2026-11-10
On November 10, Xinhua News Agency reported that Xi Jinping's thematic collection 'On Poverty Reduction and Alleviation' was recently published and distributed nationwide. State media described its arguments as the 'theoretical crystallization' of China's poverty alleviation efforts and the latest achievement in the Sinicization of Marxist anti-poverty theory.
2026-10-26
The Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CCP Central Committee was held. The communique shows that the number of Central Committee members and alternate members has decreased by 97 compared to the 20th National Congress. The meeting passed a decision on strict party governance and scheduled the 21st National Congress for the second half of 2027.
2026-11-06
On November 6, the NPC Standing Committee voted to pass the Anti-Transnational Corruption Law, consisting of 6 chapters and 47 articles, which comes into effect today. Targeting corrupt individuals who transfer assets overseas, this law provides a legal basis for recovering fugitive assets and holding individuals accountable, while requiring cross-border operating enterprises to establish integrity and compliance management departments.
2026-11-06
On November 6, at the Baron Investment Conference, Musk recalled Tesla's efforts to build a wholly-owned factory in China, stating that Chinese officials shouted at him to his face, demanding that Tesla must form a joint venture with a Chinese company. Eventually, China amended its foreign equity ratio policy to allow for wholly-owned factories.
2026-11-05
On November 5, Zhang Chenguang, an official from the National Healthcare Security Administration, explained at a media briefing that the decline in enrollment was due to the removal of approximately 25 million duplicate registrations, the transition of over 60 million people to employee medical insurance, and population decline. He stated that this is a reasonable and normal decline and explicitly prohibited the assignment of mandatory enrollment quotas.
2026-10-26
The CCP held the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee in Beijing, deliberating and adopting documents related to comprehensively strengthening Party discipline.
2026-11-03
On November 3, the Shanghai Bendibao WeChat official account posted that starting in 2030, the minimum contribution period for employees to receive a basic pension will be gradually increased from 15 to 20 years, rising by 6 months each year until it reaches 20 years in 2039. Netizens in the comment section responded with sarcasm and mockery.
2026-11-02
On November 2, a draft amendment to the Criminal Procedure Law of the PRC was submitted to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for its first review. It proposes to explicitly write for the first time that 'no person shall be found guilty without a judgment by a people's court in accordance with the law, and presumption of guilt is prohibited,' and intends to restrict the application of residential surveillance in designated locations. Scholars warn that adding these six characters requires a systematic upgrade of provisions regarding evidence and the right to defense.
2026-11-01
On November 1, the official Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorized the release of a decision on several major issues regarding the persistent promotion of strict Party governance, sparking outside attention regarding a potential turning point in the political situation.
2026-11-01
Xinhua News Agency has published the "Decision of the CCP Central Committee on Several Major Issues Concerning Persistent Promotion of Comprehensive Strict Party Governance," explicitly requiring that top leaders must not engage in one-man rule or patriarchal practices.
2026-11-01
The CCP's state media, Xinhua News Agency, has released a major document of over 17,000 words, requiring party members to avoid one-man rule while upholding the core status of Xi Jinping.
2026-11
The Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CCP Central Committee has adopted a 17,000-character decision. The content covers strengthening supreme political authority, restricting the power of top officials at all levels, establishing a vertical supervision system within the Party, managing cadres throughout their entire cycle, and breaking the immunity of 'iron-hat kings,' thereby comprehensively implementing white terror within the Party.
2026-11-01
On November 1, CCP state media published the "Decision" passed by the Fifth Plenary Session. Part 7 of the document explicitly states that there shall be no "iron-cap princes" or "iron-clad guarantees" (dan shu tie quan).
2026-11-01
According to the application page uploaded by a netizen on November 1, the living subsidy policy for educated talent in Zhengzhou expired on October 31. New applications are currently not being accepted, and will be processed according to new regulations once the updated talent policy is issued. Matters already accepted within the validity period will be handled under the old policy.
2026-10-30
On October 30, the CCP Central Committee held a press conference for the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee. Zhang Fuhai, Deputy Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, disclosed that since the 18th National Congress in 2012, discipline inspection and supervision agencies nationwide have disciplined a total of 7.922 million people, including 963 centrally-managed officials, and stated that the anti-corruption situation remains severe and complex.
2026-10-30
At the press conference of the CCP Central Committee on October 30, Hu Heping, Deputy Head of the Publicity Department, stated that the "Decision" adopted by the Fifth Plenary Session proposes that strengthening party spirit is the fundamental task of comprehensive strict party governance, requiring all party members to regard strengthening party spirit as a lifelong project.
2026-10-30
On October 30, state media reported that the Ministry of Civil Affairs recently released its first comprehensive "Social Organization Cancellation Guide," providing an exit pathway for zombie and voluntarily dissolved social organizations, which officials described as a waste of resources and a hidden risk.
2026-10-30
On October 30, the front pages of 12 newspapers, including the People’s Daily, Guangming Daily, Economic Daily, China Youth Daily, Nanfang Daily, and Hubei Daily, were highly identical. All featured the holding of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CCP Central Committee in Beijing as the headline, accompanied by the same set of photos of Xi Jinping speaking and a panoramic view of the meeting, along with extensive coverage of the plenary session communique.
2026-10-29
The communique of the Fifth Plenary Session has been released. At the end of the communique, the words commanding the entire Party and the entire military were removed, and several clauses regarding the term limit system and lifelong accountability system for leading cadres were written into the plenary session's decision.
2026-10-29
On the afternoon of October 29, at the Fifth Plenary Session, Xi Jinping responded to questions about whether comprehensive strict party governance hinders economic and social development, stating that the impact is positive rather than negative, and emphasized that there must be no hesitation or retreat in the future. Xinhua News Agency published a feature report on October 31.
2026-10-29
On October 29, the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CCP Central Committee concluded in Beijing, reviewing and adopting the "Decision on Several Major Issues of Persistently Promoting Comprehensive and Strict Governance of the Party." Xi Jinping personally served as the head of the drafting group for the "Decision." On October 30, the authorities held a press conference to brief the public.
2026-10-28
Late at night on October 28, Xi Jinping presided over a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CCP Central Committee, making 13 revisions to the documents for the Fifth Plenary Session based on the discussion opinions of 14 groups.
2026-10-28
On October 28, Chinese media reported that the Ministry of Public Security has established a Drone Security and Control Bureau. Drone control and safety management agencies have also been successively established at the provincial, municipal, and county levels in many regions, forming a regulatory system from the central government down to local levels. Departments such as the NDRC, CAAC, and MIIT have also set up management agencies for the low-altitude economy.
2026-10-27
On October 27, the Election Committee Office of Gong County, Yibin, Sichuan, stated on the official website of the County People's Congress that all preliminary candidates for the new term of county and township people's congresses were selected from a reserve pool of approximately 2,200 people. This pool is coordinated by the Organization Department of the County Party Committee, and candidates are subject to joint review by discipline inspection, police (Public Security), and judicial departments.
2026-10-26
In accordance with the requirements of the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Finance, Nantong University and Yangzhou University have notified staff on the payroll and personnel-agency personnel that their salaries will be disbursed through digital RMB wallets starting November 2026. Personnel must open or upgrade their wallets within the prescribed deadline, with Nantong University requiring completion before October 30.
2026-10-25
The Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CCP Central Committee opened at the Jingxi Hotel in Beijing. The meeting was jointly guarded by the Central Guard Bureau, the Beijing Garrison Command, and police forces, and has drawn close outside attention amid political maneuvering and high-pressure Party rectification.
2026-10-24
The eighth round of inspections by the 20th CCP Central Committee has officially begun, with teams stationed at the Ministry of Education and 31 centrally administered universities including Peking University and Tsinghua University.
2026-10-24
On October 24, a netizen from Jiangsu posted to expose that when promoting flu vaccination locally, assessment targets were issued to grassroots villages, requiring each village to mobilize at least 30 people for vaccination. Those mobilizing fewer than 8 people with a vaccination rate below the average would be fined 800 yuan, and fewer than 15 people would result in a 500 yuan fine; the top three would receive cash rewards. Grassroots workers said they were disheartened.
2026-10-23
The Politburo meeting reviewed the comprehensive report on the seventh round of inspections of the 20th CCP Central Committee, decided to remove Shen Xiaoming from the post of Hunan Provincial Party Secretary and Wang Ning from the post of Yunnan Provincial Party Secretary, and parachuted in Mo Gaoyi as Yunnan Provincial Party Secretary and Wang Zhijin as Hunan Provincial Party Secretary.
2026-10-23
On October 23, the Market Supervision Administration of Luoding City, Guangdong issued a notice soliciting clues in the market supervision field related to gang-related and evil forces, listing knowingly buying fake goods, deliberately nitpicking, and filing complaints and lawsuits in batches as malicious claims for compensation, with suspected gang and evil crimes to be transferred to the police.
2026-10-22
The website of the CCP Central Commission for Discipline Inspection published an article on October 22, specifically discussing the issue of retired officials using their networks to seriously violate regulations and accumulate wealth.
2026-10-22
Anhui official media publicized a new policy on urban-rural resident pension insurance: after parents pay their own premiums for the current year, their children may make additional contributions on their behalf, with a maximum limit of 9,000 yuan per person per year, sparking complaints from netizens.
2026-10-21
The website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection published an article discussing the characterization analysis of retired party members and cadres illegally accepting property, sending the signal that even retirement cannot escape accountability.
2026-10-20
On October 20, at a press conference of the State Council Information Office, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said that some automakers follow the trend in launching new products and that testing and validation are insufficient, and that it will prevent unreasonable innovative designs and vehicle products that have not undergone sufficient research, development, testing and validation from entering the market.
2026-10-19
The 12th Party Congress of Anhui Province opened in Hefei, with Provincial Party Committee Secretary Li Lecheng delivering the report and Acting Governor Wang Dongwei presiding; Xinjiang also opened on the same day.
2026-10-19
The 12th Henan Provincial Party Congress held its preparatory meeting, presided over by Zhou Zuyi, with the formal opening of the congress scheduled for the following day.
