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Government Scholars Interpret Hu Jintao’s July 1st Speech

[Editor’s Note: Hu Jintao gave a speech on July 1, 2011, at the Conference to Celebrate the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) 90th Anniversary. Outlook Weekly, a publication under Xinhua, published a collection of articles in which government think tankers explained their interpretation of important quotes from Hu’s speech. [1] Their views cover using economic expansion (instead of adjusting income distribution) to solve the income disparity in China, maintaining social stability, and strengthening the party’s leadership. The following are translations of select summaries from these articles.]

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Reports | | September 11, 2011 | Report

Cai Wu: Vehemently Promote China’s Great Cultural Development and Prosperity

Cai Wu, the head of China’s Ministry of Culture, wrote an article discussing the direction of China’s cultural development in the 12th five-year-plan, following Hu Jintao’s comments on cultural development from his speech at the CCP’s 90th anniversary. Hu said that “[China must] continue to vehemently promote great cultural development and prosperity, and unshakably develop advanced Socialist culture.” Cai said, “To promote China’s culture to ‘go out [overseas]’ [so as to] elevate China’s soft power, is an important strategic task related to the overall national plan. … During the 12th five-year-plan, (China) must emphatically enhance the unique role of culture in the national strategy of foreign work; improve cultural relations with other countries and important international organizations; enhance cultural exchanges and cooperation with neighboring countries and local organizations; increase cultural aid to foreign countries; actively participate in international cultural affairs; increase the speeches and discourse.”

“(Specifically), using China’s overseas culture as the starting point, (China should) expand globally, increase the scale, establish a comprehensive platform, and espouse the overall development of overseas cultural facilities. (China should also) diligently develop cultural exchange projects, meticulously organize a national cultural year, Chinese culture festivals, a culture week, a ‘Happy Spring Festival,’ and other big brand name activities; enhance international dialogue in the areas of culture and ideology; … increase China’s voice in the international academic world; use great effort to increase foreign cultural trade; promote more culture products and services; promote ‘going out’ at a faster pace; speed up the creation of competitive cultural brand names with our own intellectual properties; release more iconic culture products with Chinese features; and increase China’s competitiveness in the world culture market.”

Source: Qiushi, September 1, 2011
http://www.qstheory.cn/zxdk/2011/201117/201108/t20110830_106476.htm

Briefings | | September 9, 2011 | Government/Politics

Beijing’s Golf Courses’ Enormous Consumption of Resources

China Youth Daily published a report about the enourmous land and water resources that Beijing’s 75 golf courses use. In terms of land, they use 132, 257.75 mu (about 881,713 acres), which is 0.5% of the total area under the Beijing administrative jurisdiction. The daily consumption of water is at least 168,700 cubic feet, amounting to 60 million cubic feet of water resources every year. Due to Beijing’s shortage of water, twice in 2010 Beijing diverted water from other provinces. In October 2010 alone, about 40 million cubic feet was diverted to Beijing.

Source: China Youth Daily, September 7, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2011-09/07/c_121990086.htm

Briefings | | September 9, 2011 | Economy/Resources

Qiushi: the Socialist System and the Party are the Key to an Independant and Powerful China

According to an article by a Party think tank in Beijing, the Chinese style socialist system provides institutional assurance of China’s development and progress. “The only way for China to become independent and powerful is to establish Chinese style socialist system and explore its own path of development. … Chinese people must fight against the overseas hostile forces and elements that antagonize and undermine China’s socialist system…. To accomplish anything in China, the key is the Party. To uphold and improve the Chinese style socialist system, the key is also the Party.”

Source: Qiushi, September 1, 2011
http://www.qstheory.cn/zxdk/2011/201117/201108/t20110830_106472.htm

Briefings | | September 9, 2011 | Government/Politics

Party’s Leadership in Enterprise Management

Study Times, the publication of the Party School of the Central Committee of the CCP, published an article by Li Huaqing, the Party Secretary and Vice Chairman of the Board the of Chongqing Energy Investment Group (CQEIG). In the article, Li shared how the Party will impose its leadership in enterprise management. CQEIG’s approaches include:

1. The Party organization participates in the enterprise’s major decision making. To ensure the party’s effectiveness in managing the company, it implements a “cross-representation” leadership system (the Party’s leadership takes key positions in the enterprise).
2. Party development is intermingled with business operations. One approach is to develop Party members to be the key personnel while also having key personnel join the party. Another approach is to include Party development as a key criterion when it comes to managers’ performance reviews.
3. The Party controls the human resources function and sticks to the principle that “the Party is in charge of talent.”

Source: Study Times, September 5, 2011
http://www.studytimes.com.cn:9999/epaper/xxsb/html/2011/09/05/10/10_28.htm

Briefings | | September 8, 2011 | Government/Politics

State Council: The Political System is One of China’s Core Interests

A Huanqiu editorial commented on the State Council’s white paper titled “China’s Peaceful Development.” The article states that this is the first time that the Chinese government unequivocally identifies its political system as one of its core interests. According to the white paper, China’s core interests are the political system established by China’s constitution, overall social stability, basic protection of sustainable economic and social development, national sovereignty, territorial integrity, national security, and national reunification. “The Chinese government’s statement that the basic political system is a core interest provides an important political foundation for building a social consensus. Such a clear declaration at the State level will help eliminate some of society’s confusion and enable a crackdown on unrealistic pursuits. The formation of consensus in Chinese society cannot be effected without the government’s firm hand.”

Source: Huanqiu, September 7, 2011
http://opinion.huanqiu.com/roll/2011-09/1983069.html

Briefings | | September 8, 2011 | Government/Politics

China Anti-Terrorism Expert: The Huge Side Effects of Ten Years of U.S. Anti-Terrorism

People’s Daily reported on an interview with (Li Wei) the director of the Anti-Terrorism Research Center at the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations. The report was about the U.S. anti-terrorist efforts over the 10 years since “9.11.” It said that, regarding anti-terrorism itself, the U.S. has achieved progress in working on the “symptoms,” but this is just one side of the problem. More importantly, terrorist activities since 9.11 have continually occurred in new forms and with new features. For example, terrorist activities have become multi-centered and more spread out, terrorists’ re-organizing abilities have constantly improved, new terrorists have become younger, and their ways of attack have diversified. The American attack has resulted in younger people becoming terrorists, and in an increase in the Iraqi terrorist division. Therefore, considering the results, the side effects of U.S. anti-terrorism have far exceeded the achievements. In the 10 years of U.S. anti-terrorism, it is more loss than gain.

The article concluded that, when the U.S. spreads its own country’s values to the world, it contradicts the idea of global multi-cultural values. Not only did this deep level problem remain unresolved after 9.11; the U.S.’ inappropriate actions have deepened and worsened it.

Source: People’s Daily, September 7, 2011
http://world.people.com.cn/GB/15609940.html

Briefings | | September 8, 2011 | US-China Relations

Wu Guoguang: Xi Jinping’s Reversal of the Course, Will China’s Transition be Peaceful or Marked with Bloodshed?

Cheng Xiaonong: U.S.-China Strategic Relations Have Crystallized

Xinhua Commentaries: “Exposing the Three Major Political Deficits of the U.S.”

The CCP’s Performing Arts Troupes in the U.S.