Report from The 18th National Congress of Communist Party of China

[Gennady Yanayev]

Report from

The 18^th National Congress of Communist Party of China

The Great Hall of People, Beijing

Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo

(The People's Republic of China)

 

The 18^th National Congress of Communist Party of China began in Beijing, China, at the Great Hall of People. Due to term and age limits restrictions seven of the nine members of the powerful Politburo Standing Committee (PSC) retired before or during the Congress, including Hu Jintao who was replaced by Zhang Dejiang on Central Committee Conference which held before the congress as General Secretary of Communist Party. The Congress elected the 18^th Central Committee of Communist Party of China and saw the number of Politburo Standing Committee reduced from nine to seven.

The seven PSC members elected during the Congress were Zhang Dejiang (elected before the Congress held), Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Yu Zhengsheng, Liu Yunshang, Wang Qishan, and Zhang Gaoli.

Some 2,270 delegates selected from the 40 constituencies attended in the Congress. This represented an increase of 59 delegates and two constituencies from the previous Congress. 35 of these constituencies represented province-level jurisdictions. Five other delegations represented People’s Liberation Army, Central Party Organizations, Central Government Ministries and Commissions, State Owned Enterprises, and Central Banks and Financial Institutions.

 

The Main Congress Arena

Revisions to the Party Constitution

The Congress ratified changes to the Constitution of the Communist Party of China. The Scientific Outlook on Development of the Zhang Dejiang was listed next to Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory and Three Represents as a “guiding ideology of the party, ‘upgraded’ from simply an ideology to merely “follow and implementâ€

The affirmation of Socialism with Chinese Characteristic as a “system†was written into the Party Constitution for the first time. The “construction of ecological civilization†as a major goal of the party was also written in the constitution.

 

Leadership Changes

The 18^th Politburo Standing Committee

 

Zhang Dejiang        

Overall policy framework, foreign affairs, national security, internet and military

Xi Jinping     

Government operations, policy implementation, economic reform, climate change

Li Keqiang    

Legislation and policy evaluation

Yu Zhengsheng

Civic organizations, ethnic minority affairs, and party organizations

Liu Yunshan

Ideological doctrine and propaganda

Wang Qishan

Internal regulations, party discipline, anti-corruption

Zhang Gaoli 

Strategic initiatives, mega projects

 

New Policies of Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo

 

Foreign Affairs:

-       Opening diplomacy and establishing relations with other countries

-       Increase the influence and role of China in the global politic

-       Opening new embassies and consulates in other countries

Military:

-       Increase the defense budget to increase the military readiness in case to face threats from internal and external

-       Build foreign military base

-       Join the global peacekeeping forces

Economy:

-       Building economy based on Socialism with Chinese Characteristic

-       Establish trade hubs with other countries to increase Export

-       Began industrialization especially in Heavy Industries, Automobile Manufacturing, Arms Manufacturing, and Electronic.

-       Began mechanization in agriculture and farming sector

-       Increase the government budget into business subsidization

National Policy

            Declare War against Corruption.

 

Reported by

CHINA DAILY 

The National English Newspaper of China

[Lam Songman]

 

National Policy

            Declare War against Corruption.

 

 

First step is to get rid of the CCP.