Media Type: Policy document
The CCP Politburo holds “collective study sessions” on a semi-regular basis, in which an outside academic or government expert leads a discussion on a selected topic. Such sessions can signal which issues the senior leadership considers to be important. The 21st collective study session of the 20th Central Committee Politburo was held on June 30, 2025, and was presided over by Xi Jinping. Xi delivered a speech emphasizing the need to continue the self-revolution of the Party by further regulating the exercise of power and enforcing strict discipline.
This special action plan issued by the Chinese Communist Party and the State Council outlines 30 actions to boost domestic consumption. These proposals aim to spur and improve the quality of consumption capacity, service consumption, and more to enhance the contributions of domestic consumption to China’s overall economy. The plan prioritizes increasing consumer spending power through pay adjustments and direct employment support while also addressing constraints on consumption. It also calls for leveraging fiscal policy support to supplement public services and expand disposable income, increasing consumption efficiency, and promoting new industries, consumption models and income channels.
The CCP Politburo holds “collective study sessions” on a semi-regular basis, in which an outside academic or government expert leads a discussion on a selected topic. Such sessions can signal which issues the senior leadership considers to be important. The 20th collective study session of the 20th Central Committee Politburo was held on April 25, 2025, and was presided over by Xi Jinping. Xi delivered a speech emphasizing the need for the party to promote innovation in the field of artificial intelligence, while also enhancing self-reliance and striving to set global standards.
The CCP Politburo holds “collective study sessions” on a semi-regular basis, in which an outside academic or government expert leads a discussion on a selected topic. Such sessions can signal which issues the senior leadership considers to be important. The 19th collective study session of the 20th Central Committee Politburo was held on February 28, 2025 and was presided over by Xi Jinping. Xi delivered a speech emphasizing the need to shift China’s public safety governance model from “reactive response” to “proactive prevention,” which entails expanding community-based security forces, and resolving various conflicts at the local level.
Commentator Zhong Xin’s analysis of PLA reform situates national defense within the overall framework of economic and social development. The piece argues that China needs to continue building an integrated national strategy system, especially focusing on defense-industrial production and S&T upgrading.
Zhang Fuhai, a member of the Central Committee for Discipline Inspection, provides an overview of the Party-state’s recent anti-corruption work and outlines strategies to continue countering graft. Emphasizing that the Party has won an “overwhelming victory” against corruption under Xi Jinping’s leadership, Zhang suggests that the next steps will be implementing systemic dis-incentives, maintaining high pressures against misconduct, strengthening investigations, and cultivating a culture of integrity.
The CCP Politburo holds “collective study sessions” on a semi-regular basis, in which an outside academic or government expert leads a discussion on a selected topic. Such sessions are important signals as to what issues the senior leadership finds important. The 18th collective study session of the 20th Central Committee Politburo was held on December 9, 2024 and was presided over by Xi Jinping. Xi delivered a speech emphasizing the need to improve border governance including by supporting economic development in border regions and creating better transportation and commercial linkages between border regions and the rest of China.
This is a set of questions and answers related to the 20th Central Committee’s Third Plenum Resolution in July 2024. Jointly compiled and published by teams at Study Press (学习出版社), a publishing house under the CCP Propaganda Department, and the Party Building Books Publishing Press (党建读物出版社), under the CCP Organization Department, the document is intended to improve understanding and implementation of guiding principles laid out in the plenum. These excerpts, selected by Interpret: China, cover Beijing’s approach to technology upgrading, military reform, supply chain security, soft power projection, and domestic topics such as social stability and demographic change.
The CCP Politburo holds “collective study sessions” on a semi-regular basis, in which an outside academic or government expert leads a discussion on a selected topic. Such sessions are important signals as to what issues the senior leadership finds important. The 16th collective study session of the 20th Central Committee Politburo was held on July 31, 2024 and was presided over by Xi Jinping. At this session, Xi delivered a speech emphasizing the need to improve, strengthen and modernize the sea, air, and border defense systems to achieve China’s modernization and ensure overall national security.
The CCP Politburo holds “collective study sessions” on a semi-regular basis, in which an outside academic or government expert leads a discussion on a selected topic. Such sessions are important signals as to what issues the senior leadership finds important. The 15th collective study session of the 20th Central Committee Politburo was held on June 27, 2024 and was presided over by Xi Jinping. At this session, Xi delivered a speech emphasizing the need to improve and strengthen the Party and its leadership over the government by encouraging Party education and strengthening policy implementation and cadre supervision mechanisms.