2026-10-19
The Ministry of Justice, the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, the Ministry of Public Security, the National Health Commission, and the National Disease Control and Prevention Administration jointly issued standards defining the scope of serious illnesses and criteria for identifying inability to care for oneself for temporary execution of sentences outside prison.
2026-10-19
On October 19, the Ministry of Commerce, the General Administration of Customs, and the Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission issued an announcement placing brushless motors, electronic speed controllers and carbon fiber propellers for drones with specific performance indicators under export controls; they may not be exported without a permit, and the new rules take effect on November 18.
2026-10-18
The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security announced that it will work with multiple departments, including public security and tax authorities, to cross-check backend data, precisely identify people who should be covered but are not, or whose contributions have been interrupted, and have community workers proactively reach out and encourage them, with the goal of keeping the basic pension insurance participation rate stable at above 95%.
2026-10-18
Recently, netizens in many places across China have reported on social media that they received notices of increased social insurance premiums, requiring them to pay back the difference for January to September. A netizen in Shenzhen said the social insurance payment was nearly 2,000 yuan, lamenting the heavy pressure on life amid economic difficulties.
2026-10-16
On October 16, according to China Film Report, the National Film Administration and the General Administration of Sport recently jointly issued a document to launch the “Go Sports with Films” initiative, supporting the establishment of sports lottery sales points in cinemas, encouraging cinemas to broadcast live sports events and carry out suitable sports activities.
2026-10-15
Xi Jinping suddenly published an article in Qiushi magazine, stressing the need to unify thinking, uphold the centralized and unified leadership of the Central Committee, and put power in the cage of institutions, sending signals of a comprehensive purge within the Party.
2026-10-15
Xinhua News Agency announced that the 20th issue of Qiushi magazine will publish an important article by Xi Jinping on exercising full and rigorous Party self-governance, with the content drawn from his speech at the plenary session of the CCP Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in January this year.
2026-10-14
Shenzhen's social security pension base has risen again, and back payments and supplementary payments are required for the period from January to December. The difficulty of recovering the shortfall from departed employees is increasing the burden on businesses.
2026-10-14
Many places across the country have been intensively carrying out social security publicity campaigns under the theme “everyone fulfills their duty, everyone enjoys the benefits,” sparking widespread discussion among netizens about the flaws in the social security system and about forced mobilization.
2026-10-14
Recently, China's human resources and social security departments have proposed finding uninsured groups through various methods and pushing more people to enroll in social insurance.
2026-10-14
On October 14, multiple netizens posted that many places across the country are intensively promoting the 'Social Security Services to Every Household' campaign, with the theme in all regions being 'Everyone fulfills their responsibilities, everyone enjoys the benefits.'
2026-10-26
The Chinese Communist Party's 20th Central Committee Fifth Plenary Session is scheduled to be held from October 26 to 29 at the Jinji Hotel inside Beijing's Third Ring Road, with about 400 people attending the meeting.
2026-10-13
China's Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security announced that it will use big data to find people and mobilize the uninsured to enroll in social insurance, drawing collective mocking private messages and questioning from netizens inside the Great Firewall.
2026-10-13
According to the Wall Street Journal, Vice Premier He Lifeng has warned businesses that large-scale layoffs are prohibited while adopting AI technology, though the situation is considered difficult to reverse.
2026-10-13
Fujian Province has raised the pension insurance contribution base and requires insured individuals who previously paid at the old base to make up the difference. A netizen from Zhangzhou posted a payment page showing a monthly shortfall of 29.2 yuan, with payments made at the old minimum tier from January to September requiring a cumulative back payment of 262.8 yuan; a netizen from Fuzhou said the company had already gone bankrupt, leaving the back payments for earlier months unresolved.
2026-10-13
The Ministry of Finance's 2026 budget shows that central government debt interest expenditure is 873.99 billion yuan, accounting for about 19.2% of central-level expenditure.
2026-10-12
The National Health and Health Conference was convened again after ten years, with all seven members of the Standing Committee of the 20th Party Congress in attendance, drawing outside attention to the movements of the Politburo Standing Committee.
2026-10-11
On the evening of October 11, the topic climbed onto Weibo's social hot search list. Netizens complained about having to pay back the earlier difference, with one netizen from Guangdong saying the company had already covered the entire back-payment difference for its employees, comparing it to a landlord announcing a rent increase in October and demanding the price difference for the previous 9 months.
2026-10-10
CCP official Li Zhong publicly stated on October 10 that those who still have not participated in social insurance and labor insurance will all be found through methods such as big data monitoring and forced to make contributions.
2026-10-10
Li Zhong, Vice Minister of Human Resources and Social Security, said that as of the end of September, China's social security enrollment ranks first in the world, and next step is to use various data to find those who have not yet enrolled and mobilize them to enroll.
2026-10-10
At a State Council Information Office press conference on October 10, Li Zhong, Vice Minister of Human Resources and Social Security, announced that as of the end of September, the number of participants in basic pension, unemployment, and work injury insurance had reached 1.079 billion, 251 million, and 327 million respectively, and said that through policy optimization and other means such as “using data to find people,” those not yet enrolled would be found and mobilized to enroll, with a focus on supporting flexible workers and migrant workers in participating in employee pension insurance.
2026-10-10
On October 10, Li Zhong, Vice Minister of Human Resources and Social Security, said that some people are still not covered by insurance and that they must be found through various means and urged to enroll, sparking heated discussion online.
2026-10-09
The China Association for Science and Technology stated that the Nobel Prize deserves respect but is not an all-purpose yardstick, and cannot comprehensively measure a country's scientific and technological strength.
2026-10-09
On October 9, the CCP Central Committee and the State Council released the Opinions on Developing New Quality Productive Forces, warning localities not to turn away from the real economy toward the virtual economy and to avoid creating bubbles, demanding serious accountability for major losses caused by blind investment and herd behavior, and prohibiting the violation and abuse of policies in the name of new quality productive forces.
2026-10-09
On October 9, the Ministry of Finance announced the arrangement and use of 550 billion yuan in local government debt carryover quotas, of which 300 billion yuan will be fully allocated to counties and districts to enhance general public budget support capacity, and 250 billion yuan will be used to support investment projects.
2026-10-08
Facing massive breach-of-contract damages and a crisis of international credibility, the CCP on October 8 approved continuing to fulfill exports under refined oil contracts totaling 3.7 million tons and worth US$4.5 billion that had already been signed in October.
2026-10-07
On October 7, Jilin Provincial Party Secretary Huang Qiang chaired a symposium for internet celebrities at the Songyuan Café in Changchun, calling on influencers to study Xi Jinping's thought on building a cyber powerhouse, remain firm in the "four confidences," and promote the main theme, and asking publicity and cyberspace affairs departments to offer support, presenting attendees with books on the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army.
2026-10-01
China’s newly revised National Defense Mobilization Law officially took effect on October 1, writing civil-military integration into law; experts believe it is aimed at responding to a Taiwan Strait conflict and U.S.-China great-power competition.
2026-10-01
Starting from National Day on October 1, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) issued stricter restrictions: apart from ensuring flights to Hong Kong and Macau and some marine fuel, all exports of refined oil products such as diesel and gasoline have been halted, and all signed contracts have been cancelled.
2026-10
Xi Jinping published an article in Qiushi magazine, sending a strong signal of a thorough purge within the Chinese Communist Party.
2026-10-01
The October 1 issue of Qiushi magazine carried an article signed by Xi Jinping, mentioning strengthening inclusive livelihood development and common prosperity, which sparked outside discussion about harvesting the wealth of the middle class.
2026-10
A major incident recently occurred at a KTV in Zhejiang, prompting the Chinese Communist Party to conduct strict inspections of KTVs and other nightlife venues nationwide. Luxury KTVs in many places have shut down, and city governments have adopted one-size-fits-all policies in response.
2026-10
The Guangdong government raised the lower limit of the pension insurance contribution base from 4775 to 5521 and required back payments of the difference from January to September, sparking complaints from netizens.
2026-10
Various localities are using big data and door-to-door mobilization at the grassroots level to push for payment of pensions for urban and rural residents and flexible workers; the continuous rise in the social insurance base and amounts is increasing the burden on the public.
2026-10-01
In Ruili, Yunnan, multiple monks wearing kasaya lined up to face the national flag and held a flag-raising ceremony accompanied by the national anthem.
2026-10-01
The National Defense Mobilization Law of the People's Republic of China officially took effect on October 1, stipulating that male citizens aged 18 to 60 and female citizens aged 18 to 55 shall legally undertake national defense service duties, including supporting and safeguarding military operations, preventing and relieving the disasters of war, and assisting in maintaining social order.
2026-10
China's Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said it will use big data to identify people who have not paid social insurance, prompting netizen concerns that social insurance payments may become compulsory.
2026-10
Following a small aircraft collision at the CITIC Tower in Beijing this June that resulted in casualties, Beijing announced a citywide ban on the flight and sale of drones effective November 15.
2026-09-30
A Xinhua News Agency communiqué announced that Qiushi magazine will publish an article by Xi Jinping on strengthening universal, basic, and safety-net livelihood development, reiterating that there must be no excessive guarantees and that a slide into welfareism must be prevented.
2026-09-29
An X account named “所谓伊人在水一方” uploaded a video of a female teacher talking about student safety, in which she reminds high school students to guard against strangers, vehicles, and the risk of losing contact.
2026-09-29
Around September 29, Peking University issued the "Implementation Measures for Meeting the Requirement of Living a Tight Life," making clear that meetings must not be held at 21 scenic and tourist areas, and restricting spending on meetings, training, and travel. The related topic trended on Weibo's hot search, prompting netizens to speculate that Peking University had run out of money.
2026-09-28
The CCP Ministry of Commerce released a Mid-Autumn report stating that average daily sales of key retail and catering enterprises rose 0.1% year-on-year, but it made no mention of mooncake sales, and the calculation baseline is disputed.
