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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

People’s Daily Online: China Should Increase Its Gold Reserves

On September 6, 2011, People’s Daily Online published an article suggesting that China should increase its gold reserves when the time is right.

“The strategic significance of increasing gold reserves is to relieve the risk to our foreign exchange reserves. China’s foreign exchange reserves exceed US$3 trillion, of which 70% is in U.S. dollar denominated assets. Due to the current structure of our foreign exchange reserves, the security of our national wealth is highly dependent on the United States. If the U.S. dollar continues to depreciate, our foreign exchange reserves will shrink dramatically. At an appropriate time, (we should) convert part of our foreign exchange reserves into gold reserves. When the U.S. dollar depreciates, the price of gold will rise, which will make up for our loss due to the depreciation of U.S. dollar assets, ease the risk to our foreign exchange reserves, and safeguard our national wealth.”

"According to World Gold Council (WGC) data on every country’s gold reserves, in August, the United States’ gold reserves were 8,133.5 tons, which amounts to 74 percent of all of its foreign currency reserves; China’s gold reserves were a little more than 1,000 tons, which amounts to only 1.6 percent of China’s total foreign reserves, ranking it sixth in the world."

Source: People’s Daily Online, September 6, 2011
http://finance.people.com.cn/GB/15595252.html

Briefings | | September 7, 2011 | Economy/Resources

Study Times: Improve Battlefield Power

Study Times, a newspaper of the CCP Central Party School, published an article that discussed transforming weapons and equipment to increase power on the battlefield. The transformation model is very important because the correct use of weapons and equipment directly determines their effectiveness in combat. The author believes the direction for changing the model for today’s military is to merge weapons into information systems. A key approach in doing that is to integrate military technology with the civil market to ensure both low cost and sustainability. To speed up the model’s transformation, full system engineering must be introduced into all layers of society, which includes designing top level strategy, establishing operational systems and rules, as well as managing the industrial structure.

Source: Study Times, August 29, 2011
http://www.studytimes.com.cn:9999/epaper/xxsb/html/2011/08/29/07/07_52.htm

Briefings | | September 6, 2011 | Defense/Military

Xinhua Commentary Series: Spotlight on the U.S. Presidential Election

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.”