China’s Communist Party orders cells to make Xi Jinping Thought a priority, cadres must study president’s speeches
- Central Committee notifies all party organs across China of compulsory learning activities to embed the Chinese leader’s doctrine into minds
- Among instructions is order to form reading groups once a year leadership ‘to read the original works, learn the original texts’ of Xi’s doctrines
China’s ruling Communist Party is making the study of President Xi Jinping’s political thoughts a top priority for all party cells across the country, ordering them to conduct regular sessions to learn his speeches and instructions.
The general office of the party’s decision-making Central Committee issued a notice to all party organs across China on Wednesday, detailing compulsory learning activities to be conducted regularly in the latest bid to embed the Chinese leader’s doctrine into the minds of more than 98 million party members and cadres.
The document came less than a month after the party convened a top-level meeting to conclude a sweeping and intense ideological campaign – known as the “thematic education” programme on Xi’s latest political thought – which lasted 10 months.
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The latest notice from Beijing tells all party committees and groups that their first priority is learning Xi’s speeches, and they should benchmark all their major strategies and policies against the party chief’s instructions.
“[Party groups] at all levels shall hold their standing committee meetings or theoretical study focus groups regularly … to conscientiously study Xi Jinping Thought,” it said, adding that they should discuss ways to “implement them in light of reality”.
The notice ordered leading cadres at or above the county level to check their responses to outstanding problems and major events under their jurisdiction, to find the causes and rectify the issues, all according to what they have learned from Xi’s instructions.