CHINA'S PRESIDENTIAL TERM LIMITS

BEIJING ; China all set to remove presidential term limits.

President Xi Jinping, China's most powerful leader for decades, could stay in office indefinitely after the Communist Party called for the removal of presidential term limits.

Xi, who is the party chief, has been president since 2013 and the 64-year old leader would have to step down in 2023 under the current system.

But the party's Central Committee proposed deleting from the constitution the stipulation that a president-

''Shall serve no more than two consecutive terms'' of five years, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday.

The proposed change, which would also apply to the vice president, will be submitted legislators at the  annual full session of  National People's Congress starting March 5.

President Xi is expected to be given a second term in office during the two-week long session.