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Jun Mai

All President Xi Jinping’s key speeches in over past five years can be summarised with one message: ensuring the leading role of the Communist Party in all aspects of life, according to his key ally Wang Qishan.
The former anti-corruption chief’s succinct summary of Xi’s speeches – which have featured in hundreds, if not thousands, of publications on the mainland – came as the party enshrined the president’s political thoughts into the party charter and guide to action at last month’s 19th party congress.
The official state publisher this week released an authoritative book elaborating the policy rationale behind Xi’s three and a half-hour speech at the congress, including a chapter written by Wang.
In his article, Wang argued there had been a period in China when an unspecified group of people had been advocating the “indiscriminate” separation of party and government affairs, which had led to the weakening of the party’s leading role.

“Upholding the Communist Party’s leading role is the paramount political principle for contemporary China,” Wang wrote.
“[Xi’s] various keynote speeches all narrow down to one main theme: it is upholding the party’s leading role.”
“[Xi] has clarified some ambiguous ideas, reclaimed some lost territories, and straightened the bent roads,” wrote Wang, who stepped down from the party apex after a reshuffle that concluded last week.
“[Xi] has established the authority of the party’s central leadership, and thoroughly reversed the situation of the party’s leadership role being weakened.”
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Wang, who had reached the informal retirement age of 68, stepped down from the innermost seven-man Politburo Standing Committee amid speculation that he may have tried to stay in power in another capacity during Xi’s second term.
Wang’s article was in line with a new clause added to the party charter last week that stated: “the party, government, military, society, education, north, south, east, west—the party leads everything”.

The separation of powers between the party and the state was once listed as a priority by late leader Deng Xiaoping, when he tried to put public administration back on track in the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution.
“Wang’s statement is an accurate summary of the 19th party congress,” said Chen Daoyin, a Shanghai-based political scientist
“The 19th party congress called for the strengthening of the party’s leadership role in almost every aspect of public life.”
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Beijing’s attempt to assert the party’s influence over state-owned enterprises and foreign corporations has fuelled concerns about state control in the world’s second largest economy despite repeated pledges to introduce market reforms.
“The party is seeking a leadership role in all aspects of life, including in foreign corporations and private business,” Chen said.
“With the powerful network of party members, the party is aiming to improve its rule over the whole country, to achieve its political goals.”


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Chinese President and General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Xi Jinping raises hand to take a vote during the closing ceremony of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. Photo: EPA

(171031) -- SHANGHAI, Oct. 31, 2017 (Xinhua) -- Xi Jinping (C), general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, who is also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, and the other members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee Li Keqiang (3rd R), Li Zhanshu (3rd L), Wang Yang (2nd R), Wang Huning (2nd L), Zhao Leji (1st R) and Han Zheng visit the site where the first CPC National Congress was held in 1921 in Shanghai, east China, Oct. 31, 2017. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)(wsw)

Wang Qishan (front row, second from right), secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and Ministry of Supervision￼, is leaving Great Hall of the People in Beijing at the 19th National Congress of Communist Party of China on 24 October 2017. 24OCT17, SCMP/Simon Song

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Former anti-corruption chief Wang Qishan says ensuring Communist Party plays key role in all aspects of life is central to president’s message


The ‘one simple message’ in Xi Jinping’s five years of epic speeches

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}Former anti-corruption chief Wang Qishan says ensuring Communist Party plays key role in all aspects of life is central to president’s message

Former anti-corruption chief Wang Qishan says ensuring Communist Party plays key role in all aspects of life is central to president’s message