Xinhua News Agency reported that on June 30, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Politburo reviewed the Regulations on the Work of Central Party Decision-Making, Deliberation, and Coordination Body (党中央决策议事协调机构工作条例). The meeting emphasized that these bodies are essential for strengthening the Party’s centralized leadership and ensuring key tasks are implemented. The new regulations aim to standardize the Body’s establishment, responsibilities, and operations, emphasizing coordination without replacing other organs and ensuring proper oversight of major national issues.
There were intense discussions on the Internet about why the CCP wants to establish such a new power structure.
One interpretation suggests that similar kinds of bodies have already existed, such as the Central Deepening Reform Commission, Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission, and National Security Commission. They are all tools for Xi Jinping to directly control state ministries, sidelining Premier Li Qiang and reducing the State Council to a mere executor.
Another interpretation is based on the current discussion that Xi is losing power. It views this arrangement as a way to reinstate roles for retired senior leaders like Wen Jiabao. There was a similar setup in the CCP’s history – the former CCP Central Advisory Commission (1982-1992), which allowed retired senior CCP cadres to participate, monitor, or even overrule the leaders (of the younger generation) in decision-making.
Commentator Cai Shenkun suggested on the X platform that this new Body structure bypasses the CCP Politburo and its Standing Committee, concentrating real power into a small group. He was informed that this group includes just one person each from the Party, government, military, and police, but without retired senior leaders – making it even more powerful than the Politburo Standing Committee.
Sources:
1. Xinhua, July 1, 2025
http://www.xinhuanet.com/mrdx/20250701/a555f99077394069b335aecc91f2929e/c.html
2. China News, July 2, 2025
https://news.creaders.net/china/2025/07/02/2887369.html
3. Epoch Times, June 30, 2025
https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/25/6/30/n14542067.htm
4. X Platform, July 2, 2025
https://x.com/cskun1989/status/1940612206757826828