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By mid 2012, over 40,000 division chiefs will have been through the Party’s training to become the future backbones of the Party. From July to October 2010, middle-aged and young Party cadres completed four sessions. Most of the trainees were born in the 1960s and 70s. The training campaign started in March 2009, and over 12,000 have been trained by the Party so far. The courses place a priority on glorifying the Party’s traditions and history. For example, on September 11, 2010, 112 division chiefs wore uniforms and hats of the old Red Army and walked part of the path that the Red Army once traveled.

Source: Xinhua, November 29, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2010-11/29/c_12826014.htm

According to Xinhua, on November 25, 2010, China published "Regulations on the Registration of Foreign Companies’ Representative Offices (as opposed to subsidiaries) in China." The regulations, which go into effect March 1, 2011, include rules on registration, establishment, cancellation of registration, and legal responsibilities of the representative offices of foreign companies. According to the regulations, such representative offices may only conduct non-business activities, including market surveys, product display and promotion, and liaising on behalf of their parent companies on product sales, customer service, and procurement and investment in China. The regulations also apply to the representative offices that companies from Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan set up in Mainland China.
 
The representative offices must not conduct activities that endanger China’s state security or social benefits. Offices violating the rules face up to a 500,000 yuan fine.

Source: Xinhua, November 26, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/2010-11/26/c_12817789.htm

People’s Daily recently published an article by Jiang Jianguo, Deputy Director of the General Administration of Press and Publications (GAPP). The article called for culture system reform in order to increase the nation’s soft power, which should match China’s current economic and international status. The author pointed out that the U.S. commands 43% of the world’s “culture market.” The E.U. holds 34%. The Asia-Pacific region only holds 19% (Japan 10%, Korea 5%, China and the other nations 4%). It is believed that China’s international influence is very weak. The article suggests establishing a strategy to use culture to improve China’s “cultural soft power.” The article identified the key principle as “ensuring the Party tightly maintains control over the culture industry.”

Source: People’s Daily Online, November 22, 2010
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/30178/13279140.html

People’s Daily Online published an article on November 26, 2010, reporting that, on November 25, 2010, the Organization Department of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee and Ministry of Justice announced that the Chinese Communist Party had achieved 100% coverage of all of the law firms in China. 

By June 2009, 3,895 of the 14,741 law firms in China had their own Party branches (26%) and 8105 law firms had joint Party branches (55%). Regarding the law firms without any Party members (19%), political instructors and coordinators had been assigned to build up the Party’s presence in each of them.

Source: People’s Daily Online, November 22, 2010
http://qh.people.com.cn/GB/182778/13326203.html

Study Times published a article on the topic of Chinese citizen’s tax burden: "During recent years, tax revenues have drastically increased, growing faster than the GDP. Further, the GDP has grown faster than residents’ income from wages and salaries. This shows that, by distributing the nation’s wealth, the state’s share of that wealth has been increasing through its leveraging of the taxing mechanism."

Source: Study Times, November 22, 2010
http://www.studytimes.com.cn:9999/epaper/xxsb/html/2010/11/22/12/12_40.htm

A recent Study Times article summarizes lessons that state-owned companies should learn from the financial crisis, highlighting the role of state control:
 
1. The State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC) must fulfill its obligations as regulator.
2. SASAC must lead and dominate during the election of the board of directors.
3. SASAC must further research and improve board governance and the evaluation of board members.
4. SASAC should further clarify the criteria used in appointing board members.
5. SASAC should balance between the political core role of the Party and modern corporate governance.
6. SASAC should strengthen the training and quality of board members.

Source: Study Times, November 15, 2020
http://www.studytimes.com.cn:9999/epaper/xxsb/html/2010/11/15/08/08_62.htm

Politburo Standing Member Zhou Yongkang urged lawyers to follow the Party line. He made a speech at a national conference of lawyers in Beijing on November 22, 2010, emphasizing that [lawyers] should diligently study recent Party directives for lawyers. "[Lawyers] must uphold the legal system of Chinese style socialism, … uphold the Party’s leadership over lawyers actions, deepen education in the socialist rule by law, and ensure that lawyers follow the socialist direction."

Source: Xinhua, November 22, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2010-11/22/c_13617186.htm

According to Xinhua, on November 12, 2010, Liu Yunshan, the Director of the Propaganda Department of the Communist Party’s Central Committee, examined the news coverage work that the Asian Games’ main media center and the news propaganda command center had done.

Liu stressed the need to make an effort to create an atmosphere that fosters good public opinion, “a Passionate Grand Games, and a Harmonious Asia”.

Source: Xinhua, November 17, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2010-11/12/c_12768461.htm