On Sunday, China's top leaders gathered for a big event, the 20th National Congress

of the Communist Party.

It kicked off with a piece of music called the Welcome March.

This meeting happens every five years.

But party officials gather to discuss the future of the party, lay out policies for the

coming years, and most importantly, announce their next leader.

And this year, President Xi Jinping will stay on as party leader for a third term.

Xi's rule has been driven by his vision for China, which our colleague Lingling Wei

says he set out when he took over ten years ago.

Xi Jinping came to power in late 2012 with a lot of promises.

He talked about his China gene.

The China gene concept basically conveys his desire to make China this global superpower,

a superpower that is on par with the United States.

A big part of Xi's China dream was to make the economy stronger and more self-reliant.

And on Sunday, Xi doubled down on those ambitions.

But right now, the Chinese economy is faltering.

Consumer spending is slowing, GDP is falling, and some say Xi's strategy is to blame.

Welcome to the journal, our show about money, business, and power.

I'm Kate Limer, it's Monday, October 17th.

Coming up on the show, what Xi Jinping's China dream has done to the economy.

When Xi Jinping first came to power, how did he approach the economy then?

When he first came to power, he put in place a very ambitious economic reform program

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