CCTV (October 12) reported the 7th Plenum's Communique in full. The Communique stated
that the 7th Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
was held in Beijing from October 9 to 12, 2022, with 199 members of the Central Committee
and 159 alternate members of the Central Committee attending. Members of the Central
Commission for Discipline Inspection (CDIC) and relevant responsible comrades attended the
meeting. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee, delivered an important
speech. The plenary session decided that the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party
of China will be held in Beijing on October 16, 2022. Stating that the plenary session listened
to and discussed Xi Jinping's work report and discussed and approved the work of the 19th
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Party to the 20th National Congress of the
Communist Party of China, it said the Plenum also discussed adopting the "Constitution of the
Communist Party of China (Amendment)". Wang Huning explained to the plenary session the
discussion draft of the Constitution of the Communist Party of China (Amendment).
It said the plenum agreed that in the past year, 'in the face of the complex and severe
international environment and the arduous domestic reform, development and stability tasks,
the Political Bureau of the Central Committee has fully implemented Xi Jinping Thought on
Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, united and led the whole Party, the army
and the people of all ethnic groups in the country' while maintaining stability. It asserted that
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the requirements that the epidemic must be prevented must be implemented. It called for
accelerating the pace of national defense and military modernization, and actively develop
China as a major country with Chinese characteristics. Summing up the work of the five years
since the 19th Party Congress, 'all agreed that the five years since the 19th National Congress
of the Communist Party of China have been extremely unusual and extraordinary. Over the
past five years, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has held high
the great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics, fully implemented the spirit of the
19th National Congress of the Party and all the 19th Plenary Sessions, and adhered to the
importance of Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, and the
"Three Represents". It said it had resolutely safeguarded national security, prevented and
defused major risks, maintained social stability, vigorously promoted the modernization of
national defense and the military, carried out major-country diplomacy with Chinese
characteristics in an all-round way, and comprehensively promoted the building of the party to
a new greatness project. It said the leadership had "Properly responded to the risks and
challenges brought about by the Ukrainian crisis". Referring to Hongkong and Taiwan, the
communique said: 'According to the Constitution and the Basic Law, the overall governance
of the Special Administrative Region has been effectively exercised, and the principle of
"patriots ruling Hong Kong" has been implemented. The situation in Hong Kong has achieved
a major transition from chaos to governance. Adhering to the one-China principle and the "1992
Consensus" demonstrates our strong determination and capability to safeguard national
sovereignty and territorial integrity and oppose "Taiwan independence".' It said, 'Over the past
five years, the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has reviewed the
situation, maintained integrity and innovation, dared to fight, and was good at fighting'. A
special paragraph mentioned that 'The plenary session emphasized that the major achievements
of the Party and the country in the five years since the 19th National Congress of the
Communist Party of China are the result of the strong leadership of the Party Central
Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core and the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on
Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. achieved through solidarity. The Party
has established Comrade Xi Jinping as the core of the Party Central Committee and the core of
the whole Party and establishes the guiding position of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with
Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. It is of decisive significance for advancing the historical
process of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The whole party must deeply
understand the decisive significance of the "two establishments", strengthen the "four
consciousnesses", strengthen the "four self-confidences", achieve the "two maintenances", and
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unite more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core ,
fully implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era,
work hard and move forward courageously, and work together to build a modern socialist
country in an all-round way and promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation in an allround way'.
Regarding the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, 'they agreed that under the strong
leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, discipline
inspection committees at all levels faithfully fulfilled the responsibilities entrusted by the party
constitution, resolutely implemented the party's strategic deployment of self-revolution and the
strategic policy of comprehensively and strictly governing the party, and persistently
implemented the eight central regulations, strict political discipline and political rules,
resolutely safeguard the authority and centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central
Committee, strengthen political supervision, deepen political inspections, promote the
implementation of the political responsibility of comprehensively and strictly administer the
Party, and rectify the unhealthy practices and corruption problems around the masses. The
plenary meeting decided to replace the alternate members of the Central Committee Ma
Guoqiang, Wang Ning, and Wang Weizhong as members of the Central Committee. The
plenary session reviewed and approved the review report of the Central Commission for
Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China on Fu Zhenghua, Shen Deyong, Li Jia
and Zhang Jinghua's serious violations of discipline and law, confirming that Fu Zhenghua,
Shen Deyong and Zhang Jinghua were expelled from the party by the Political Bureau of the
Central Committee, and Li Jia was dismissed from the party job sanction.
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