Xinhua reported on October 30 that the CPC Central Committee held a symposium with non-Party figures on August 21 at Zhongnanhai in Beijing to hear views on a draft decision on strict Party governance. General Secretary Xi Jinping presided and delivered an important speech.
According to the Xinhua dispatch of October 30, the symposium took place at Zhongnanhai on August 21. Its subject was the draft Central Committee decision on persistently advancing full and strict Party governance. That decision was later adopted at the 20th Central Committee's fifth plenum on October 26-29, as the communique already announced. The report itself makes clear that it was published after the meeting.
광고 문의 · 300×250Attendees included Standing Committee members Wang Huning, Cai Qi and Li Xi, along with relevant Party and government officials. Speakers came from the democratic parties, the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce and non-Party representatives. Xinhua said they fully endorsed the draft and praised achievements in strict Party governance since the 18th Party Congress.
Key points from Xi's remarks
Per Xinhua, Xi said consulting non-Party figures on major Party documents and national policies reflects whole-process people's democracy and socialist consultative democracy. He said the Central Committee would study and absorb suggestions, stressed that governing the country requires governing the Party first, and called for continued self-purification, improvement, renewal and elevation, with Party discipline linked to the anti-corruption fight and leading cadres setting an example.
He also asked the democratic parties and independents to uphold the multi-party cooperation system, support the CPC's leadership, offer advice and carry out democratic oversight. Suggestions raised covered Party-building theory study, a correct view of performance, combined internal and external supervision, evaluation and accountability systems, cadre competence, oversight of power and public communication of Party anti-graft work. This report conveys facts only within Xinhua's coverage; details of individual speeches were not confirmed.