On June 18, Xi Jinping led the Politburo Standing Committee and a group of high-level officials to “conserve the party’s secrets” and “never rebel against the party.” (Image source: video screenshot)
[Watch News from China on August 2, 2021]The President of the Communist Party of China, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of ChinaGeneral Secretary Xi JinpingSince he took office, he has continuously centralized power, and has taken over power by abolishing the restriction on the re-election of the president and instilling Xi’s thoughts to control the national ideology. However, some foreign media reports pointed out that although Xi Jinping has been forcibly indoctrinatingParty memberBe absolutely loyal and suppress internal dissent. But such a move will not make party members loyal. On the contrary, it may be counterproductive and bring resentment.
CNN published a long article on July 31 stating that since the founding of the Communist Party of China, the number of party members has continued to increase. By June this year, there were 95 million party members. However, reports say that although Xi Jinping wants party members to be absolutely loyal, he imposes various restrictions and regulations on party members, but it is counterproductive and easily leads to resentment and loss of popular support.
The report pointed out that from January last year to June this year, a total of 4.7 million people joined the Communist Party, of which about 1.9 million were students, equivalent to 40%. Although many people have joined, less than 10% of the 95 million people have official positions.
CNN also interviewed a number of young Chinese Communist Party members. Some people said that they joined the party not because these people particularly want to become party members, but because their family hopes, or they hope this will help their careers. However, after Xi Jinping took power, the censorship of party members has become more and more stringent, and there are more and more requirements for party membership and party membership status, which shows that Xi wants to make those who remain are the most loyal party members.
In addition to attending party lectures and submitting handwritten notes, these party members must also spend time watching the “Learning to Strengthen the Country” app every day, which teaches Xi Jinping’s ideology. Not only that, every few months must write a self-reflection report explaining how they serve the people and improve themselves. Party members must spend a lot of time participating in party-organized activities, compared to only attending a meeting every year 10 years ago. And to pay party dues, now there are indeed many more cumbersome requirements.
In addition, some countries will start to pay attention to the status of party members. For these people, joining the party is not only not helpful for work, but may also become unwelcome people abroad.
These actions by Xi Jinping highlight that he pays more attention to the quality of party members than the number. Since he took power, millions of cadres have been investigated for violation of regulations in the nine years since he took power. Experts believe that Xi’s compulsory inculcation of certain rules on party members can easily cause counter-effects. Party members must spend a few hours a week to study party theory. Not only is it inappropriate, but when the obligation exceeds the benefits, it is also difficult to attract more attention. There are many talents, and that the CCP may have to think about whether it is right to deliberately strengthen the requirements for loyalty.
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