Top CCP officials collectively report to the central government and Xi Jinping during a sensitive period before the two sessions.
During a sensitive period before the two sessions, the top officials of the Communist Party of China (CPC) collectively reported to the central government and Xi Jinping, raising concerns. Some analysts say this further highlights Xi’s political authority and consolidates his position as the “leader” of the CCP.
According to a Feb. 28 report in the Communist Party media, according to the relevant regulations, members of the Communist Party’s Politburo, secretaries of the Secretariat, and party secretaries of the State Council, the National People’s Congress, the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the Supreme Court and the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office report to the central government and Xi Jinping in writing every year.
The report said that recently, the people concerned have reported to Xi Jinping as required.
On March 1, Hong Kong‘s Sing Tao Daily published an article that said that including members of the CCP’s Politburo and the secretary of the Central Secretariat are required to report to Xi Jinping. This shows the expanding number of debriefers within the CCP party, further underscoring Xi’s authority and consolidating his position as leader.
According to observers, such written debriefings reveal that Xi Jinping has become a direct competitor to Mao Zedong, and that Xi’s “forcible control” by centralizing power has made all senior Party officials ostensibly subservient, according to the French broadcaster. Xi has told senior officials Time and again to do “two safeguards”. This is to create conditions for his smooth re-election to the 20th National Congress next year.
According to the CPC constitution, the general secretary is responsible for convening meetings of the Politburo and the Standing Committee of the Politburo, and presiding over the Central Secretariat. But according to the 19th National Congress, all top CCP officials, including members of the Standing Committee, will be required to make annual “written reports” to Xi, in addition to him.
The written report to Xi by members of the Central Political Bureau is said to be the first of its kind since Xi’s presidency, and is usually timed to coincide with the sensitive period just before the “two sessions.
The decision of the 19th Communist Party Congress is a subversive one, as the so-called collective leadership and decision-making system of the Deng Xiaoping era no longer exists in its superficial form, and the Standing Committee, Politburo members, secretaries of the Secretariat, and all heads of the “five major organs” are required to write written reports, said the newspaper.
The newspaper said that the content of the “written report” is often secret, but from the Xinhua News Agency published a circular, it can be seen that these top party and state officials, the past year, a comprehensive summary of thought and work to write a report. The report summarizes the experience, analyzes the problems and shortcomings, and puts forward the direction of next efforts around the overall situation.
That is, to report to the top leaders what they have done this year, how your state of mind, analysis of your shortcomings, that is, to carry out criticism and self-criticism, and then listen to Xi Jinping comments.
The newspaper reported that the most important thing that the top of the Communist Party of China “written report” to Xi is “two maintenance”: “resolutely maintain Xi Jinping and the core of the Party Central Committee, the core of the Party, resolutely maintain the central authority and centralized unified leadership.
Analysts say that this is to absolutely unify the mind, to prevent the situation from getting out of control.
It is said that when Xi Jinping first came to power, only five major state organs, including the State Council, were required to report their work to the Politburo Standing Committee; after the 19th National Congress, all Politburo members were further required to report to him annually. Now, the number of reporting members has been expanded to include all party leaders, allowing Xi to keep a firm grip on their every move.
A review of the data shows that members of the CPC Central Committee’s Politburo first reported in writing to the Party Central Committee and Xi Jinping in March 2018, which the party media reported at the time was an important institutional arrangement to strengthen and maintain the centralized and unified leadership of the CPC Central Committee since the 19th National Congress.
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