On November 16, 2012, China’s state media, the People’s Daily, ran an editorial to hail the Party’s new central leadership which was "elected" on November 15, 2012. The article stated, “The 18th National Congress of the Party unequivocally has demonstrated to the world what banner the Party will uphold, which path the Party will take, what kind of mental state we will have, and towards what goal we will progress, … it has established the scientific concept of development, Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, and the important thinking of "Three Represents" as the guiding ideology of the Party which the Party shall uphold for a long time to come …”
Source: People’s Daily, November 16, 2012
http://opinion.people.com.cn/n/2012/1115/c1003-19594370.html