2026-09-28
On September 28, after Xi Jinping's visit to the US, the Ministry of Commerce released a 38-page list of products subject to reciprocal tariff reductions, covering corn, wheat, sorghum, meat, and seed soybeans, among others. However, non-seed US soybeans, a major trade item, were not included and still face an additional 10% tariff. The tariff reduction arrangements will be implemented after completing domestic legal procedures.
2026-09-28
The Peace China Construction Work Conference was held in Beijing on September 28 to convey Xi Jinping's instructions, stating that the construction of a Peace China has achieved significant results since the 18th National Congress, and calling for the implementation of the overall national security concept with both punishment and prevention; Chen Wenqing required joint efforts in management, and Wang Xiaohong emphasized implementation.
2026-09-27
On September 27, the WeChat official account of the Ministry of State Security published a comic titled "State Security Popular Science Theater: Infernal 'Rice'", claiming that foreign consulate personnel, agricultural experts, and biologists were dealt with according to the law for illegally collecting data on rice yields, planting distribution, and reserve conditions, and the village head who reported them was awarded a certificate of honor.
2026-09-27
In response to the call for tightening their belts, many places across China are welcoming National Day in a frugal manner. Erqi District in Zhengzhou has achieved an old flag reuse rate as high as 82.26%, while Shiyan in Hubei and Jiande in Zhejiang have also adopted cost-saving measures such as reusing materials or relying on existing flowerbeds.
2026-04
Within two months starting from early April 2026, at least 15 bureau-level political, legal, and public security officials were investigated.
2026-06-28
Starting from June 28, 2026, flight clubs in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Suzhou and other locations have been gradually receiving a total grounding notice.
2026-09-24
Based on the assessment results of the "correct view of political achievements," leadership teams at all local levels will undergo a change of term.
2026-09-24
The final deadline for the Chinese Communist Party's debt resolution plan is set for June 30, 2027.
2026-09-24
On September 24, The New York Times Chinese website published an article stating that Xi Jinping has invested over $184 billion through state-led funds and pledged hundreds of billions more to make artificial intelligence the leading goose of economic revolution, aiming for AI to cover 90% of society by 2030 to compete with the United States, while facing employment shocks and information control risks.
2026-09-23
The Supreme Court, Supreme People's Procuratorate, and Ministry of Public Security have jointly issued and implemented opinions on the application of law in criminal cases involving fentanyl-related substances, with policies being implemented by the judicial system prior to the heads of state meeting.
2026-09-22
The Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Public Security and other five ministries jointly issued Announcement No. 40, adding export controls on two fentanyl-related chemicals for the United States, Canada and Mexico.
2026-09-22
At a State Council press conference on September 22, Vice Minister of Natural Resources Zhou Xing announced a nationwide mineral exploration campaign targeting petroleum, iron, copper, and aluminum.
2026-09-22
China's Ministry of Commerce and four other departments announced the addition of two precursor chemicals to the export control catalog. Starting immediately, exports to the United States, Mexico, and Canada will require a license application, a move seen as a response to the Trump administration's demands for the control of fentanyl precursors.
2026-09-21
The Political Bureau of the CCP Central Committee held a meeting, officially determining that the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee will be held in Beijing from October 26 to 29, and submitted the decision on exercising full and strict governance over the Party for deliberation.
2026-09-21
Xinhua News Agency reported that the Political Bureau meeting decided to submit the draft decision on comprehensively and strictly governing the Party to the 5th Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee for deliberation.
2026-09-21
It is reported that 17 municipal hospitals in Beijing have explicitly rejected bids for imported products in centralized medical equipment procurement, fully implementing domestic substitution.
2026-09-21
On September 21, Liu Huanxin, Director of the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration, announced at a State Council Information Office press conference that a comprehensive "whole grains table revolution" will be launched to ensure national food security.
2026-09-21
On September 21, Xi Jinping chaired a meeting of the Standing Committee of the CCP Political Bureau, stressing the sustained advancement of full and strict Party self-governance, and reiterating Marxism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, the Three Represents, the Scientific Outlook on Development, and Xi Jinping Thought, which was said to signal a tightening of politics within the Party.
2026-09-21
According to Bloomberg, China is planning to invest approximately $295 billion over the next five years to build a national data center network. Xi Jinping emphasized that the focus should be on "hard power" and "new quality productive forces" rather than just GDP growth. Despite warnings from multiple economists that AI is unlikely to boost employment and could weaken consumption, officials continue to push forward with the investment plan, sparking public concern over an "AI Great Leap Forward".
2026-09-21
Beijing announced that starting November 15, except under special security circumstances, the possession and storage of drones and their core components are prohibited.
2026-09-21
Reuters reported on September 21, citing people familiar with the matter, that in some robot data collection centers and joint venture projects local governments may bear 80%–90% of the initial investment, and that project orders can support company valuations and help them reach the listing threshold; regulators are examining whether this represents genuine demand.
2026-09-19
On September 19, the Beijing Municipal Market Regulation Bureau announced that it has launched investigations into four online hotel and travel platforms—Fliggy, Tongcheng, Tujia, and Meituan—for suspected illegal activities. On the same day, the China Hotel Association pointed out that these platforms are involved in issues such as high commissions, forced bundling, and data opacity, and called on them to make their search ranking and commission rate rules public.
2026-09-20
The Beijing airspace control department issued Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) A4484/26, announcing the activation of a 24/7 long-term no-fly zone centered on Beijing with a 300-kilometer radius starting from September 20, covering Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei as well as parts of Shanxi, Shandong, Inner Mongolia, and Liaoning.
2026-09-14
On September 14, a community in Dongying City, Shandong Province announced the implementation of the "Young-Old Service for the Elderly" project, encouraging people aged 60 to 70 to provide public services for seniors aged 70 to 90. The policy sparked heated public debate, with netizens questioning it as a disguised forced labor amid pension shortfalls.
2026-09-17
From September 16 to 17, 2026, the National Advanced Manufacturing Conference was held in Beijing. Li Qiang, Zhang Guoqing, and Wu Zhenglong attended. Xi Jinping himself did not attend; Xinhua News Agency only reported on its front page on September 17 that he had given important instructions on developing advanced manufacturing.
2026-09-14
On September 14, official media reported that the National Health Commission is revising the Blood Donation Law, proposing to raise the upper age limit for blood donation from 55 to 65 years and shorten the donation interval from 6 months to 3 months, sparking widespread online discussion and jokes.
2026-09-13
On September 13, the Central Organization Department, together with relevant ministries and commissions, revised the management measures for leaders of schools, research institutions, public hospitals, and the propaganda and cultural system, clarifying that the “two establishments” and the “two safeguards” are the primary political criteria for appointments, and these are integrated throughout the entire process of selection, training, and supervision.
2026-09-15
China will implement new exit and entry regulations starting September 15, further tightening its borders and restricting ordinary citizens' freedom to travel abroad.
2026-09-15
The new exit and entry administration regulations officially took effect on September 15. The regulations contain 19 articles, meaning that passports will be kept by Party organizations.
2026-09-15
On September 15, 2026, the Shanxi Province Electric Bicycle Management Regulations officially took effect, stipulating that both drivers and passengers must wear safety helmets that meet national standards; failure to wear a helmet or carrying passengers in violation of the rules will result in a warning or a fine of 20 yuan.
2026-09-14
The State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) requires central state-owned enterprises to dynamically clear defaults and arrears owed to small and medium-sized enterprises, with cash payment becoming a mandatory requirement. No new bills or notes with terms exceeding 6 months will be issued, and SMEs can report arrears issues to central SOEs and SASAC platforms.
2026-09-14
On September 14, the State Council (State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission) stated at a State Council Information Office policy briefing that central enterprises will take the lead in raising funds and ensuring timely payment. It required large enterprises to compress the maximum payment period for small and medium-sized enterprises to within 60 days, strictly prohibited issuing new bills with a term of more than 6 months, and called for joint interviews and rectifications targeting large enterprises that intentionally prolong account periods.
2026-09-10
On September 10, the General Office of the State Council of China issued a notice on governing the difficulty for small and medium enterprises in receiving payments. It requires focused monitoring of large enterprises' arrears, stipulates that government procurement and central enterprise projects must be paid in full cash, and prohibits large enterprises from forcing small and medium enterprises into accounts receivable financing.
2026-09-12
Affected by the decline in births and the concentration of the population in towns and cities, many places have begun to make use of idle rural primary and secondary school buildings, converting some idle primary schools into nursing homes, elderly care service centers and other facilities.
2026-09-10
The National Development and Reform Commission and the State Administration for Market Regulation issued Document No. 1303, the "Notice on Matters Concerning Cost Accounting for Low-Price and Disorderly Competition in Important Industrial Products," requiring cost accounting for important industrial products.
2026-09-10
The CCP's National Development and Reform Commission and the State Administration for Market Regulation issued NDRC Price [2026] No. 1303, the "Notice on Matters Concerning Cost Accounting for Low-Price Disorderly Competition in Important Industrial Products," stipulating that important industrial products must not engage in low-price disorderly competition, and determining a cost floor price for enterprises through administrative means.
2026-09-08
According to an analysis released in September 2026, China's massive subsidies for electric vehicles mainly began in 2015, and the cumulative scale of direct and indirect subsidies is projected to have reached 3 trillion yuan.
2026-09-08
According to a video from Hu Liren's Real China dated September 8, 2026, days after a symposium in Hangzhou on experience in improving the writing style of the theory pages of Party newspapers and journals, the Chinese Communist Party held the Second International Academic Symposium on Xi Jinping Thought on Culture, promoting the implementation of Xi Jinping Thought on Culture.
2026-09-03
On September 3, 2026, the General Administration of Sport of China stated at a State Council Information Office press conference that during the 15th Five-Year Plan period it will promote the construction of fitness facilities at rest stops for couriers and food delivery workers, prompting public discussion that it is detached from the reality of their labor.
2026-09
The CCP Politburo meeting decided, demanding strict control of thought within the party and unifying around Xi Jinping, seen as a major political signal.
