Due to the COVID19 outbreak, security measures for the 2021 Communist Party’s “two sessions” are very strict.
With the Communist Party hosting the “Two Sessions” in early March and the upcoming 100th anniversary of the founding of the Party this year, security measures in Beijing are even more stringent than before. In addition to postal “secondary security checks” and a “moat”, drivers of vehicles involved in transportation services for the “two sessions” must not only be vaccinated against COVID19, but must also pass official Political Vetting.
On December 26, 2020, the Chinese Communist Party officially announced that the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and the fourth session of the National People’s Congress (NPC) would be held on March 4 and March 5, 2021, respectively.
The official website of the State Post Bureau of China announced on February 22 that since the “two sessions” will be held in the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China and the opening year of the 14th Five-Year Plan, it is necessary to ensure that the safety and security of the delivery pipeline will be enhanced.
From February 25 to the closing day of the “two sessions” during the next day, the implementation of 24-hour duty and the supervisor of the shift system. During this period, the Beijing Municipal Postal Administration deployed in the processing center of mail express into Beijing before the full implementation of the delivery of “secondary security check”, no security mark mail express are returned, not transit delivery. If the “secondary security check” found in violation of the receipt of prohibited items, to promptly sort out and report to the relevant postal management departments and transfer the case clues.
The announcement requires postal management departments at all levels to focus on mechanical operations, vehicle traffic, fire and electricity, etc., to do a good job of business outlets, processing centers and other production operations site management and risk and hidden danger investigation work, to prevent production safety accidents. Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Shandong, Liaoning provinces (regions, cities) Postal Administration to strengthen information interoperability and coordination and linkage, and make every effort to build the ring Beijing mail delivery safety “moat” defense line.
According to the official media Beijing Daily, on Feb. 21, Beijing traffic control authorities inspected the vehicles of Beijing Auto Taxi Group at the Asian Games Village motor vehicle testing site, which is responsible for traffic services during the period.
The drivers involved in the transportation services for the Communist Party’s “two sessions” have also been strictly selected and passed political vetting by Beijing authorities, and are basically drivers who have been performing major political activities for years. Each driver has signed a letter of responsibility for transportation safety, and all drivers have had their body temperature taken and been vaccinated against COVID19 since February 4.
The report quoted a driver who has served for many years as saying that the “two sessions” of the Chinese Communist Party are managed in full paramilitary fashion, and that this year in particular, the COVID19 Epidemic prevention work is more stringent, i.e. every vehicle is equipped with epidemic prevention materials.
According to the report, Zhang Junfeng, chairman of BAIC Taxi Group, said that 2021 will be the 44th consecutive Time that the company will provide transportation services for the Communist Party’s “two sessions,” using a total of 469 vehicles.
The Tribune India quoted Orville Schell, former dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley, as saying that the company’s vehicles will be used for a total of 46 vehicles. Professor Orville Schell (Chinese: 夏伟) and other sinologists have commented that the CCP itself still does not feel safe enough as a political party, and this is especially true of its leaders, including Mao Zedong and Xi Jinping.
Similarly, Xi Jinping is even less secure because, unlike Mao and Deng, he does not have grassroots support among the masses, within the Party or in the military, and he needs to consolidate his power institutionally. With his “anti-corruption” campaign and other purges, Xi has made so many political enemies that he can never be sure when, where and how they will conspire against him. Just as political enemies within the Communist Party have turned against Mao in the past (Mao survived an assassination attempt). Xi must therefore always be on guard to eliminate any opposition.
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