Leadership Change Election · Full chronicle and history

China sent He Wei, Chairman of the Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party, to mourn Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei rather than a high-level delegation, reflecting Beijing's strategic adjustment in international relations.

Wang Yi held a phone call with US Secretary of State Rubio, marking signs of a thaw in China-US relations.

The Ministry of Commerce announced that China and the US have agreed in principle to lower tariffs on some agricultural products, indicating a easing of economic and trade relations between the two countries.

China and Europe have finalized plans to hold their second regular economic and trade meeting this autumn, indicating that China-Europe relations are also moving toward normalization.

Wang Yi will visit four Nordic countries this week to further promote diplomatic relations with Europe.

Xinhua News Agency released a report on "Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building." This move has been interpreted as a sign that Xi Jinping's political status has retreated to the second line, and his ideology has been given a definitive conclusion.

Following the July 1 Party Founding Day, the CCDI's arrest machinery resumed its normal speed, processing five units in a single day—including large state-owned enterprises, water conservancy construction worker organizations, government think tanks, and local people's congresses—demonstrating that the arrest operations are proceeding as planned.

The former head of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions has been replaced and succeeded by Minister of Civil Affairs Lu Zhiyuan. This move is interpreted as a pre-emptive effort by the Senate elders and reformists to control the trade union system in order to prevent grassroots turmoil.

Du Ling, former vice chairperson of the Guangdong Federation of Trade Unions, is under investigation. This follows closely after the leadership reshuffle at the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, indicating that the trade union system is being purged.

The head of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) has been changed from Zhang Yuzhuo to Cheng Fubo. Zhang Yuzhuo was considered a protégé of Chen Xi (Xi Jinping's college roommate), and this replacement is seen as Xi Jinping losing control over state-owned enterprise assets.

A meeting of the NPC Standing Committee removed multiple senior officials from their posts in one fell swoop. Most of these high-ranking officials were Xi Jinping's loyal protégés, indicating that the power of the NPC no longer belongs to Xi.

NPC Vice Chairperson Li Hongzhong's high-profile inspection of the transition work has been interpreted as an announcement to the entire party that the succession process has begun and power is no longer in Xi Jinping's hands.

Leaks claim that on the very day the transition deployment meeting was held, Hu Chunhua took office as the head of the group liquidating Xi's faction, marking the launch of the succession liquidation procedure.