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 are important signals as to what issues the senior leadership finds important. The seventh collective study session of the 20th Central Committee Politburo was held on July 24, 2023 and was presided over by Xi Jinping. At this session, Xi delivered a speech on the importance of strengthening military governance to ensure better coordination across departments and services and deepen the integration of military and civil strategic efforts and capabilities.
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 sixth collective study session of the 20th Central Committee Politburo was held on June 30, 2023 and was presided over by Xi Jinping. At this session, Xi Jinping delivered a speech that urged Party members to continue adhering to Marxist teachings adapted to China’s national context.
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 fifth study session of the 20th Central Committee Politburo was held on May 29, 2023 and was presided over by CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping. At this session, Xi urged Party cadres to improve the quality and coverage of China’s education ecosystem, in part given its centrality to greater science and technology “self-sufficiency.”
A report to the National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), more commonly referred to as just the “Party Congress,” is arguably the most authoritative document in the Chinese Party-state ecosystem. It is technically the report of the outgoing Central Committee (here, the 18th Central Committee) at the quinquennial gathering of the Party Congress (here, the 19th Party Congress). Delivered by the General Secretary of the CCP (here, Xi Jinping), the report not only provides an official summary of the Party’s work over the past five years, but also outlines the official Party stance on all major policy issues and sets policy priorities for the incoming Central Committee (here, the 19th Central Committee).
The PRC issued the “Anti-Secession Law” during the administration of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) President Chen Shui-bian in Taiwan after the administration undertook actions that Beijing viewed as provocative, such as declaring that there was one country on each side of the Taiwan Strait. The “Anti-Secession Law” reiterated the core elements of Beijing’s Taiwan policy and its red lines—including outlining the circumstances under which Beijing would consider employing “non-peaceful means” to annex Taiwan.
This white paper was released by the PRC State Council’s Taiwan Affairs Office and the State Council Information Office within a week of then-U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan in August 2022. The white paper provides a comprehensive overview of the official PRC position on Taiwan’s status, outlining Beijing’s assessment of the current factors impacting cross-Strait tensions, and a policy pathway for achieving “reunification.” This is the third white paper that the State Council has published on Taiwan, and the first under Xi Jinping’s leadership.
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 fourth study session of the 20th Central Committee Politburo was held on March 30, 2023 and was presided over by Xi Jinping. At this session, Xi Jinping and other Politburo members urged Party cadres to study and implement “Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for the New Era” in all fields of China’s development.
The CCP Politburo holds “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 third study session of the 20th Central Committee Politburo was held on February 21, 2023 and was presided over by Xi Jinping. The session focused on themes related to China’s bid for technological self-reliance and emphasized the need to strengthen basic scientific research.
The CCP Politburo holds “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 second study session of the 20th Central Committee Politburo was held on January 31, 2023, and was presided over by Xi Jinping. The session focused on themes related to China’s economic development, such as dual circulation, economic security and self-reliance, and rural-urban divides.
This 2017 speech by Chen Quanguo, then-serving as the Xinjiang Party Secretary, was delivered to senior officials in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region just after the completion of the 19th Party Congress, and contains Chen’s distillation of the meeting’s key outcomes and messages.