Want China Times
Staff Reporter
July 31, 2015
Xi Jinping speaks during a China-Turkey economic summit held in Beijing on July 30. (Photo/CNS)
The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) set up a central leading group for united front work on Thursday, reports our Chinese-language sister paper Want Daily.
State-run Xinhua news agency has yet to announce whether the group’s leader will be Chinese president Xi Jinping, who presided over the meeting at which the establishment of the group was announced.
The group will be responsible for ensuring united front work policies and regulations are implemented, carrying out research on related policies and laws, ensuring party secretaries of municipal governments and government agencies abide by policies.
Chao Chien-min, chief of Chinese Culture University’s Graduate School of Mainland China Studies and Dr Sun Yat-sen’s Thoughts, said the CPC decided to establish the group because united front work requires cross-department planning and execution across a wide range of areas.
United front work involves coordinating with non-party officials and individuals to ensure loyalty to the party throughout society.
Officials attending the political bureau’s Thursday meeting agreed that consistent and stable macro policy should be maintained as China’s economic growth remains slow, traditional growth momentums are weak and structural contradictions have yet to be resolved. The officials also decided to facilitate cultural exchanges between Han people and minority ethnic groups in Tibet to strengthen ethnic and national unity during the meeting.
