Xi Jinping visits Chongqing from April 15 to 17, 2019, accompanied by Chen Miner (2nd from left), who is said to be Xi Jinping’s successor, throughout the visit. (Photo source: CCTV video screenshot)
Recently the sixth round of inspection feedback from the 19th CPC Central Committee was released centrally. The city of Chongqing, where Chen Miner is in charge, received a rare commendation for being in charge of the inspection feedback from Wang Huning’s former top secretary Wu Zaiping. As Chen Miner is rumored to be Xi Jinping’s supposed successor, some analysts say that this may be the authorities’ secret operation to let Chen Miner take over from Wang Huning, the action of the 20th Congress into the normal.
According to official reports, on February 8, the first inspection team of the Central Government gave feedback to the Ministry of Public Security, saying that the Ministry of Public Security was not in place to purge the influence of Zhou Yongkang, Meng Hongwei, Sun Lijun and other remnants of the poison. The central fifth inspection group to the Jiangxi provincial party committee feedback, said, named purge Su Rong bad influence is not thorough enough. The central twelfth inspection group to the Shaanxi provincial party committee feedback, said, purge Zhao Zhengyong poison and bad influence is not thorough enough.
But the central twelfth inspection group to the Chongqing municipal party committee feedback but rare praise said, Chongqing municipal party committee resolutely purge Sun Zhengcai bad influence and Bo Xilai, Wang Lijun flux; Suggestions continue to purge Sun Zhengcai bad influence and Bo Xilai, Wang Lijun flux, adhere to the example of three, do real to the case to promote reform, to the case to promote governance.
According to current affairs commentator Li Yanming analysis, 15 central inspection team to 32 provinces, cities or institutions feedback, named eight big tigers, mostly refers to the purge of residual influence is not enough in place, not thorough enough, the only praise for Chongqing municipal party committee resolutely purge Sun Zhengcai bad influence and Bo Xilai, Wang Lijun poison. This means that Xi Jinping authorities support the Chongqing Municipal Party Secretary Chen Miner.
According to the analysis, the same central twelfth inspection team, to Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee and Chongqing Municipal Party Committee’s feedback is very different. In October 2013, he became the secretary-general of the Central Policy Research Office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the director of the Information Bureau, the first secretary of the current Politburo Standing Committee member Wang Huning, who has long been in charge of the Central Policy Research Office.
During Wang Qishan’s tenure as secretary of the CCDI, Wu Zaiping became the head of the 12th inspection team of the Central Committee starting in October 2015 and has led the 12th inspection team to participate in 11 inspections so far.
The first Time the government of Chongqing was in charge of the Chongqing Municipal Party Committee, it was a rare affirmation that the Chongqing Municipal Party Committee “resolutely purged Sun Zhengcai’s bad influence and Bo Xilai and Wang Lijun’s poison”. The meaning of supporting Chen Miner is obvious, the relevant expression should be adhering to the will of Xi Jinping central.
Chen Miner is Xi Jinping’s old man in Zhejiang, an important member of Xi’s “Zhijiang New Army”, who was a member of the Standing Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial Committee and Minister of Propaganda when Xi Jinping was in charge of Zhejiang from 2002 to 2007. After Xi Jinping came to power at the 18th CPC National Congress, Chen Miner was promoted to deputy secretary, acting governor, governor and provincial party secretary of Guizhou Province, before taking over from Sun Zhengcai as Chongqing municipal party secretary in July 2017 and joining the Politburo at the 19th CPC National Congress. After taking over Chongqing, Chen Miner vigorously purged the remaining party of Bo Xilai and Sun Zhengcai.
On the eve of the 19th CPC National Congress, Chen Miner was one of the top candidates to join the Standing Committee. At that time, it was rumored that Chen Miner, who has a background in propaganda, would replace Liu Yunshan in the Standing Committee and be responsible for the ideological and propaganda work of the CPC, but at the last minute Wang Huning was appointed to the Standing Committee from a dark horse.
Wang Huning, who is currently in charge of propaganda and ideology, is known as the “third-generation state master” and has manipulated the CCP’s ideology all the way to the left, and Xi Jinping’s internal and external difficulties are believed to be related to Wang Huning’s manipulation of Zhongnanhai.
Chen Miner, secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Committee, has been widely rumored to be Xi’s successor, although news of Xi’s indefinite reign has also frequently become a hot topic, and signs that Xi is secretly laying out Chen Miner’s succession are still visible.
Prior to the Fourth Plenary Session in October 2019, Chen Miner visited Singapore in September. A month later, Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Wang Ruijer, who is considered to be Lee Hsien Loong’s successor, came for a return visit. According to official reports, Ong Swee Keat said at the time that he hoped the meeting would pave the way for the next generation of leaders from both countries. Chen Miner responded that through the meeting, he gained a deep understanding of the intentions and cooperation guidelines of the two countries at the top political level. Dovetail, the Communist Party’s major foreign propaganda outlet, also reported the story in a high-profile manner, suggesting that Chen Miner’s succession was highly significant. Some see this as an unorthodox arrangement in line with Xi Jinping’s direction.
According to current affairs commentator Li Yanming, Chen Miner has rarely intervened in the CCP’s inter-party foreign affairs and political line disputes in recent years.
But according to an article by commentator Zheng Zhongyuan, Chen Miner’s succession is highly controversial. Because the Chinese Communist Party may soon collapse in the internal struggle.
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