2026-09
China’s National Health Commission has required that logistics personnel at hospitals be kept to 15%, and the hospitals concerned are facing demands to control their spending accordingly.
2026-09
The Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is scheduled to be held in October 2026, in the fourth quarter. Its theme is to persistently advance full and strict Party self-governance, consolidate the Party's ruling position, and improve the system of strict Party self-governance. Ahead of the session, the National Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CCP Central Committee also held a plenary meeting in preparation.
2026-09
From March 2025 to the end of March 2026, the Ministry of Justice carried out a special campaign to regulate administrative law enforcement involving enterprises, identifying and correcting over 66,000 problem leads, recovering 30.7 billion yuan in economic losses for enterprises, and seeing the national total of administrative inspections drop by 34% year on year.
2026-09
In September 2026, Reuters published the article "How Unassuming Yttrium Became the Focus of a Global Dispute," revealing that China has imposed export controls on yttrium since April 2025, with exports to the US repeatedly disrupted and capped (60 tons in March 2026, 29 tons in July), and noting that Japan has faced an informal embargo and the EU has demanded that China resolve the issue before October.
2026-09
Beijing has issued new regulations banning the possession of drones across the entire city starting November 15, requiring residents to sell, scrap, recycle, or ship out their drones; those who dispose of them before the end of October can receive a subsidy of up to 3,000 yuan, while the subsidy drops to a maximum of 1,500 yuan from November 1 to 14.
2026-09
Chinese authorities have drafted a law requiring AI companies to prevent their models from being used to write malicious code. The newly revised "Artificial Intelligence Safety Governance Framework" also highlights the out-of-control risks that may be caused by "recursive self-improvement".
2026-09
Beijing has released newly revised regulations on drone management. Effective November 15, 2026, except under special safeguard circumstances, the possession and storage of drones and their core components within Beijing's administrative area is prohibited.
2026-09-01
On August 24, 2026, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and the State Administration for Market Regulation jointly issued guidelines requiring Chinese automakers to avoid frequent and large price adjustments overseas and not to disrupt market order.
2026-09
Peking University issued the "Implementation Measures for Fulfilling the Requirement of Living Tight Lives," drawing attention against the backdrop of an economic downturn.
2026-09
Beijing's official supporting plan specifies that from September 12 to November 14, eligible individuals may send drones via EMS to an address outside Beijing, and after verification the shipping fee will be waived.
2026-09
Anhui announced in September that the lower limit of the 2026 social insurance contribution base will be raised from 4,311 yuan to 4,354 yuan, effective from January; those under flexible employment pension insurance must make up a difference of 8.60 yuan per month.
2026-08-28
The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the CCP has passed the newly revised National Defense Mobilization Law, which will take effect on October 1, 2026.
2026-08-28
Article 58 of the newly revised National Defense Mobilization Law stipulates that male citizens aged 18 to 60 and female citizens aged 18 to 55 shall all perform national defense service, while personnel with special expertise are not subject to age limits.
2026-08-28
Article 64 of the newly revised National Defense Mobilization Law stipulates that all organizations and individuals have the obligation to accept the lawful requisition and expropriation of civilian resources.
2026-08-28
The draft Anti-Cross-Border Corruption Law has been opened for public comment starting from August 28, covering overseas deposit and investment reporting, anti-money laundering cooperation, cross-border corporate compliance, and state-owned enterprises' overseas projects, among other content.
2026-08-28
On August 28, 2026, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress revised and promulgated the National Defense Mobilization Law, stipulating that men aged 18 to 60 and women aged 18 to 55 shall lawfully undertake national defense duties, effective October 1.
2026-08-28
On August 28, China's NPC Standing Committee revised and passed the National Defense Mobilization Law, which will take effect on October 1. Compared with the old 2010 law, civilian resources have been expanded from "requisition" to "expropriation and requisition."
2026-08-25
The meeting heard the National Commission of Supervision's submission for deliberation of the draft Anti-Cross-Border Corruption Law, the Ministry of Finance reported on government debt management, and deliberation began on personnel appointment and removal bills.
2026-08-25
The Chinese Communist Party's draft Anti-Cross-Border Corruption Law has been submitted to a session of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for its first reading.
2026-08-24
A meeting of the CCP Central Leading Group for Party Building officially announced the completion of the grand screening of the view on political performance, and will use the results as a hard indicator for local leadership transitions.
2026-08-21
China’s National Health Commission stated at a press conference that flu vaccination will gradually be launched in various regions in September.
2026-08-19
On August 19, 2026, the Financial Times reported that, months after Beijing restricted imports of Nvidia H200 chips, officials have approved ByteDance and Tencent to each purchase 10,000 H200 units, driven by urgent computing power demands for frontier large models.
2026-08-17
Li Qiang presided over a State Council meeting, calling for persisting in expanding domestic demand, focusing on the principal contradiction, seizing on areas with long industrial chains and large scale, and promoting the domestic economic cycle and consumption upgrading.
2026-08-17
On August 17, 2026, a new media account under the CCP Central Committee's United Front Work Department reposted an article that characterized the American academic school of the "New Qing History" as a political conspiracy by separatist forces and launched an open criticism of it.
2026-08-16
US cable news network CNN published a report analyzing the restrictions and censorship on Chinese Communist Party members marrying foreigners, pointing out that this could be regarded as "endangering national security."
2026-08-15
The Ecological Environment Code has officially come into force, repealing multiple existing environmental regulations and introducing a large number of penalty provisions, sparking public concern about a fine-driven economy.
2026-08-07
It is alleged that the CCP Central Committee General Office conveyed requirements to Wang Xiaohong through Chen Wenqing, mandating the state security system to conduct political vetting of individuals entering and exiting China.
2026-08-07
On August 7, 2026, Zhou Zuyi, Secretary of the CPC Fujian Provincial Committee, convened a meeting, reviving the "Fortress Project" deployed in Fujian 35 years ago and calling for it to be integrated into grassroots Party building across the province and into the leadership elections of village and community two committees.
2026-08-06
Xinhua News Agency released early on August 6 an infographic themed on "quasi-steady and ruthless," announcing a deepening of the special campaign to sweep away black and eliminate evil, which was accused of paving the way for a political purge.
2026-08-05
China's Ministry of Commerce announced export controls on drones and prohibited trade with six US entities, calling it a response to relevant US restrictive measures.
2026-08-05
On August 5, 2026, China's Ministry of Commerce issued an announcement stating that, pursuant to the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law, it had taken counter-sanctions measures against six US entities, including Applied DNA Sciences, which were suspected of participating in the supply of Taiwan-related military products and technical support.
2026-08-03
Xinhua News Agency released content reiterating adherence to the Party's overall leadership and the Central Committee's centralized and unified leadership, which was interpreted as a measure taken by Xi Jinping to consolidate power.
2026-08-02
The WeChat public account of the CCP's Political and Legal Affairs Commission posted an article claiming that black and evil crimes are "stubborn, recurrent and complex," continuing to build momentum for deepening the special campaign to sweep away black and eliminate evil.
2026-08-02
On August 2, CCTV.com reported in a Q&A format that a responsible official of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission addressed the reasons for deepening the special anti-gang and anti-evil campaign and its key tasks, with opinion-based extortion and internet water armies listed as key targets of the crackdown.
2026-08-01
The 15th issue of Qiushi magazine, published on August 1, carried the article “Accelerate the Building of a Healthy China,” proposing to build a “Healthy China” by 2035.
2026-08
The CCP's political-legal system is accused of retroactively reviewing old cases and cleaning out networks of interests on the grounds of increasing fiscal revenue, while carrying out cross-border recovery of illicit assets; the scope of investigation may cover closed cases, case-handling personnel, and related parties.
2026-08
The CCP's 20th Central Committee left it until the last minute to finalize the date of its Fifth Plenary Session, and the notice focuses on strictly governing the Party, reflecting a lack of consensus within the Party due to the fiscal crisis and the collapse of the spoils-sharing table.
2026-08
The State Council has reportedly ordered an investigation into STO Express, with related actions involving its equity and corporate asset control issues.
2026-08
It is alleged that Chinese citizens holding green cards are required to report to the local police upon returning to China, and their accommodation and movement information may be incorporated into surveillance systems.
2026-08
The CCP is collaborating with CCTV and pro-unification KOLs to study history textbooks used by Taiwanese students, aiming to develop a new generation of united front brainwashing narratives targeting the Taiwanese people in an attempt to divide Taiwanese society and supporters of various political parties.
2026-08-01
On August 1, 2026, the All China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives released its 15th Five-Year development plan, announcing that by 2030 it would build 1,000 county-level distribution centers and more than 100 strategic agricultural input reserve warehouses in major grain-producing counties, sparking concerns about a return to a planned economy.
2026-08-01
From August 1, China unilaterally implemented new management regulations for the Huangyan Island national nature reserve, announcing a complete ban on fishing, mining, and coral reef excavation within the waters, and that the China Coast Guard will establish a regular patrol mechanism. The United States and the Philippines said they do not recognize it.
2026-08
In late August 2026, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) held an unprecedented national plenary meeting of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection to prepare for the upcoming Fifth Plenary Session, stressing strict political discipline and discipline for the leadership transition, and calling for a comprehensive purge of two-faced people who harbor divided loyalties and say one thing while doing another, as well as a crackdown on political opportunism and factionalism.
2026-08
In August 2026, China proposed a draft cross-border anti-corruption law to counter "excessive or fabricated" restrictions imposed by foreign countries on Chinese enterprises in the name of anti-corruption.
2026-07-31
Chen Wenqing, Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission, presided over a national video conference on the campaign to combat organized crime and root out local mafia, announcing the relaunch of the relevant special campaign for a period of approximately one year.
2026-07-31
China’s State Council has promulgated regulations on exit and entry administration, covering verification of purposes of exit, provision of electronic data, decisions by administrative authorities to restrict exit, and enforcement by border inspection.
2026-07-31
China has announced the State Council Order No. 841, an exit ban order, which stipulates that individuals may not be notified in cases involving national security or criminal investigations.
