<span style="color: #222222;">China's ruling Communist Party has concluded on Thursday its closely watched annual political meeting known as a sixth plenary session with the passage of a rare resolution reinforcing President Xi Jinping's stature in its political history, as he looks set for an unprecedented third term as country's leader next year.<br />''<br />''Xi is only the third leader to have a historical resolution adopted during his presidency, after Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping in 1945 and 1981 respectively.<br />''<br />''The resolution on the party's "achievements and historical experiences" since its founding 100 years ago was passed at the end of a four-day, closed-door meeting of more than 300 top leaders on its Central Committee, state media reported. </span><br />