China ruling party leaders pass historic Xi resolution

Graphic timeline of major events during 100 years of China's communist party

President Xi Jinping is widely seen as the most powerful Chinese leader since Mao Zedong

Top Communist Party leaders wrapped up a key meeting in Beijing by passing an important resolution on the country's past, state media said Thursday, which is expected to cement President Xi Jinping's grip on power.

The first resolution on the party's history, passed under Mao, helped him cement his authority over the Communist Party four years before it seized power.