2026-07-31
On July 31, Chinese authorities announced a one-year special campaign to deepen the crackdown on organized crime, vowing to remove the malignant tumors eroding the social fabric. Building on the fight against traditional criminal gangs, the campaign will focus on organized crimes committed through online platforms and soft violence.
2026-07-30
The CCP Politburo held a meeting and decided to convene the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Beijing in October 2026. The agenda includes the Politburo report, advancing comprehensive strict party governance, analyzing the economic situation, and deploying work for the second half of the year.
2026-07-30
The Politburo meeting on July 30 set the schedule of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CCP Central Committee for October.
2026-07-30
The CCP has confirmed that the Fifth Plenary Session will be held in October 2026.
2026-07-30
On July 30, 2026, the CCP Central Committee Politburo held a meeting to analyze the economic situation. The Wall Street Journal reported that the meeting emphasized supply-side optimization and the implementation of existing policies, sending a clear signal that there is no intention to unleash flood-style massive stimulus in the face of slowing economic growth.
2026-07-29
People's Daily published guidance opinions, releasing a strong signal of investigating the Ctrip monopoly case and cracking down on antitrust involution, drawing outside attention to the authorities' further rectification of foreign and private enterprises.
2026-07-27
The photovoltaic industry association released the General Rules for the Cost Accounting Model of the Photovoltaic Industry, which stipulates that the full cost of polysilicon material is 43 yuan per kilogram; the State Administration for Market Regulation subsequently carried out compliance guidance and required enterprises to implement it.
2026-07-24
The CCP Central Committee and the State Council issued the Opinions on Strengthening Social Work in the New Era, covering arrangements for social work and social governance.
2026-07-24
The CCP Central Committee held a symposium with non-Party figures at Zhongnanhai. Presiding over the meeting, Xi Jinping said that China's economy is currently facing certain difficulties and challenges.
2026-07-24
At a symposium with non-Party figures, Xi Jinping acknowledged for the first time in his own words that China's economy is experiencing a severe downturn. The news is regarded as an important milestone, foreshadowing the gravity of China's economic situation.
2026-07-22
Li Qiang signed the "State Council Regulations on Exit and Entry Administration" (Order No. 841) on July 22, 2026. The regulations consist of 19 articles, covering the establishment of a filing management system for exit-entry intermediary services, and stipulate that public officials and military personnel who entrust intermediaries to handle immigration must report to supervisory organs.
2026-07-21
According to a hospital staff member, as the number of births declines, obstetrics and gynecology departments and maternal and child health hospitals in some parts of China have been abolished or converted into psychiatry and mental health departments.
2026-07-15
In July 2026, China introduced restrictions targeting AI companions, requiring platforms to intervene in users' unhealthy dependence and prohibiting chatbots from establishing virtual relationships with minors. ByteDance's Doubao subsequently shut down the feature that allowed users to create virtual companions.
2026-07-13
The State Council of China unprecedentedly issued a document on expanding consumption under the name of a five‑year plan, aiming for total retail sales of consumer goods to reach 60 trillion yuan by 2030.
2026-07-10
The Central Committee held a special meeting on rectifying formalism and reducing the burden on the grassroots. Cai Qi attended and arranged for 'tackling the issue of new officials ignoring old debts and focusing on the rectification of prominent problems'.
2026-07-03
China will implement the Ethnic Unity Promotion Law starting July 1.
2026-07-02
In July 2026, China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs issued the Measures for the Administration of Branches and Representative Offices of Social Organizations, stipulating that branches of social organizations must accept the comprehensive leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and establish grassroots Party organizations, while completely prohibiting the establishment of clan-based and regional branches.
2026-07-01
The CCP has officially implemented the Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Law; Article 63 of the law concerns holding overseas organizations and individuals legally liable.
2026-07
The CCP Central Committee has deployed a nationwide deepened special struggle to crack down on gangs and eliminate evil, lasting approximately one year starting from July 2026.
2026-07-01
Beijing authorities have officially implemented the Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress, drawing attention from the US Congress and human rights organizations.
2026-07
The Wall Street Journal reported that last summer, Ding Xuexiang received a closed-door briefing from Huawei on AI, in which Huawei claimed it could achieve Chinese autonomy in key AI fields within three years. Ding was leading the effort to consolidate resources in the chip industry at the time and warned that those who refused to use domestic chips were traitors.
2026-07
Xinhua News Agency reported on July 31 that Chen Wenqing stressed at the national video conference on the special campaign to sweep away black and eliminate evil that, in accordance with the deployment of the Party Central Committee, a one-year deepened special campaign to sweep away black and eliminate evil should be carried out solidly.
2026-07
China recently completed a successful recovery of a reusable rocket, sparking public discussion about China's technological breakthroughs and future investment in space programs.
2026-07-01
China’s Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Law, enacted by China, took effect on July 1. Reports described it as a measure by Beijing to establish a legal basis for targeting specific critics abroad.
2026-07-01
The Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Law took effect on July 1, 2026.
2026-07
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) issued a draft opinion aimed at rectifying society, which outside observers say is a Cultural Revolution-like campaign launched across society following the intra-Party purge, intended to cleanse society of dissenting views.
2026-07
Recently, the Chinese Communist Party has stepped up its recovery of social security contributions from companies, starting to force enterprises to pay back social security arrears from the past five to ten years, which puts greater pressure on private enterprises and employment.
2026-07
Six departments — the Equipment Development Department of the CCP Central Military Commission, the Logistics Support Department, the Political and Legal Affairs Commission, the Ministry of Public Security, the State Administration for Market Regulation, and the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense — issued a notice banning the sale of retired and scrapped equipment outside the approved catalog, strictly prohibiting the manufacture, modification, assembly, and sale of replicas that could lead the public to regard them as military equipment, as well as commercial marketing and promotion of retired and scrapped equipment. The move is intended to strengthen management and supervision and to guard against risks to public safety and military secrets.
2026-07-01
The CCP's "Law on Promoting National Unity" officially came into effect on July 1, sparking mockery from overseas and Taiwanese netizens regarding long-arm jurisdiction.
2026-07-01
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s National Unity and Progress Promotion Law took effect on July 1, and the law is considered to possibly provide a legal basis for the CCP to pressure or retaliate against Taiwan.
2026-07-01
Amnesty International issued a press release criticizing China's Law on Ethnic Unity and Progress for providing a state-level legal framework that infringes the rights of Uyghur, Tibetan and other non‑Han groups.
2026-07
The Chinese Communist Party's recently introduced "National Unity Law" is said to be intended to deal with Taiwanese who do not consider themselves Chinese, and may involve extraterritorial jurisdiction.
2026-07-01
China began implementing the Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress on July 1. The United States and the European Union have criticized the law, arguing that it may restrict the rights of ethnic minorities and impose obligations on foreign entities.
2026-07-01
China has passed and enacted a law promoting ethnic unity and progress, which critics accuse of codifying the forced assimilation of non-Han groups such as Tibetans, Uyghurs, and Mongols, and of potentially being used as a lawfare tool for cross-border arrests of dissidents.
2026-07-01
In July 2026, China's Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress officially took effect. The law requires strengthening education in the national common language and script, promoting interaction, exchange, and integration among all ethnic groups, and forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation.
2026-07
In July 2026, an official document circulating online revealed that in many places in Guangdong, during the "630 Poverty Relief and Aid Day" campaign, in addition to requiring people inside the system, targets were assigned at every level to mobilize and even coercively force non-public enterprises within their jurisdictions to make large donations.
2026-07-01
On July 1, 2026, the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration's Measures on Further Regulating the Registration of Public Visits officially took effect, explicitly requiring people to file their complaints within their local jurisdiction, and greatly tightening the registration and acceptance channels for bypass-level and repeat petitioning.
2026-07-01
On July 1, 2026, China's new ethnic unity law officially took effect, and its provisions on exercising extraterritorial jurisdiction over activists involved in ethnic issues have drawn international attention and criticism from human rights organizations.
2026-06-29
On June 29, 2026, China's Ministry of Commerce issued an announcement expanding export controls on Japan, announcing new sanctions against 40 Japanese entities, of which 20 were placed on the control list and 20 on the watch list, saying the aim is to curb the development of Japan's military industry.
2026-06-26
On June 26, 2026, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress announced the termination of the representative qualifications of 14 people, including Li Yunze, Ma Xingrui, Fei Gaoyun, and Guo Yonghang, of whom 6 were removed by congress of servicemen and 1 resigned.
2026-06-26
On June 25, 2026, the Wall Street Journal reported that China is reviewing a new bill that would authorize prosecutorial organs to file civil public interest lawsuits against foreign organizations and individuals in order to counter foreign sanctions and economic pressure, posing additional compliance risks for foreign enterprises.
2026-06-26
In late June 2026, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress released the draft amendment to the Lawyers Law, with new clauses explicitly requiring practicing lawyers to support the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party and the socialist rule of law, and mandating that law firms establish grassroots Party organizations in accordance with the Party Constitution.
2026-06-25
The National Petition Bureau has introduced new regulations, requiring the public to cross their own level or the next higher level of agencies to petition in Beijing; they must have written or electronic documents from a provincial-level agency, otherwise registration will not be accepted.
2026-06-24
On June 25, 2026, China's State Council Information Office answered questions on the forthcoming Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress. Article 63 of the law provides for overseas accountability, triggering strong doubts from legal circles and human rights groups over its long-arm jurisdiction and lack of legal basis.
2026-06-23
On June 23, 2026, the State Council Information Office held a press conference, at which the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and the municipal governments of Hangzhou and Chengdu introduced measures to expand automobile consumption, such as trade-in car purchases and self-drive tour consumption scenarios; official media said this was in response to a Qiushi article on boosting consumption.
2026-06-19
Xinhua News Agency published an article titled "The Three Great Transformations: An Unprecedented and Profound Social Revolution," stripping away the lessons of history to whitewash the history of joint state-private ownership, releasing a strong political signal regarding the direction of private economic policy.
