China Press and Publishing Media Group Co. Ltd. hosts the China Press, Publication, Radio and Television website. On October 19, 2015, it published an article titled, “‘A Cross Country Tour Group of the Leading Cadres Learning Sinology’ Enters Guizhou Province.” Xinhua republished the article on the same day. The article indicated that the purpose of the tour was to spread and promote outstanding traditional Chinese culture among the Chinese Communist Party cadres across China. On October 17, 2015, a launching ceremony on how leading cadres should read the classics and learn sinology was held in the Confucius Hall in Guiyang City, Guizhou Province. Guiyang was the second stop in the learning Chinese culture tour campaign.

The article pointed out that sinology is the study of Chinese culture. “For leading cadres, learning sinology is significant in two respects: 1) Within sinology, there are major statecraft principles; only those who cultivate their body and virtue can be officials.  2) In the final stage of a win or lose battle, leading cadres cannot be muddle-headed themselves but require others to be clear-minded. They need to improve their governance capability.”

Sources: China Press, Publication, Radio and Television website and Xinhua, October 19, 2015
http://www.chinaxwcb.com/2015-10/19/content_327230.htm
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2015-10/19/c_128335227.htm

On September 25, 2015, The Paper published an article explaining why the Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party promotes “national studies” (sinology or traditional Chinese culture). On July 12, 2015, the Central Party School held “The First Chinese Culture Forum for Leading Cadres.” On August 23, 2015, the Central Party School held a grand launching ceremony called, “A Cross Country Tour of Leading Cadres Learning Chinese Culture.” On August 27, 2015, the leading cadres learning Chinese culture tour group arrived at its first stop, Yulin City, Shanxi Province.

The Central Party School focuses on the self-cultivation function of Confucianism. China’s Chairman Xi Jinping also stressed the "statecraft" function of Confucianism. “Nowadays, morality is in disarray. (Our political) system has resulted in many problems. If China does not establish a new political system based on a combination of traditional Chinese culture and what was outstanding in the Western system in the industrialized period and post-industrial society, and if we focus only on good manners and on character, it will not have any effect."  

After having criticized Confucius for a hundred years, today’s Chinese people are not familiar with Confucian doctrine and ritual any more. Gradually, people have begun to notice that Confucianism includes not just certain connotations of absolute monarchy; it also includes Kindness, Righteousness, Politeness, Wisdom and Faith, the bottom line of human morality. These are the basic rules for man to be man that no civilized communities can deny. The current popularity of Confucianism represents the fact that a national reflection and a learning of these lessons are going on in China. The lessons are mandatory. Of course, the leading cadres are not an exception (there are no exceptions).

Source: The Paper, September 25, 2015
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1378746

Caixin reported that, by the end of October, the CCP’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) will send inspection teams to conduction corruption investigations at the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC), the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), the People’s Bank of China, and the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC). The inspection teams are expected to stay onsite for two months. One team will be at the CBRC and the CSRC and the other will be at the People’s Bank of China and the CIRC. Investigations at four State-owned commercial banks will soon follow. These banks are the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the China Construction Bank, the Bank of China, and the Agricultural Bank of China.