The state-run CCTV (August 30) telecast a report that CCP CC General Secretary and Director of
the Central Comprehensive Deepening Reform Commission, Xi Jinping hosted the 21st meeting
of the Central Comprehensive Deepening Reform Commission on August 30. The meeting passed
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the "Opinions on Strengthening Anti-monopoly and Deepening the Implementation of Fair
Competition Policies, Opinions on Reforming and Improving Institutions and Mechanisms to
Strengthen Strategy and Safety Management of Emergency Material Reserves, Opinions on Indepth Fighting of Pollution Prevention and Control, and Opinions on More Effective Development
Opinions on the role of statistical supervision functions". At the meeting Xi Jinping emphasized
that strengthening anti-monopoly and deepening the implementation of fair competition policies
are the inherent requirements for improving the socialist market economic system. For promoting
common prosperity, he said "we must promote the formation of a fair and competitive market
environment, create a broad development space for various market players, especially small and
medium-sized enterprises, and better protect consumers' rights and interests. National reserves are
an important material basis for national governance". The Global Times (Chinese-August 30)
reported that the meeting reviewed and approved a series of guidelines, including those on:
strengthening anti-monopoly regulation and promoting fair competition; improving the reserve
system for materials of strategic importance or for emergency use; fighting pollution etc. It said
the regulations have “achieved initial results” in preventing the disorderly expansion of capital and
promoting fair competition. It said, “Measures should be taken to guide enterprises to serve the
overall interests of economic and social development under the leadership of the CPC.” The
meeting discussed strengthening “supervision and law enforcement” in areas such as platform
economy, scientific and technological innovation, information security, and people’s livelihood
security. The anti-monopoly mechanism, it said, must be improved and the anti-monopoly
supervision force should be strengthened. In terms of the strategic reserves, it says that “state
reserves and emergency response capacity should match its status as a major country” and talked
about developing a “unified system for providing strategic and emergency response supplies.”
Anti-pollution measures were also discussed. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and PBSC members
Wang Huning, and Han Zheng and deputy directors of the Committee for Comprehensive
Deepening of Reform, attended the meeting. Members of the Central Committee for
Comprehensively Deepening Reform and the 'responsible' officials of relevant departments of the
central and state organs attended the meeting as non-voting delegates.
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