On March 26, 2012, state media Huanqiu published a commentary in an attempt to quash Internet postings about friction among the top Communist Party leaders. “Recently, certain rumors have been spreading on and off the Internet, with high visibility. Some of them even involve Changan Street (the location of the Chinese State Council) and Zhongnanhai (the headquarters of the Communist Party). These rumors are very bizarre and ridiculous, thus interfering with public opinion. Chinese society should be on the alert about this and should not let the rumor mill run without restrictions.” The commentary alleged that the rumors are quietly eroding society. “[To legitimize rumors] is, in fact, to build a publicly-accepted world outside of the current political framework and to constantly erode the authority of the current system. Once rumors are legitimized, they will become a cheap tool to disintegrate the country ideologically and politically.”

Source: Huanqiu, March 26, 2012.
http://opinion.huanqiu.com/roll/2012-03/2554859.html

On March 26, 2012, Study Times published an article on the modern state-owned enterprise system with Chinese characteristics. The article described it as the modern enterprise system with the involvement of the Chinese Communist Party organizations, i.e., a combination of the advanced corporate governance structure of the modern enterprise system and the placement, responsibility, and tasks of the Party organizations. The Party organizations must be in the political core position in state-owned enterprises and fully play a central role in corporate governance. 

The modern state-owned enterprise system with Chinese characteristics has three critical components: 1) the Party’s Leadership, 2) the state as the controlling shareholder, and 3) a modern enterprise system.

Source: Study Times, March 26, 2012
http://www.studytimes.com.cn:9999/epaper/xxsb/html/2012/03/26/08/08_23.htm
http://theory.people.com.cn/GB/49154/17492277.html

On March 27, 2012, PLA Daily published an article that discussed ensuring that all PLA troops resolutely obey the orders from the CCP Central Committee, the CCP Central Military Commission, and Chairman Hu Jintao. “In this new situation, when the Party, the nation, and the world are undergoing changes, our Party faces many unprecedented new circumstances, problems, and challenges.”

“At the PLA delegation plenary session of the Fifth Session of the 11th National People’s Congress, Chairman Hu talked about solidly organizing educational activities that focus on ‘viewing politics as the priority, considering the overall situation first and being obedient, seriously sticking to political discipline and organizational discipline, and ensuring the smooth transmission and reception of military orders.”

Source: PLA Daily, March 27, 2012
http://www.chinamil.com.cn/jfjbmap/content/2012-03/27/content_1714.htm

According to Xinhua, on March 26, 2012, Premier Wen Jiabao delivered a speech to the State Council Fifth Independent Commission Work Meeting. Wen urged that a system be implemented to strictly require that leading cadres report relevant personal matters to their superiors and that oversight of those officials whose spouses and children have emigrated abroad (also called “naked officials”) be tightened. He recommended that the personal matters that the leading cadres report be open to the public, within a certain range, and that corruption cases be investigated and dealt with strictly.

Wen Jiabao stressed that corruption is the greatest danger to the ruling Party. If this problem is not resolved, the nature of China’s political foundation could change, leading to “the death of the people and an end to the government.” 

Source: Xinhua, March 26, 2012
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2012-03/26/c_111704718.htm