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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

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

On June 20, 2010, the Minister of China’s Propaganda Department, Liu Yunsan, sent a congratulatory letter to the opening ceremony for the creation of People’s Net Company Limited and the online opening of “People’s Search (www.goso.cn)” test version. Liu said, “…People’s Daily Group…has become the major platform for transmitting the Party’s voice and expanding the field of mainstream opinion. The creation of People’s Net Company Limited signals significant progress for People’s Net’s transformation into an enterprise entity. The online opening of “People’s Search” test version demonstrates the technical advance of People’s Net. This will play an important role in leading the innovation of major central government news networks and the development of the whole Internet’s propaganda work.” “Wish People’s Net … will become a world famous website publishing in multiple languages. It will be a grand and globalizing media, having full coverage; it will firmly control the direction of public opinion; and continuously fortify and expand the field of mainstream opinion on the Internet.”

Source: Xinhua, June 20, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2010-06/20/c_12240008.htm

On June 12, 2010, the politburo of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee held its 21st group study on the issue of strengthening the CCP’s grass roots development. Hu Jintao hosted the meeting and emphasized the importance of Party organization at the grass roots level. He said that the more complicated and labile the international climate becomes, and the deeper the changes happening in domestic society, the more important the grass roots Party organization will be. Wu Jieming, professor from China National Defense University, and Gao Yongzhong, researcher from the Institute of Party Construction of the Central Organization Department, also gave lectures at the meeting.

Source: Huanqiu, June 22, 2010
http://china.huanqiu.com/roll/2010-06/875831.html

China’s State Administration of Radio, Film And Television published an article in the Party’s journal Qiushi to underscore the significance of the Party’s control of media. The article states that reining in the media is a major issue that warrants urgent attention. “First, we should control the media according to the law, and (we should) further standardize and institutionalize the mechanism of control.” The Party’s Charter should guide control of the media, and govern the relationship between the Party and media. The article also urged that a law be passed to “regulate the conduct of the media,” so that the Party organizations at all level can follow and implement it.

Source: Qiushi, June 11, 2010
http://www.qstheory.cn/hqwg/2010/201011/201006/t20100611_32983.htm

Expanding the Communist Party branches or subsidiaries to the non-state sector of Chinese society has become one of the focal efforts of the Party ever since the fourth session of 17th National Congress in 2009. One example is the mid-sized Nanchong City in central China’s Sichuan Province.