2026-06-18
The website of the Chinese Communist Party's theoretical journal Qiushi published a commentary article titled "Boost Consumption with Greater Vigor," proposing measures such as increasing residents' income, improving the social security system, rescuing the real estate sector, and repairing residents' balance sheets.
2026-06-17
The front page of the People's Daily defines Xi Jinping's party-building thought as the party-building chapter of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era.
2026-06-15
Xinhua News Agency announced 'Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building.' Head of the Organization Department Shi Taifeng chaired the meeting, and Deputy Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection Liu Jianguo attended. Cai Qi only delivered a keynote speech and did not hold dominant control.
2026-06-15
The Party media journal Qiushi published a signed article piecing together 19 old speeches to emphasize "breaking the four onlys," which has been pointed out as becoming a policy tool for purging mediocre officials and mediocrities.
2026-06-15
The National Symposium on Party Building has deployed the study of the new formulation, 'Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building'.
2026-06-04
On June 4, 2026, media reported that first-tier cities such as Beijing and Shanghai are successively reopening night markets and outdoor commercial vending spaces, with sales of street-stall equipment surging in many places, reflecting the system's attempt to ease employment pressure through the street-stall economy against the backdrop of an economic downturn.
2026-06
Cai Qi, leader of the Central Leading Group for Party Building, issued a notice on studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought, demanding study across the entire Party.
2026-06
An audit report revealed that 21 provinces and cities artificially inflated fiscal revenue by 59.651 billion yuan through methods such as pre-spending and subsequently recalling treasury funds.
2026-06
In June 2026, a claim circulated on Weibo that staff on the payroll must not only hand in their passports but also voluntarily cancel them and have their exit records over the past five years retroactively checked.
2026-06
After Putin's visit to China and his promise to increase oil supplies to China, CCP China eased refined oil export restrictions in June, resuming some external contract fulfillment.
2026-06
In June this year, the Central Military Commission issued special measures, emphasizing living frugally, cost control throughout the entire process, and implementing the principle of building the military with diligence and frugality.
2026-05-28
On May 28, 2026, the Beijing and Shanghai Municipal Market Supervision and Administration Bureaus signed a cooperation framework agreement, established a coordinated governance mechanism for online catering food safety, and jointly carried out administrative guidance on Meituan, Taobao Shanguo, and JD Food Delivery.
2026-05-02
In response to U.S. sanctions targeting Chinese small refineries that purchase Iranian oil, China’s Ministry of Commerce has invoked its blocking rules for the first time, allowing affected companies to sue third-party institutions that comply with U.S. sanctions in domestic courts.
2026-05
In May 2026, primary and secondary school teachers, nurses, grassroots civil servants and others were widely required to hand over their passports to be kept by their work units.
2026-05-01
Beijing's new drone regulations officially took effect on May 1. Display counters at stores such as DJI have been left empty, and netizens in many places have turned to balloons carrying action cameras as a substitute for filming.
2026-04-29
The Ministry of Civil Affairs and eleven other departments jointly issued opinions on promoting the development of mutual aid elderly care services, proposing to achieve a coverage rate of no less than 70% for urban and rural community elderly care service systems by 2030.
2026-04-24
The third reading draft of the Social Assistance Law was submitted to the NPC Standing Committee for deliberation, proposing to change the term 'vagrants and beggars' to 'dispersed persons', sparking heated discussion among netizens.
2026-04
In April and May 2026, the Chinese Communist Party promulgated regulations on industrial chain security and countermeasures against improper foreign extraterritorial jurisdiction, expanding restrictions on personal freedom.
2026-04
In the first quarter of 2026, China issued more than 6.7 trillion yuan in government bonds, of which local government bonds exceeded 3.1 trillion yuan and treasury bonds exceeded 3.6 trillion yuan.
2026-03-12
The NPC of China passed the Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress, which comprises a preface and 7 chapters with 65 articles; Beijing said it establishes norms and legal responsibilities for the cause of ethnic unity and progress.
2026-03-12
On March 12, 2026, the National People's Congress passed the Law on Promoting National Unity and Progress, stipulating that schools and government agencies must use Mandarin as their primary language. From preschool to high school, Mandarin will be used for instruction, while Tibetan, Uyghur, and Mongolian are phased out of core curricula.
2026-03-12
China has passed the Law on Promoting Democratic Unity and Progress, pushing the Chinese nation's community from a propaganda slogan into a legal obligation, requiring citizens to promote a specific identity community, making political neutrality even more difficult.
2026-03-12
On March 12, 2026, the Fourth Session of the 14th National People's Congress passed the Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress. Article 63 stipulates that overseas organizations and individuals who undermine ethnic unity and progress and incite ethnic division shall be held legally liable in accordance with the law, effective July 1.
2026-03-09
The Supreme People's Procuratorate work report disclosed that within one year, nationwide procuratorial organs handled as many as 19,900 cases of illegal out-of-area enforcement and profit-driven enforcement, supervised the withdrawal of 2,760 cases, decided not to prosecute 3,539 people, and returned illegal seized, detained, and frozen assets totaling 2.63 billion yuan.
2026-03-05
Affected by the situation in the Middle East and the energy supply chain crisis, the CCP central government issued a document on March 5, requiring all companies exporting gasoline and fuel to temporarily suspend signing refined oil export contracts with other countries.
2026-03
In March 2026, the Ministry of Finance issued a document further increasing the proportion of annual profits remitted to the state by central enterprises, leading to internal salary structure adjustments and increased pressure within these enterprises.
2026-03
China announced the Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress in March 2026.
2026-03
In March of this year, Xi Jinping explicitly demanded that the People's Liberation Army put every penny of the military budget "where it counts," stressing that the military must live frugally.
2026-02-06
On February 6, the drafting group for the Fifth Plenary Session documents held its first plenary meeting at Huairentang. Xi Jinping proposed 39 major issues across 8 areas, setting a strict tone.
2026
In 2026, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the Ministry of Finance jointly issued a document incorporating support for technical schools to enroll unemployed university graduates into national policy, with multiple provinces encouraging university graduates to return to technical schools for vocational training.
2026
China's Ministry of Justice announced the results of a crackdown on local law enforcement violations, saying it identified and corrected more than 66,000 problems and recovered economic losses of 30.7 billion yuan for businesses.
2026-01
According to a report by Economic Observer, from January to February 2026, the nationwide total volume of voluntary blood donations fell 9.8% year-on-year; the number of blood donation visits by college students dropped from 2.366 million in 2023 to 1.06 million in 2025.
2026
In 2026, China issued Order No. 835 to counter foreign measures deemed by the Chinese side to constitute "improper extraterritorial jurisdiction" that harm China's sovereignty, security, or development interests.
2026
In 2026, China issued Order No. 837 to regulate Chinese companies' overseas direct investment, including to whom assets can be sold, and to take countermeasures against countries that discriminate against Chinese investors.
2025-12-17
On December 17, 2025, China's National Health Commission (NHC) publicly solicited opinions on the Blood Donation Law (Draft Amendment for Public Comment), proposing to raise the upper age limit for blood donation from 55 to 65 and to shorten the minimum interval for whole blood donation from 6 months to 90 days.
2025-12
In December 2025, the draft amendment to the Blood Donation Law of the People's Republic of China proposed extending the upper age limit for blood donation from 55 to 65, and shortening the donation interval from 6 months to 3 months. In recent years, some government agencies and units have forced blood donations under the guise of voluntariness.
2025-12
In response to the frequent occurrence of illegal drone flights, the Ministry of Public Security has been conducting a six-month national special rectification campaign for airspace security since last December.
2025-10-28
The Fourth Plenary Session of the 15th Central Committee in Ningbo deliberated on the 15th Five-Year Plan, where new energy vehicles were removed from the core position of strategic emerging industries, signaling the downgrading of the automotive industry into an object of governance.
2025-10-09
On October 9, 2025, the Ministry of Commerce of China announced the strictest rare earth export control measures to date, and Trump immediately announced an additional 100% tariff on China; after a ceasefire was reached in early November, China suspended the measure.
2025-09
The Jiangsu Provincial Government has issued implementation opinions on zero-based budget reform, requiring that all personal wages and allowances, engineering projects, and corporate subsidies be paid using digital RMB.
2025-06-30
The Politburo held a meeting to review the "Regulations on the Work of Decision-making and Consultative Bodies of the CCP Central Committee," clarifying that these relevant bodies coordinate major issues but do not replace the functions of individual departments.
2025-06
At the end of June 2025, the CCP Central Committee Political Bureau convened a meeting, at which it reviewed and adopted the Regulations on the Work of the Party Central Committee's Decision-Making and Deliberation Coordination Bodies; the meeting also removed Ma Xingrui from his post as Secretary of the CPC Xinjiang Regional Committee.
2025-05-12
The State Council Information Office released the first national security white paper in the history of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
2025-04-30
China passed and implemented the Private Economy Promotion Law on May 20, the first foundational law in New China specifically regulating the private economy.
2025-04-25
According to a report dated April 25, 2025 by Pingshan County's official account "Pingshan Fabu," a local villager aged 60 or above with family difficulties applied for an 82,300 yuan "social security credit loan" and completed the pension insurance make-up contribution procedures on site.
Location: Pingshan County, Yibin ·
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Verification: Reported ·
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2025-04-04
China has implemented export controls on medium and heavy rare earths since April 2025.
2025-02-17
Xi Jinping convened another symposium on private enterprises, inviting several well-known private entrepreneurs to attend, and emphasized the consistency and unchangeability of policies regarding the private economy.
2025-02
In February 2025, the Chinese Communist Party began restricting exports of tungsten and antimony (medium and heavy rare earths).
2025
Ministry of Finance data: In 2025, national general public budget revenue was 21.6 trillion yuan, down 1.7% year on year; expenditure was 28.74 trillion yuan, up 1% year on year.
2025
According to the program, the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee was originally supposed to be held in 2025, with its main task being to put forward proposals for the 15th Five-Year Plan, but the meeting was postponed to 2026.
