On February 26, 2010, the thirteenth meeting of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People’s Congress passed the National Defense Mobilization Act. The Act provides for national defense mobilization leadership structure, reserve personnel enlistment, strategic materials deployment, and war disaster prevention and relief. According to the legislation, the National Defense Mobilization Act should link up with the Emergency Contingency plan in terms of command, man power, information, and logistics.
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CCP Implementing Quality Assurance Certification in Grass-Roots Party Branches
Ninyang County in Shandong Province has in place a quality assurance certification process for its party branches. As of end of 2009, 983 of the 1,486 party branches in the county received AAA certifications. Certification covers five areas: organizational structure, institutionalization of implementing party directives and duties, membership build-up and records keeping. The process includes self-inspection, application for certification, review by higher party organizations and final scoring. The total score is 1,000. 800 or above is certified AAA, 750 to 800 AA, and 700 to 750 A. No certification is given for any below 700.
Source: Xinhua, February 19, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2010-02/19/content_13006832.htm
MII Publishing Website Registration Information Validation Work Plan
The Ministry of Industry and Information (MII) has issued a directive to all local communications administration offices in China to accelerate efforts to fortify website registration information. The plan claims that companies and individuals may register websites.
Any individual, who is a future website owner, has to provide an original copy of his identification card, or his household register, military officer card, Taiwan compatriot travel certificate, or foreign passport as an alternative. The individual owner will also be photographed and his photo kept on record.
MII claimed the goal is to control the online pornography industry. VOA reported that human rights activists see it as political tightening to restrict website owners from criticizing the government.
Sources:
1. China News Service, February 23, 2010
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/it/it-itxw/news/2010/02-23/2132878.shtml
2. Voice of America, February 24, 2010
http://www1.voanews.com/chinese/news/china/CHINATIGHTENSINTERNETCONTROL-20100224-85190912.html
China Will Continue Its Loose Monetary Policy
The Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held a meeting to review the State Council’s “Report On the Work of the Government.”
The report outlined the economic direction for 2010, which calls for continuing to implement the proactive fiscal policy and moderate, loose monetary policy in an effort to maintain the continuity and stability of the government policies.
On one hand, the government should keep up enough policy efforts to consolidate the good momentum of economic recovery, but on the other hand, it should also speed up the adjustment of the economic structure and promote the transition mode of economic development.
Source: Xinhua, February 22, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2010-02/22/content_13026203.htm
Qiushi: Corruption is the Enemy of the Ruling Party in Times of Peace
As the official periodical of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee, Qiushi is the Chinese Communist Party’s core publication. In a recent issue of Qiushi, the article “On Alert for Dangers in Peaceful Times: The Key is Anti-corruption” underscores fighting against corruption:
Party Directive: Party to Focus on Establishing Study Groups
The General office of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party has issued a new directive on Party growth. “Study-oriented Party organizations are the foundation of a Marxist-study Party,” it says. The Party organizations are called upon “to conduct in-depth studies of Marxist theory, of the Party’s line, of principles and policies and State laws, of the Party’s history, and of the knowledge needed for modernization, and to achieve new results in arming the mind, guiding the practice, and promoting the work.”
Source: People’s Daily, February 9, 2010
http://theory.people.com.cn/GB/10956975.html
Hu Jintao: Accelerating Transformation of the Mode of Economic Development
From February 3 to 7, 2010, senior provincial Party leaders attended a workshop at the Party School of The Chinese Communist Party in Beijing. Hu Jintao and other members of the Standing Committee of the Politburo spoke at the workshop about how to speed up transforming the mode of economic development. He stated that the key to the transformation is to "speed up" and bring results. Wen Jiabao emphasized that only by speeding up the transformation can China better cope with predictable and unpredictable international risks, and constantly improve the international competitiveness of China’s economy. Xi Jianping highlighted the urgency of strengthening the efforts to grow the Party to ensure success in the transformation.
Source: Xinhua, February 12, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2010-02/12/content_12977549.htm
Six Focuses for Culture System Reform in 2010
The Ministry of Culture recently published the reform work for the culture system for 2010. There are six focuses:
1. Jumpstart the development of the cultural industry by speeding up the transformation of operating culture organizations into for-profit enterprises.
2. Expand the entertainment market to western China and to minority and less-developed areas.
3. Push legal enforcement in the cultural market and in its products.
4. Improve cultural services offered to the public.
5. Proactively promote the “going abroad” strategy to expand Chinese culture’s international influence.
6. Strengthen the management of culture system reform.
Source: Xinhua, February 15, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2010-02/15/content_12991742.htm