During the period of September 23 to 29, non-local residents living in the “Celebration Control Area” will be given temporary passes to go in and out. Local residents will be required to present their identification cards. This measure impacts around ten thousand families living near the Tiananmen Square area.
Source: Xinhua, September 25, 2009.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/photo/2009-09/25/content_12109108.htm
In order to prevent theft and other crimes from happening, the Xi’an Party Committee and the government decided to install these monitoring systems on more than 4,400 public transportation vehicles. Meanwhile, it is also considered a measure to ensure social stability during the 60th Anniversary celebrations. This is part of a larger Public Transportation Technological Safeguard System. The system is a required element to protect public safety.
Source: China Economy Net, September 23, 2009.
http://www.ce.cn/xwzx/gnsz/gdxw/200909/23/t20090923_20081637.shtml
In Fusui County of Guangxi, the local Party school is using cell phone text messaging to delivery “Party education messages” to party members to improve the frequency of education and management activities. The Party branch in Fusui is trying to establish a “Party Member Text Messaging Education Network.” For the members without cell phones, those living nearby who do have phones will be considered “distribution centers” to dispatch messages. Since 2008, the county party branch has sent 2,718 text messages to 4,136 party members.
Source: Xinhua, September 18, 2009.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-09/18/content_12075007.htm
According to an article published by Xinhua, the CCP’s grass roots expansion effort can be summarized in the following four stages:
1) From 1949 to the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee in 1978 – expanded in villages, corporations, community districts, organizations, schools, and so on.
2) From the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee in 1978 to the 13th National Congress in 1987 – restored the damage caused by the Cultural Revolution and reestablished the party organizational structure.
3) From the 13th National Congress to the 16th National Congress in 2002 – further expanded under the socialist market economy system.
4) From the 16th National Congress in 2002 until now – strengthened party member development.
The article claimed that by the end of 2008, there were over 3.71 million party organizations established at the grass roots level, 3.5 million more than in 1949. Party members have reached 75.9 million, up by 71.4 million, crossing various age groups and educational backgrounds.
Source: Xinhua, September 26, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-09/26/content_12114209.htm
Following the completion of the 4th Plenary Session of the 17th Central Committee of the CCP, People’s Daily published a commentary on the Party’s new direction to “construct a study-oriented party.” It listed Marxism, especially socialism with Chinese characteristics, as the field that should take priority. It asks party leaders to study and practice the socialist value system so as to be firm in their beliefs and stance, be clear-minded, and thoroughly follow through with the party’s directions and guidelines.
Source: Xinhua, September 25, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-09/25/content_12112141.htm
Xinhua published a number of interviews with minority democratic party leaders. All of them praised the cooperative relationship and achievements under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party.
Source: Xinhua
“In this Period of Reform the Democratic Party Should Show its Strength and Play its Role.” – Interview with Shang Guowei, President of Chinese Peasants’ and Workers’ Democratic Party;
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-09/27/content_12118224.htm
“With a Loyal Heart” – Interview with Cheng Changzhi, Chairman of China Democratic National Construction Association
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-09/26/content_12114342.htm
“Much Can be Accomplished During the Best Time” – Interview with Jiang Shusheng, China Democratic League
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-09/25/content_12112110.htm
“The New China Created the Most Glorious Era in Chinese History" – Interview with Zhou Tienong, Chairman of Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-09/25/content_12112361.htm
Study Times, the newspaper published by the Party School of the Central Committee of the CPC, published an article by Shen Baoxiang, a Party School professor. Shen stated that the principle “Party School’s last name is Party” has been written into the Party School’s work regulations, which should be absolutely implemented. The “Party School’s last name is Party” requires the Party School to resolutely put Democratic Centralism into practice, strengthen organizational discipline, and fight against any violations of Party discipline.
Shen also argued that mediocrity, conservative, and rigidness cannot not be tolerated either. Those who do not make any mistakes by doing nothing successful should also be treated strictly.
Source: Study Times, September 14, 2009
http://www.studytimes.com.cn/WebPage/ny1.aspx?act=1&id=2905&nid=10589&bid=1&page=1
The Chinese government stated last month that a “Zero Rejection” policy would be implemented, i.e., that upon an interview or inquiry request made by a foreign media, responses must be given within 24 hours. However, according the the BBC, this is not the reality that Michael Bristow, a BBC reporter stationed in Beijing, discovered.
The BBC office in Beijing issued 10 questions and inquiries to different Chinese government departments, such as the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Commerce, the Baoji City government, the Lhasa local government in Tibet and the Beijing Municipal Government. However, all the questions were kicked back and forth without any answers being given.
Source: BBC Chinese, September 18, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_8260000/newsid_8263900/8263912.stm