2025
In 2025, China's annual social security contributions increased to 12.6 trillion yuan, higher than the 9.47 trillion yuan recorded in 2021.
2025
Statistics bulletin of the National Health Commission shows that in 2025 there were 15.109 million voluntary blood donation visits nationwide, with a donation rate of 10.9 per 1,000 people; all three key indicators dropped by about 11% compared with 2023; in 2024, donations were already more than 1 million visits fewer than in 2023.
2024-12
Data shows that by the end of 2024, the total number of social organizations in China dropped to 871,800, declining for three consecutive years since 2022; from 2021 to 2025, authorities cracked down on a cumulative total of 75,000 zombie-like organizations and targeted over 8,000 illegal social organizations.
2024-11-08
On November 8, 2024, the Chinese Communist Party approved a quota of 6 trillion yuan for replacing hidden debt, rolling over and cutting interest rates on local government financing vehicle (LGFV) debt at a pace of 2 trillion yuan per year, effectively shifting losses onto creditors.
2024-09
According to news data cited by the program, sales of household appliances achieved double-digit growth for four consecutive months from September to December 2024, with annual sales exceeding 1 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 12.3%.
2024-09
Online reports claim that China has begun implanting chips into student school uniforms for location tracking and surveillance.
2024-07-15
The Chinese Communist Party's Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee was held in Beijing from July 15 to 18, 2024, later than the usual timing (September to December of the year following the Party Congress). The video claims that the delay of the session is linked to personnel changes in the military.
2024-01-09
On January 9, the Central Leading Group for Thematic Education on Studying and Implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era issued an internal instruction to party and government committees and governments across the country, demanding that party and government organs at all levels and party cadres profoundly comprehend the spirit of Xi's instruction and make living a frugal life a normalized habit.
2024
The Chinese Communist Party has released the Ethnic Unity Promotion Law, expanding enforcement to the global level with the intention of policing all speech involving Chinese issues.
2023-10-24
The Chinese Communist Party issued 500 billion in special treasury bonds nominally for Hebei flood relief, but some of the funds were used to purchase surveillance equipment and stability-maintenance infrastructure.
2023-09
The central government has issued Document No. 35, which explicitly stipulates that newly borrowed LGFV debt can only be used to pay interest, triggering immense pressure on local government finances and the salaries of public officials.
2023-07
Since July 2023, the Chinese Communist Party has begun systematically blocking rare earth exports, including heavy rare earths and high-purity graphite, and has gradually restricted exports of extraction, separation and smelting foundations.
2023-03-16
The CCP Central Committee has established the Central Social Work Department, responsible for work related to the social sector.
2022
In 2022, backed by massive subsidies, China's photovoltaic industry as a whole achieved net profits of over 100 billion yuan, reaching the industry's peak.
2022
The Nanning government once sold local parking space operating rights from 2022 through 2052, a term as long as 30 years.
2021-09-02
On September 2, 2021, the National Radio and Television Administration issued a notice requiring television and online audiovisual platforms to take political literacy as a criterion for personnel selection, specifying that "personnel with incorrect political stances who are alienated from the Party and the country must be resolutely rejected."
2021-04
The CCP has completed its control over large companies such as ByteDance and Weibo through 'golden shares,' which hold a very low percentage of equity but possess veto power.
2021-04
The Chinese Communist Party officially claimed that between April 2021 and July 2022, it persuaded 230,000 people overseas to return to China.
2021-03-29
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) announced that the previously launched special campaign to crack down on organized crime and root out local mafia has come to a successful conclusion.
2021
In 2021, the CCP announced that it would advance the normalization of the campaign to sweep away gangsters and evil forces.
2020-02-24
The public security system held a conference to study the February 23 speech, at which it put politics first and called for cracking down on forces using the occasion to attack the Party.
2020
The coverage rate of Party organizations in China's above-scale private enterprises has reached over 90%.
2020
Peking University's National School of Development estimates that if wind power is included, relying solely on electricity price subsidies, the total subsidies for wind and solar power would exceed 2 trillion yuan.
2020
In 2020, the Chinese Communist Party began blocking supplies such as medical equipment and masks, an early stage of its blockade strategy.
2019-11-02
Xi Jinping proposed "whole-process democracy" and announced that China has achieved whole-process democracy, claiming that Chinese democracy is even better than that of the United States.
2019
In 2019, the Chinese Communist Party introduced new rules under which regional GDP accounting would no longer be handled by each region itself, but would instead be calculated uniformly by the central government.
2018-11-01
At a symposium on private enterprises, Xi Jinping specifically refuted circulating societal narratives such as the "theory of the exit of the private economy" and the "new joint state-private ownership theory," emphasizing that the fundamental principles and policies of the Party and the state regarding the development of the private economy remain unchanged.
2018-07
After Xi Jinping issued his sixth directive, Xu Lingyi, Deputy Secretary of the CCDI, led a team into Shaanxi to demolish 1,194 illegally built villas in the Qinling Mountains and discipline multiple provincial and ministerial-level officials.
2018-03-17
About two years before the outbreak of the pandemic, Xi Jinping reorganized the government and established the Ministry of Emergency Management, centralizing power and funds; this network was later used for control and profiteering in the anti-epidemic campaign.
2018-03-11
On March 11, 2018, the first session of the 13th National People's Congress passed the amendment to the constitutional provisions regarding the terms of office of the President and Vice President, removing the limit that the President and Vice President 'shall not serve more than two consecutive terms.' This amendment was interpreted as potentially paving the way for the leader's long-term rule.
2018-03
China has merged the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council into the United Front Work Department of the CCP Central Committee, shifting overseas Chinese affairs from the administrative system to the party system.
2018-01-24
China launched a nationwide special campaign to crack down on gangs and eliminate evil, which lasted for about 3 years and was announced to have ended in 2021.
2018
In 2018, China amended its constitution to abolish term limits for the presidency, fundamentally rewriting the power structure in Zhongnanhai with the aim of achieving long-term governance and ensuring the concentration of supreme power.
2018-01
China has released its first official Arctic white paper, putting forward its political claims as a 'near-Arctic state,' asserting that wherever there are interests, there is a right to participate in Arctic governance and resource acquisition, with the goal of becoming a polar great power by 2030.
2018
During the 2018 constitutional amendment to allow term extensions, the Chinese Communist Party announced the launch of a three-year special campaign to "sweep away black and eliminate evil."
2018
Over three years, China has rectified approximately 40,000 weak and lax village Party organizations, dealt with over 40,000 village officials, and investigated more than 90,000 cases under the guise of cracking down on 'protective umbrellas,' resulting in the punishment of over 110,000 people.
2017-12-27
The CCP Central Committee issued a decision stipulating that, effective from 00:00 on January 1, 2018, the People's Armed Police shall be under the centralized and unified leadership of the Central Military Commission.
2017-10-27
The first Politburo meeting after the 19th National Congress adopted relevant regulations requiring Politburo members to submit written performance reports to the CCP Central Committee and the General Secretary annually, further strengthening supreme centralization of power.
2017-10-24
The CCP has amended its constitution to establish the leadership role of party committees in state-owned enterprises and is pushing for "two coverages," requiring party branches to fully cover private enterprises.
2016-10-24
The Sixth Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party studied major issues of comprehensively and strictly governing the Party. After the meeting, it adopted a new code of intra-party political life and a revised regulation on intra-party supervision, and formally put forward "the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core."
2016-10-10
Xi Jinping publicly stated that state-owned enterprises are an important pillar for the Chinese Communist Party's governance and national rejuvenation, demanding that they be strengthened, optimized, and expanded, marking the beginning of state-owned enterprises squeezing out private enterprises.
2016
In 2016, Heilongjiang's current-year pension shortfall reached 32 billion yuan, and its cumulative surplus was negative, making it the only province in the country where the cumulative pension surplus went into deficit.
2016
The Sixth Plenary Session of the 18th CCP Central Committee passed relevant documents proposing that one-man rule and patriarchal systems should not be practiced; since then, Xi Jinping's power has further expanded.
2016
In 2016, Xi Jinping proposed that housing is for living in, not for speculation, in an attempt to push down housing prices. Local governments passively resisted due to fiscal and debt problems, and collective incidents of unpaid wages for teaching staff and public employees occurred. Xi Jinping ultimately abandoned this policy and turned to backstopping local government debt.
2015-03-10
Minister of Human Resources and Social Security Yin Weimin introduced the gradual delayed retirement policy at the Two Sessions press conference. That evening, CCTV's "Two Sessions 1+1" made it a key topic, and Bai Yansong explained it on the program as an inevitable trend whose benefits outweigh its drawbacks.
2015-03-08
The General Office of the State Council issued 50 articles of the Overall Plan for Chinese Football Reform and Development, proposing a combination of the whole-nation system and market mechanisms, and incorporating football development into local government performance evaluations.
2015
Xi Jinping mentioned in public that no 'Iron-Hat Princes' would be allowed to exist, after which high-ranking generals such as Xu Caihou and Guo Boxiong were brought down.
2015
In 2015, the CCP issued a red notice through Interpol to assist in tracking fugitives abroad, but its effectiveness varies depending on political relations between countries.
2015
From late 2015 to 2016, the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League faced reforms, its organizational staffing was streamlined, and its budget was significantly cut, weakening the Youth League faction's ability to cultivate young cadres.
2015
China's auto production capacity soared after 2015, with the government offering subsidies of up to 90% for building electric vehicle plants, giving rise to overcapacity.
2014-05-13
Xi Jinping made his first instruction regarding the problem of illegal villas in the northern foothills of the Qinling Mountains in the Xi'an section, kicking off a four-year campaign involving six instructions to crack down on illegal construction in the Qinling Mountains.
2014
Since 2014, the Chinese Communist Party has carried out Operation "Fox Hunt" to pursue officials abroad. By 2023, it had brought back more than 12,000 people from over 120 countries.
2013-11
The Third Plenary Session passed an economic decision. The head and main drafters of the drafting group did not include Li Keqiang, indicating a shift in decision-making power regarding major economic directions.
