021. The Chinese president, hosting a Winter Olympics beleaguered by complaints about human rights abuses, has upended tradition to restore strongman rule in China and tighten Communist Party control over the economy and society. (Li Xueren/Xinhua via AP, File)

FILE - Chinese President Xi Jinping is seen leading other top officials pledging their vows to the party on screen during a gala show ahead of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing, June 28, 2021. Xi was dubbed "chairman of everything" after he put himself in charge of economic, propaganda and other major functions. That reversed a consensus for the ruling inner circle to avoid power struggles by sharing decision-making. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

FILE - Pro-democracy Hong Kong activist Avery Ng, center, holds a book with a cover picture of Chinese President Xi Jinping as he is escorted by Correctional Services officers to a prison van for a court in Hong Kong, Friday, May 28, 2021. The Chinese president, hosting a Winter Olympics beleaguered by complaints about human rights abuses, has upended tradition to restore strongman rule in China and tighten Communist Party control over the economy and society.. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

FILE - In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022. The last time the Olympics came to China, Xi Jinping oversaw the whole endeavor. Now the Games are back, and he is running the entire nation. The Chinese president, hosting a Winter Olympics beleaguered by complaints about human rights abuses, has upended tradition to restore strongman rule in China and tighten Communist Party control over the economy and society. (Yao Dawei/Xinhua via AP, File)