On September 8, Hu Jintao chaired a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee. The meeting discussed the committee work since the Third Plenary Session of the 17th Central Committee. It emphasized that the party development work under the new environment must use administrative ability and party advancement as the key drivers and stick to administrating by science, democracy and law. The committee agreed to hold the Fourth Plenary Session of the 17th Central Committee in Beijing from September 15th through 18th.

Source: Global Times, September 9, 2009
http://china.huanqiu.com/roll/2009-09/571229.html

On September 8, the CCP’s Politburo decided to hold the 4th Plenary Session of the CCP’s 17th Central Committee from September 15 to 18.

According to Beijing political analysts, a key point to watch is whether Politburo Standing Committee member Xi Jinping could become vice chairman of the CCP’s Military Comission. That position may pave the way for Xi to succeed Hu Jintao in the CCP’s 18th Congress in 2012.

Source: Lianhe Zaobao， September 9， 2009
http://www.zaobao.com/zg/zg090909_002.shtml

One hundred reporters from 18 State media departed Beijing on August 22 for old revolutionary bases in Jiangxi Province to “receive revolutionary education.” The trip was organized by the Propaganda Department and the International Communication office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party jointly with other State regulatory organizations. During the next six days, the reporters will visit Mao Tsedong’s residence at Jinggangshan, the Jinggangshan Museum of Revolutionary History, and other revolutionary museums and landmarks.

Source: Xinhua, August 22, 2009
http://www.jx.xinhuanet.com/news/2009-08/22/content_17474013.htm

The largest State publishing bureau targeting non-Chinese celebrated its 60th anniversary. Communist Party leaders Li Changchun and Liu Yunshan sent congratulation letters. The letters stated that the China Foreign Language Bureau was founded under the leadership of Mao Tsedong to “introduce China to the world.” The letters call upon the China Foreign Language Bureau to follow the expansion strategy of the Communist Party on international propaganda, “to increase the influence, affinity, focus and effectiveness of the media on the foreign audience.”

With a staff of 3,000, the China Foreign Language Bureau is State-owned and under the direct guidance of the Communist Party Central Committee. It has over 20 subsidiaries as well as 12 overseas branches located in the United States, Britain, Germany, Belgium, Russia, Egypt, Mexico, Japan and Hong Kong, constituting a conglomerate of foreign language publishing and marketing.

Source: Xinhua, September 4, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-09/04/content_11997560.htm
http://www.cipg.org.cn/jjgl/