China’s lower-level officials need incentives to take risks and spur growth but they also need to set a frugal example, according to a statement released on Friday after an annual top economic conference. The balancing act was discussed at the central economic work conference, a gathering of the Communist Party elite in Beijing on Thursday … Read more
Tens of thousands of anti-corruption inspectors have fanned out across China to carry out the first national check on the party loyalty of cadres in the country’s half a million villages. The announcement of the campaign came a month after the Communist Party’s graft watchdog, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), said 77,000 village … Read more
Several Chinese cities are awarding a “snail award” to sluggish cadres among their measures to eliminate a “lying flat” mentality among workers, after repeated calls for greater diligence by President Xi Jinping and Chinese disciplinary authorities. In the eastern city of Taizhou in Jiangsu province, a snail award has been given to workers who do … Read more
In Zhongwei, a city in northwest China’s Ningxia Hui autonomous region, fighting poverty seems to be a never-ending battle. While the country as a whole has made tremendous gains in living standards, in July, the city’s Shapotou district announced that 28 more individuals had been added to a poverty relapse watch list. The officials who … Read more
China’s move to raise the retirement age – for decades one of the world’s lowest – appears to be unpopular among workers, though it has not seen the protests sparked by pension reforms in other countries. The top legislative body on Friday approved a plan to lift the retirement age for men from 60 to … Read more
Xi delivered the address at a commemorative event held every decade around August 22 – a tradition that allows the party’s leaders to reconnect with its founding fathers and announce a path forward. He used the event to offer a salute to the past and to acknowledge the political challenges of today. 03:10 Why Deng … Read more
CAC deputy director Niu Yibing urged all departments and China’s web platforms to “go all out” to create a “favourable” public opinion environment in the build-up to the four-day meeting, which starts in just under two weeks. “[We must] adhere to the correct political position of directing public opinion and orienting social values,” the statement … Read more
A year later, the nature and scale of the restructuring is starting to become apparent as new agencies covering these areas have been set up by central and local governments. Central Henan province has drawn the attention of millions of Chinese civil servants since mid-April when its economic planner released the details of its downsizing … Read more
