According to Xinhua on June 26, 2010, a newly released “2010 China’s Floating Population Development Report” said that China’s population of floating migrant workers reached 211 million in 2009 and will hit 350 million in 2050 if the current government policies remain unchanged.
Source: Xinhua, June 23, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/fortune/2010-06/26/c_12266166.htm
Recently, the Ministry of Public Security of the People’s Republic of China issued “a Public Security Police Training Plan for 2010 to 2012.” “The goal of the plan is to improve the public security organs’ capability to safeguard national security and social stability.” From 2010 to 2012, there will be trainings for the leading cadres, for specialized police in different departments, for lower level police, and for combat police instructors. “The plan ensures that all police across China will get trained within 3 years.”
Source: The Ministry of Public Security of the People’s Republic of China website, June 23, 2010
http://www.mps.gov.cn/n16/n1237/n1342/n803715/2449524.html
On June 23, 2010, www.people.com.cn published an article by Wang Anshun regarding “mass prevention and mass control work” in Beijing. This means organizing residents to guard and patrol Beijing so as to guarantee social stability in Beijing. Wang is Deputy Secretary of the Beijing Municipal CPC Committee and Secretary of the Beijing Politics and Law Committee.
According to Wang, Beijing has built up a “mass prevention and mass control” network covering the whole city. During the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2009 National Day period, over one million people were mobilized to guard and patrol the bus stops, busy areas, village entrances, road junctions, bridges, and roads, etc. Wang said that members of the “mass prevention and mass control” teams must be registered with their real names to ensure that each job is watched, controlled and done. The city must be patrolled 24 hours a day.
Source: www.people.com.cn, June 23, 2010
http://theory.people.com.cn/GB/11943078.html
The International Communication Office of the CCP’s Central Committee shares the same office with the PRC government’s press office or Information Office of the State Council, and its head, Wang Cheng. Quite uncommon in a democratic political system, this is a reality of single-party state.
On June 30, the eve of the 89th anniversary of the CCP, Wang led spokespeople from 11 agencies under the party’s Central Committee into the briefing room packed with domestic and foreign journalists. The agencies represented included: The Commission for Discipline Inspection, the Organization Department, the Propaganda Department, the United Front Work Department, the International Liaison Department, the Taiwan Work Office, the International Communication Office, the Party School, the Party Literature Research Center, the Party History Research Center, and the Archives Bureau. Five out of the 11 took questions from journalists.
Source: Xinhua, June 30, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/2010-06/30/c_12282719.htm
At the press briefing of the CCP’s Central Committee, the spokesperson from the International Liaison Department, one of the 11 spokespersons from 11 agencies under the party’s Central Committee, showed up to talk to journalists, and confirmed that the CCP has been in contact and cooperation with more than 570 political parties or organizations in 160 countries around the world.
“The communication mechanism between us and political parties among the big powers such as Japan, Russia, India, Vietnam, and Brazil is set. We also signed certain inter-party dialog agreements with the UK, Germany, and France. With Russia, we have Dialogue Mechanism between the Ruling Parties of China and Russia. Not long ago, we invited political parties in Europe to a China-Europe High-Level Political Party Forum. We also held a High-Level Dialog with both parties in the U.S.”
Source: www.china.com.cn, June 30, 2010
http://www.china.com.cn/news/2010-06/30/content_20389220.htm
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
According to Xu Yan, professor at the National Defense University, over 110,000 Chinese soldiers were killed in the Korean War, between 1950 and 1953. When deaths from injuries and deaths for other reasons were included , the total casualty figures reached 183,108. The statistics are based on data collected by the Korean War Memorial Society of Dandong City, Liaoning Province.
Source: People’s Daily, June 27, 2010
http://society.people.com.cn/GB/86800/11980044.html