[Epoch Times, July 16, 2021]A few days ago, the official website of the Communist Party of China rarely published a press release of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s anger at the executive meeting of the State Council. According to reports, the incident that angered Li Keqiang was that the CCP discovered major “discipline and law violations” such as illegal reselling of bulk commodities and tax evasion during the audit process. Li Keqiang angrily shouted “Catch it should be caught.” There are voices from outside that this is a “show” by the CCP to buy people’s hearts, and it is due to the internal struggle of the CCP’s top level.
On July 15, the Chinese government website reported that on July 14, Li Keqiang presided over an executive meeting of the State Council to deploy the central budget implementation and other fiscal revenue and expenditure audits to rectify problems.
According to the report, in the audit of the implementation of the central budget and fiscal revenues and expenditures, clues to major illegal issues such as reselling bulk commodities and evading taxes have been discovered. When Li Keqiang talked about the situation at the meeting, he said that “the plot is very bad”, and slapped the table angrily at the meeting, saying that a special investigation team should be set up. “No matter what unit or level is involved, it must be investigated to the end.”
Regarding the official media report that Li Keqiang furiously slapped the table at the meeting and said cruel words, an interpretation of the outside world is that this is a way for the CCP to buy people’s hearts.
Qin Peng, a current political commentator, questioned that some people reselled bulk commodities and evaded taxes, causing major problems in public funds. So, who is the suspect? The CCP has always kept a close eye on the issue of public funds. Why did it suddenly reveal this news?
Current affairs commentator Tang Jingyuan analyzed that bulk commodities are products or raw materials that have large supply and demand, unified national price limits, and affect the national economy and people’s livelihood. Those who can resell these things are not ordinary people, either with a considerable power background or a considerable red background. The official report of this news was because Li Keqiang asked the State Council to set up an investigation team to investigate it himself, not the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of Xi Jinping’s system. Li Keqiang is responsible for a big problem in his field. Of course, he has to be responsible, and he has to express his position, otherwise the board will hit him.
Outsiders have always analyzed that Li Keqiang’s role at the top of the Chinese Communist Party has been significantly weakened, and that Li Keqiang has been different from Xi Jinping on many occasions. Therefore, the rare official announcement of Li Keqiang’s anger this time is particularly noticeable.
Tang Jingyuan believes that Li Keqiang’s remarks are only expressing his anger. In fact, it really involves high-level officials. In many cases, he is helpless because the CCP is a systemic corruption. If a high-level person is moved, a group of people may be involved.
However, Tang Jingyuan pointed out that compared with the government website, the relevant reports of the party media “People’s Daily Online” are very low-key. The title only says “Li Keqiang convenes an executive meeting of the State Council.” Therefore, there is no internal fighting factor behind this.
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