Besides the examining of the Party's road map for the country and electing a new Central Committee and its Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the 19th Communist Party of China National Congress concluded with a high-profile amendment to its Constitution that is nothing short of historic.

Historic since it features the all-round inscription of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, the Party's new thinking on governance.

All-round in that it does not simply juxtapose Xi's thought with the CPC's ideological guidelines to date - Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, the Theory of Three Represents, and the Scientific Outlook on Development.