CHINA-LEADERSHIP XI JINPING LAUNCHES NEW EDUCATION CAMPAIGN AT POLITBURO MEETING ON 13 MAY

Xi Jinping chaired a Politburo meeting on May 13, where the Party decided to launch a “Stay true to the Party’s founding mission” education campaign from June 2019. The campaign, it asserted, had the fundamental task of launching the ‘Stay true to the Party’s founding mission’ education campaign is to deepen the study "Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era.” Implying that it applies to all Party cadres it said “This education campaign will… help cadres achieve theoretical study goals [and] serve as an ideological and political baptism" and that “Leading officials…must take the lead in grabbing hold of their own education and set an example.” 

(Comment: Launch of this new campaign suggests that Xi Jinping thinks the ideological base of Party cadres is weak and the Party's legitimacy needs to be shored. It is possible that many officials will resent the new campaign, which will just mean more time spent “studying” and attending meetings.)






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