New punishment data is out from the Central Commission for Discipline Investigation and National Supervision Commission, covering September 2024

Solidifies trend of punishments increasingly being used to enforce policy

1/6 In September 2024, 22,475 people received Party or administrative punishments

This further solidifies an ongoing trend that emerged in May: in the five months since then, over 102,000 people have been punished, all (except 290) at or below county-level

🧵 of things Xi Jinping "personally planned" (亲自谋划)
1⃣BJ-TJ dev strategy (2017)
2⃣Greater Bay area development (2018)
3⃣all-China federation (2018)
4⃣propaganda work (2018)
5⃣winter sports (2018)
6⃣ import expo (2018-23)
7⃣poverty alleviation (2019)
8⃣media integration (2019) 9⃣new era civilization centres (2019)
1⃣0⃣Hainan free trade port (2019)
1⃣1⃣Yangtze River Economic Belt (2019)
1⃣2⃣ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow river (2019)
1⃣3⃣deepening reform (2020)
1⃣4⃣poverty alleviation through transport (2020)

Red Flag article on "Financial Development with Chinese Characteristics" qstheory.cn/dukan/hqwg/202…

Written by Chen Yulu, who is the Vice Chairman of the Financial and Economic Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress and President of Nankai University

Quotes: 🧵 (1/x) Party leadership over finance is the most important thing:

"Upholding the Party's comprehensive leadership over financial work is the fundamental characteristic of China's distinctive financial development path and the "root" and "soul" of financial work"

Interesting text:

China Focus: Five keywords of China's COVID response
english.news.cn/20230112/43d19…

"Across the country, the average occupancy rate of hospital beds for severe cases has not yet reached the 80 percent mark." The virus is "still here, but it's no longer that frightening as China now has a stronger medical treatment capacity, a better level of governance at the grassroots level, and greater social tolerance"

习近平同德国总统施泰因迈尔通电话
XJP talks with German President Steinmeier news.cn/politics/2022-…

some bits XJP: both sides should "expand cooperation in traditional areas such as automobiles, machinery, and chemicals, and tap into the potential for cooperation in service trade, intelligent manufacturing, and digitalization"

Wang Yi had a video call with French Foreign Minister Le Drian news.cn/world/2022-12/…

"Wang Yi said that China-France relations have withstand the tests of changing and chaotic situations, maintained overall stability, and shown positive development momentum" 1/5 "Both sides should strengthen high-level exchanges, enhance strategic communication, deepen cooperation in various fields, and promote the greater development of the China-France comprehensive strategic partnership" 2/5

XJP speech on the anniversary of the 1982 constitution 习近平署名文章：谱写新时代中国宪法实践新篇章——纪念现行宪法公布施行40周年
news.cn/politics/leade… "In recent times, the Chinese people have been desperately seeking a way to change the fate of the Chinese nation. Some political forces have attempted to reform China's feudal autocratic system according to the western political system model, but all have declared failure"

NEW Xi Jinping speech published from the new Politburo Standing Committee's visit to Yan'an after the 20th Party Congress, 27 October 2022

qstheory.cn/dukan/qs/2022-…

some key quotes 1/n 7th Party Congress marked "the maturity of our party in politics, ideology, and organization"

Politics: united under Mao Zedong Thought
Ideology: guiding position of MZD Thought
Organization: formed a group of experienced politicians

New speech by Xi Jinping published in Qiushi: "The whole party must fully, accurately, and comprehensively implement the new development concept" 全党必须完整、准确、全面贯彻新发展理念

Originally delivered at a Politburo study session on 28 January 2021 qstheory.cn/dukan/qs/2022-… Some quotes:

First point: "the whole party must realize that innovation is the primary driving force of development, coordination is the inherent requirement of sustainable and healthy development, and being green is a necessary condition for sustainable development"