Xi Jinping convened a meeting of leading Party, Government and PLA cadres, excluding representatives of the other democratic parties and All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, who attended the opening ceremony of the January seminar on July 5, 2019. Xi Jinping said in just over a year, the tasks of reform laid out at the third plenary session of the 19th CPC Central Committee have been accomplished on the whole. He said there is need though to perfect the system through which the Party exercises leadership over major tasks and to strictly enforce political discipline and rules; To enhance the coordination between Party and government institutions; To upgrade the capacity of Party and state institutions to perform their duties; To well motivate the central and local institutions; To push forward the supporting reforms; To manage the institutions in line with the law; and To enhance competence and a sense of responsibility of all institutions. Xinhua reported that n the reform at the central level and on state organs, more than 80 departments underwent adjustment of their management, frameworks, duties and personnel, with more than 1.8 million people affected, according to official figures. The CPC Central Committee had four coordinating organs removed while the State Council, China's cabinet, had two removed. A total of 21 ministerial departments were dissolved. Through the reform, the systems to ensure the Party's overall leadership and the centralized and unified leadership of the CPC Central Committee have been further consolidated. The reform also reinforced the Party's absolute leadership over the military through the restructuring of the armed police.
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