The Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee came to an end. Scholar Cai Wenxuan analyzed at a symposium today that the Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign also targets those he personally promoted. The reason is that Xi must constantly find new enemies within the party to maintain the legitimacy and legitimacy of his long-term governance.
The Security Taiwan Society, a corporate legal person, held a symposium today at the Chang Wing-Fat Foundation on "Observation of the situation after the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee: Possible evolution of the situation within the CCP and its impact on Taiwan after the Fifth Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee."
Cai Wenxuan, a researcher at the Institute of Political Science, Academia Sinica, mentioned at the symposium that the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China passed the "Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Several Major Issues on Persistently Promoting Comprehensive and Strict Governance of the Party", which is a normative document. It is estimated that subsequent formulations of guidelines, regulations, rules or methods, details, etc. will be used to promote "strict governance of the Party."
The Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China confirmed that 33 people have been expelled from the party and 1 person has been revoked from his party position. Cai Wenxuan pointed out that Xi launched large-scale purges in both his second and third terms, but the purge targets were different. In the second term, the targets were cadres promoted during the Hu Jintao period; in the third term, the purge targets were mostly cadres promoted during Xi's tenure.
"Some observers believe that Xi's purge of people he promoted is a sign of power being devolved." Cai Wenxuan believes that "of course this is not the case." He said that in his second term, Xi really used power struggle to attack his opponents; in his third term, he aimed to prove the legitimacy and legitimacy of his long-term rule.
Cai Wenxuan said that the governance logic of authoritarian rule is "constantly looking for enemies." Xi must constantly tell everyone that "the party has enemies." He must find enemies within the party and find those corrupt officials to prove the legitimacy and legitimacy of his long-term rule. He can also find enemies from his own people. Xi has never wanted the anti-corruption campaign to end.
He emphasized that Zhang Shengmin, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China, was co-opted to the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee because of his background in disciplinary inspection. This also means that the anti-corruption actions of the military and the government will continue.
Cai Wenxuan believes that the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China reviewed the decision to "strictly govern the party." This was also a large-scale purge and political review of Central Committee members. Through the disciplinary purge at the plenary session, Xi was able to eliminate dissent within the party and arrange for his cronies to take office at the 21st National Congress of the Communist Party of China. This meeting can be regarded as preparations for Xi's re-election for the fourth term.
Zeng Weifeng, an associate researcher at the International Relations Research Center of National Chengchi University, mentioned at the symposium that "Xi Jinping's Party Building Thoughts" is a starting point at this meeting and will become a system at the 21st National Congress of the Communist Party of China. The goal is to select talents through the system. This system ensures that Xi Jinping's political legacy can continue.
Zeng Weifeng believes that it is estimated that Xi Jinping's party-building thoughts will be included in the party constitution. It is expected that a set of reform systems will be introduced at the Second Plenary Session of the 21st Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. In the future, the assessment of officials will focus on "party spirit." It will not only assess whether they have done something wrong or committed a crime, but also whether they have a correct view of political performance. Corruption and work style will also be investigated to "see whether you are in line with the style of a modern communist."
He concluded that after the establishment of Xi Jinping’s ideological system of party building, it will be a system for selecting officials. At present, local governments can see that officials born after 1970 are gradually entering the position of provincial governor, but there is no provincial party secretary yet. This group of people will be selected entirely based on Xi Jinping’s party-building thoughts. They will not enter the Political Bureau of the Central Committee at the 21st National Congress of the Communist Party of China; but it is possible at the 22nd National Congress of the Communist Party of China. This group of people will become a generation that meets the party spirit required by Xi.
