All 31 provincial personnel changes have ended
According to the Beijing Daily, the first plenary meeting of the 13th Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China elected Cai Qi as the secretary of the municipal party committee on the 30th, and Chen Jining and Yin Yong as the deputy secretaries of the municipal party committee. The 13th Party Congress in Beijing, which lasted for three days, came to an end.
After being elected, Cai Qi said that he must follow the direction of Xi Jinping’s guidance, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee, and on the solid foundation laid by the previous municipal committees, with an indomitable fighting attitude and a sense of responsibility of “always rest assured”, he will be in the public service, perform his duties, and do his best. Go to do all the work in the capital well.
Beijing was the last local government to hold a provincial CCP congress. After completing the election in Beijing, from October 2021 to June 2022, the 31 provinces of the CPC will hold party congresses one after another, and all party committee elections will be completed. A total of 119 people have been newly elected to the provincial party committee standing committee. Among them, there are 41 new members of the “post-70s” standing committee. This means that the personnel card battle of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China has kicked off.
Cai Qi is regarded as Xi Jinping’s favorite general and is expected to enter the next Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China. However, Cai Qi mentioned at the Beijing Party Congress on June 27 that the “next five years” will implement a normalized epidemic prevention policy, causing social controversy, and outside speculation may have an impact on his normalization.
The words “next five years” were subsequently deleted, but normalized epidemic prevention seems to be a policy that Xi Jinping’s authorities will continue to adhere to.
The official Xinhua News Agency reported that Xi Jinping said in Wuhan, Hubei Province on June 28 that China should unswervingly adhere to the policy of dynamic clearing. , especially to protect the elderly and children.
The Cyberspace Administration of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China published an article on June 15, stating that “dynamic clearing” is a “big benevolent policy” that “relevant to the overall situation and long-term interests”, and also said that “calculating long-term accounts and calculating life accounts” can stand the test of history.
Hu Ping, honorary editor-in-chief of “Beijing Spring”, predicts that Xi Jinping’s zero-clearing policy will continue until the 20th National Congress in the fall and continue until the 14th National People’s Congress in March next year, that is, Xi Jinping’s third term.
The Shanghai Municipal Party Congress of the Communist Party of China ended on June 27, and the first plenary meeting of the 12th Committee was held on June 28 to conduct general elections. Li Qiang was successfully re-elected as the secretary of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee, and Gong Zheng and Zhuge Yujie were re-elected as the deputy secretary of the Municipal Party Committee.
Li Qiang said at the 12th Party Congress that “the most powerful action is to bravely shoulder the glorious mission entrusted by the general secretary”.
There is speculation that Li Qiang, newly elected secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, as a close associate of Xi Jinping, is most likely to become a permanent member.
According to past practice, since 1989, successive CPC Shanghai CPC secretaries have all become members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee (except for Chen Liangyu who was imprisoned when he was in office), and the recent Shanghai CPC secretaries who have been promoted to Politburo Standing Committee members include Yu Zhengsheng, Xi Jinping and Han Zheng, without exception, directly entered the normal. According to this practice, Li Qiang, the current Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, is also likely to be a permanent member of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. However, due to the controversy caused by the CCP virus epidemic in Shanghai this year, it has added suspense to Li Qiang’s entry into the permanent office.
Li Qiang announced a few days ago that he had won the “Shanghai Anti-epidemic Defense War”, which is considered to have sent a signal to the outside world. If there are no other accidents, he should still be a regular member.
In fact, when the personnel of the local government of the Communist Party of China is changing, the battle for the permanent card position of the provincial officials has already begun.
In his report, Cai Qi called Xi Jinping “a heroic talent, a visionary and a leader”, and described Xi Jinping as “the backbone, the pillar, and the star of the future”.
According to the media, high-level CCP officials have recently used praise words such as “lighthouse”, “compass” and “pillar” to tout Xi Jinping, hoping to enter the new Politburo of the CCP Central Committee.
However, some analysts pointed out that the CCP is currently struggling both internally and externally, and it is quite difficult to maintain it, and it is difficult to say what will happen tomorrow. All calculations made by CCP officials for their “political future” may turn out to be in vain.