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Chinese Communist Party Engages 570 Political Parties in 160 Countries

At the press briefing of the CCP’s Central Committee, the spokesperson from the International Liaison Department, one of the 11 spokespersons from 11 agencies under the party’s Central Committee, showed up to talk to journalists, and confirmed that the CCP has been in contact and cooperation with more than 570 political parties or organizations in 160 countries around the world.

“The communication mechanism between us and political parties among the big powers such as Japan, Russia, India, Vietnam, and Brazil is set. We also signed certain inter-party dialog agreements with the UK, Germany, and France. With Russia, we have Dialogue Mechanism between the Ruling Parties of China and Russia. Not long ago, we invited political parties in Europe to a China-Europe High-Level Political Party Forum. We also held a High-Level Dialog with both parties in the U.S.”

Source: www.china.com.cn, June 30, 2010
http://www.china.com.cn/news/2010-06/30/content_20389220.htm

Briefings | | |   Geo-Strategic Trend

Debut of Chinese Communist Party’s 11 Spokespersons

The International Communication Office of the CCP’s Central Committee shares the same office with the PRC government’s press office or Information Office of the State Council, and its head, Wang Cheng. Quite uncommon in a democratic political system, this is a reality of single-party state.

On June 30, the eve of the 89th anniversary of the CCP, Wang led spokespeople from 11 agencies under the party’s Central Committee into the briefing room packed with domestic and foreign journalists. The agencies represented included: The Commission for Discipline Inspection, the Organization Department, the Propaganda Department, the United Front Work Department, the International Liaison Department, the Taiwan Work Office, the International Communication Office, the Party School, the Party Literature Research Center, the Party History Research Center, and the Archives Bureau. Five out of the 11 took questions from journalists.

Source: Xinhua, June 30, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/2010-06/30/c_12282719.htm

Briefings | | |   Government/Politics

Wang Anshun: Organize the Masses to Patrol Beijing 24 Hours a Day

On June 23, 2010, www.people.com.cn published an article by Wang Anshun regarding “mass prevention and mass control work” in Beijing. This means organizing residents to guard and patrol Beijing so as to guarantee social stability in Beijing. Wang is Deputy Secretary of the Beijing Municipal CPC Committee and Secretary of the Beijing Politics and Law Committee.

According to Wang, Beijing has built up a “mass prevention and mass control” network covering the whole city. During the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2009 National Day period, over one million people were mobilized to guard and patrol the bus stops, busy areas, village entrances, road junctions, bridges, and roads, etc. Wang said that members of the “mass prevention and mass control” teams must be registered with their real names to ensure that each job is watched, controlled and done. The city must be patrolled 24 hours a day.

Source: www.people.com.cn, June 23, 2010
http://theory.people.com.cn/GB/11943078.html

Briefings | | |   Social Stability

State Owned Companies Growing China’s Soft Power Overseas

A forum on expanding the Party’s propaganda in other countries was held jointly by the Party’s Propaganda Department and the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council.

At the forum, staff from several State owned companies spoke about their achievements and lessons learned when spreading propaganda overseas while doing business.

Staff from the China Ocean Shipping (Group) Corporation, China State Construction Engineering Corporation, China Nonferrous Metal Mining Group Co., Ltd., and Hisense Group Co., Ltd. shared their experiences.

Liu Yunshan, Politburo member and Minister of the Party’s Propaganda Department delivered a speech at the forum.

Source: Xinhua, June 23, 2010
http://big5.xinhuanet.com/gate/big5/news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2010-06/23/c_12253762.htm

Briefings | | |   Geo-Strategic Trend

180,000 Chinese Died in the Korean War

According to Xu Yan, professor at the National Defense University, over 110,000 Chinese soldiers were killed in the Korean War, between 1950 and 1953. When deaths from injuries and deaths for other reasons were included , the total casualty figures reached 183,108. The statistics are based on data collected by the Korean War Memorial Society of Dandong City, Liaoning Province.

Source: People’s Daily, June 27, 2010
http://society.people.com.cn/GB/86800/11980044.html

Briefings | | |   Defense/Military

On the Role of the Party’s School

Li Jingtian, Executive Vice President of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee’s Party School, discussed the role of the Party School.

“The Party School of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee is the principal institution that trains Communist leaders and theorists. It is a vital department that is under the direction of the CCP Central Committee. It is the conduit for the senior and intermediate cadres when trained for rotations. Furthermore,  it is is the Party‘s research institution of philosophy and social sciences.”

Mao Tsedong and Liu Shaoqi once served as presidents of the Party School. Hu Jintao was the president from 1993 to 2002. The current president is Xi Jinping, standing member of the Politburo and China’s Vice President

Source: Xinhua, June 29, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/video/2010-06/29/content_13770462.htm

Briefings | | |   Government/Politics

Defense Minister: Improve China’s National Defense Mobilization Capability

Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglei stressed that China should adhere to the strategic direction of combining development for military and civilian use and strengthen national defense mobilization and emergency response capabilities. Liang made this statement after visiting several enterprises and inspecting the national defense mobilization work in a few cities in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

Source: People’s Daily, June 26, 2010
http://cpc.people.com.cn/GB/64093/64094/11978520.html

Briefings | | |   Defense/Military

CCP Expanding Its Organizational Presence in Enterprises and Communities

The Party organization has covered all basic residential units, urban and rural, as well as 98% of state-owned enterprises and institutions, according to Wang Qinfeng, the Deputy Minister of the Central Organization Department (COD) of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Wang made this statement on June 28 at the COD’s party statistic news press conference. The party organization in non-publicly owned enterprises has also grown 1.3% over last year. By the end of 2009, the party organization and labor union had achieved full coverage of the legal and CPA professions, the two primarily targeted industries.

Source: Xinhua, June 28, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/video/2010-06/28/content_13762430.htm

Briefings | | |   Government/Politics