Xi Jinping was named head of China’s ruling Communist Party as the Communist Party Congress wrapped up Saturday, ushering in a third term for Xi as China’s leader. Lawmakers abolished presidential term limits in 2018, meaning Xi can remain in power indefinitely. President Xi also announced his top political team, stacked with loyalists. This is Xi Jinping as he introduced his appointees to the press Sunday.

President Xi Jinping: “In the face of new challenges and tests on the new journey, we must be highly vigilant, always maintain the sobriety and prudence to catch up with the examinations, and promote the strict governance of the party across the board without ceasing, so that the century-old party will continue to flourish in its self-revolution and always become the most reliable and strongest backbone of the Chinese people.”

In a dramatic scene Saturday, former President Hu Jintao was abruptly escorted out of the closing ceremony of the Communist Party Congress, a move that some speculated was an assertion of Xi’s dominance. Chinese state media later said it was because the former leader was “not feeling well.”

Despite Xi’s grip on power, protests against his rule have spread in China and beyond, following the display of a protest banner on a busy overpass in Beijing earlier this month. Authorities have censored news of the protest from websites and social media, but the protester’s words have since been scribbled on public restroom doors in China and on posters displayed in universities around the world. They read, in part, “dignity, not lies; reform, not cultural revolution; votes, not dictatorship; citizens, not slaves.”