2013-06-20
After taking office, Li Keqiang adopted 'Likonomics' measures such as restricting government spending and deleveraging, attempting to control ballooning debt and promote market-oriented reforms.
2013-04-22
The CCP issued Document No. 9, designating constitutional democracy, universal values, and six other ideas as cultural symbols to be vigilant against and eliminate.
2013
China's current Exit and Entry Administration Law was passed in 2012 and began to be implemented in 2013.
2013
In different regions of China, the purchase price for solar photovoltaic power is about 0.9 yuan to 1 yuan per kilowatt-hour, higher than the cost of coal power over the same period, and a commitment is made to continue purchasing at this preferential price for 20 years.
2012-07
Bai Yansong invited scholars on the program News 1+1 to discuss the delayed retirement policy then under study by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, sparking public debate over pension fairness and youth employment.
2012-05
Jing Junhai took office as the head of the Publicity Department of the Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee, and subsequently, with the support of Zhao Leji, led the whole process and initiated the large-scale expansion of Xi Zhongxun's mausoleum.
2012
During Li Zhanshu's tenure as director of the CCP Central Committee General Office, the General Office successively issued rules targeting retired cadres, requiring that they not hold private gatherings, not make reckless comments about the Central Committee, not interfere in personnel arrangements, and that retired cadres obtain approval from the General Office before leaving Beijing.
2009
Since 2015, the Chinese government has begun providing large-scale subsidies for the electric vehicle industry, with cumulative direct and indirect subsidies reaching 3 trillion yuan. This policy drove the rapid development of China's electric vehicle industry, but also laid the groundwork for subsequent overcapacity.
2008-11-05
On November 5, 2008, the State Council executive meeting decided to launch an investment plan of about 4 trillion yuan to cope with the international economic crisis, which was announced publicly on November 9; most of the funds were invested in infrastructure.
2008-09
In the face of the global financial tsunami, in September 2008 Wen Jiabao led the State Council in announcing a large-scale 4 trillion yuan bailout plan for infrastructure investment.
2007
Xi Jinping became Shanghai Party Secretary in 2007. After about seven months in the post, he moved to Beijing, becoming a key figure groomed in the Chinese Communist Party's top-level personnel arrangements.
2004-03
Article 13 of the Constitution was amended to state that citizens' lawful private property is inviolable, establishing a framework where lawful property is protected rather than recognized as a conventional absolute right.
2003-08-19
Bai Yansong resigned from his positions as producer of News Meeting Room, China Weekly, and Time and Space Link because he felt that the producer role made his expression mediocre and led to self-censorship, while retaining his role as host.
2003-06-20
After the Sun Zhigang case, on June 20, 2003, the State Council promulgated the Measures for the Administration of Assistance for Vagrants and Beggars with No Means of Support in Urban Areas, and the Measures for Custody and Repatriation were abolished as of August 1.
2003-04-25
In 2003, Southern Metropolis Daily's reporting on the Sun Zhigang case directly contributed to the abolition of China's custody and repatriation system.
2003
In 2003, China began piloting the New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme, with fiscal subsidies increasing year by year; by around 2010 it covered more than 800 million farmers.
2001-12-11
On December 11, 2001, China officially became a member of the World Trade Organization after an agreement was reached at the ministerial conference in Doha.
2001
At the 2001 annual meeting of CCTV's "Tell It Like It Is" program team, a satirical comedy short, "Division of the Family in October," was produced, in which colleagues openly mocked Bai Yansong's rationalizing, brow-furrowing, preachy style by remixing Soviet films and their character names.
2000
At the fifth national census in 2000, the total fertility rates of Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang had all fallen below 1.0, 23 to 25 years ahead of the national average.
1998-06-09
The central authorities issued Document No. 10, characterizing the mass layoff of workers as an inevitable process in the economic transition, acknowledging that it would bring temporary difficulties to some workers, while claiming that this accords with the long-term interests of the working class.
1998
China began implementing the Blood Donation Law of the People's Republic of China, which stipulates that all blood donations must be unpaid, in order to meet the country's blood supply needs.
1998
In 1998, the direct election of the township head in Buyun Township, Sichuan, was suspended by the central authorities on the grounds that it was unconstitutional, marking the freezing of grassroots elections during the Jiang Zemin era.
1998
Zhu Rongji replicated in the State Council Shanghai's approach to streamlining processes, cutting the number of ministries and commissions in half from 40; large numbers of cadres at division level and above were reassigned to the private sector or took early retirement, making the scale of personnel changes unprecedented.
1997-04
The Deputy Secretary of the CPC Fujian Provincial Committee inspected Xihaigu in Ningxia, decided to carry out diaozhuang relocation and establish Minning Village, laying the groundwork for a political and economic arrangement that would last for twenty-nine years.
1996
China continues to carry out severe crackdown operations.
1995
Starting in 1995, Jiang Zemin and Zhu Rongji proposed the "grasping the large and letting go of the small" reform for state-owned enterprises, requiring them to gradually withdraw from non-critical industries.
1994
In 1994, China carried out price reform, abolishing the dual-track pricing system of capitalism and socialism, and the problem of official profiteering (guandao) was initially resolved.
1994
In 1994, the Budget Law was passed, further improving China's modern financial framework.
1993-05-01
“Oriental Horizon” officially went on air, and Bai Yansong, from a temporary planner, was pushed in front of the camera, ushering in a period of public opinion supervision later known as the “mini spring” of CCTV news.
1993
In 1993, Jiang Zemin abolished Su Shi's statistical system and formally adopted GDP as the main criterion for measuring development results and official promotions.
1993
In 1993, China's Company Law was officially passed, laying the legal foundation for the building of a modern financial framework.
1992-01-18
Deng Xiaoping delivered his southern tour speeches, emphasizing that development is of overriding importance, while reiterating the need to consistently uphold the Four Cardinal Principles and oppose bourgeois liberalization.
1992
In early 1992, Deng Xiaoping promoted and proposed the development of a socialist market economy, and the relevant line was confirmed during the 14th National Congress of the CCP.
1989-07
Following the June 4, 1989 Tiananmen crackdown, Deng Xiaoping ordered the official closure of Kanghua Company to isolate risks.
1988
The Chinese Communist Party's attempt to abolish the dual-track system and implement price reform triggered panic buying and severe inflation, becoming a major economic background for the outbreak of the June 4, 1989 Tiananmen crackdown.
1988
China has once again launched a severe crackdown campaign.
1987
With Qiao Shi's support and Zhao Ziyang's approval, China Kanghua was officially established. It subsequently rapidly split into numerous subsidiaries, becoming a symbol of official profiteering and privileges.
1983-08-19
On August 19, 1983, China launched a nationwide "strike hard" campaign. A large number of people were arrested, sentenced, and executed, and some were later sent to labor camps in Xinjiang, Tibet, and other regions.
1983-07
The Ministry of State Security of the People's Republic of China is officially established, primarily undertaking foreign intelligence and counter-espionage work, forming a parallel system with public security organs that handle domestic security.
1983
To cultivate successors, the CCP Organization Department established the Youth Cadre Bureau, which screened a 1,068-member “third tier” list according to the “four requirements” standard, becoming an important basis for cadre promotion.
1983
China launches a crackdown campaign.
1982
To ensure that he could legally serve as Chairman of the Central Military Commission, Deng Xiaoping promoted an amendment to the CCP's 12th Congress party constitution, stipulating that the Chairman of the CMC must be selected from the members of the Politburo Standing Committee.
1981-06-27
The Sixth Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party adopted the Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party Since the Founding of the People's Republic of China, repudiating the Cultural Revolution and distinguishing Mao Zedong's later errors from Mao Zedong Thought.
1981
In 1981, a CCP Central Committee plenary session passed the Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party, completely negating the Cultural Revolution, but the two slogans at Xinhua Gate — "Long live the great Chinese Communist Party" and "Long live the invincible Mao Zedong Thought" — were not removed.
1980-02-23
The 5th Plenary Session of the 11th CCP Central Committee adopted the "Guiding Principles for Inner-Party Political Life," proposing to uphold collective leadership, oppose individual arbitrariness, and prohibit "one-voice" rule and individuals from placing themselves above the Party organization.
1979-03-30
To prevent national development from being overemphasized to the point of subverting the rule of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Deng Xiaoping introduced the Four Cardinal Principles, emphasizing the leadership position of the CCP.
1966-09
In September 1966, with the outbreak of the Cultural Revolution, the state completely stopped issuing fixed dividends to former private industrialists and businessmen, prematurely terminating the buyout period and completely zeroing out the status and assets of former capitalists.
1959-07
In July 1959, the CCP Central Committee convened the Lushan Conference, after which China's political campaigns and economic policies shifted further.
1958
The CCP implemented the Great Leap Forward policy. During this period, the climate was normal, and there were no large-scale wars or epidemics, yet at least 45 million Chinese people died abnormally, with causes of death including starvation, overwork, and beatings by cadres.
1958
To provide fuel for "backyard furnaces", about 30% to 40% of rural houses were demolished during the Great Leap Forward, leaving people with nowhere to shelter from the wind and rain.
1956-01
In January 1956, Beijing and large and medium-sized cities across the country rapidly completed the state-private joint ownership of entire industries. Through a fixed-interest system, the state peacefully bought out private industry and commerce, marking the basic completion of the socialist transformation of the ownership of the means of production.
1951
The CCP launched the "Three-Anti and Five-Anti" campaigns, seizing the property of capitalists and private business owners on a large scale under charges such as tax evasion, and conducting public humiliation and struggle sessions.
1950-06-30
In June 1950, the Agrarian Reform Law of the People's Republic of China was promulgated, and land reform rolled out across rural areas nationwide. Although the original intent was to distribute landlords' land to poor peasants, in actual implementation it evolved into a bloody and violent plundering feast, with numerous landlords stripped of their land and killed. Death tolls estimated by various scholars range between 200,000 and 2 million.
1950-06
The CCP launched a nationwide land reform movement, inciting hatred and violence, which resulted in the massacre of approximately 2 million landlords and their families.