After the conclusion of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Xinhua News Agency subsequently published articles introducing the formation of the new leadership of the CCP Central Committee, as well as the special article on how to select the members of the Central Committee and the Central Commission for Disciplinary Inspection, there are also articles describing the process of the Politburo and the Politburo Standing Committee. , there are some secrets inside.
The article tells a situation. In the early summer of this year, Zhongnanhai in Beijing. Just after 7:00 in the morning, a provincial and ministerial leader arrived here early. Two days ago he received a notice from the central government to go to Beijing and, after arriving in Zhongnanhai, he realized that the topic of the “talk survey” and the poll was to express his views on the twentieth leadership election. central.
In the waiting room, the provincial leaders carefully read various materials on the table: “Provisions relevant to conversation and investigation”, “Executives and party members and current party comrades”, …
At 9 in the morning, the conversation officially began. Central leaders communicated face-to-face with provincial leaders who participated in the interview and survey and listened carefully to their views and suggestions on candidates for the new central leadership.
This is a vivid scene in the “interview and investigation” of the candidate’s preparation work for central leadership.
The watch returned earlier this year. At the Politburo Standing Committee meeting, Secretary General Xi Jinping listened carefully to the views of the members of the Politburo Standing Committee and discussed related issues on how to prepare candidates for the new central leadership.
1. Method of production
Politburo Standing Committee members unanimously agree that, after summarizing past experience, they will not conduct “maritime promotions” and “maritime elections” and will adopt the “talk and research” method to select candidates for the new Politburo , Standing Committee and other governing bodies Hear face-to-face recommendations and suggestions within a certain range.
Here is some background information. In the past, when the leadership of the central government was elected, there was an “election at sea”, that is, a list was proposed, and the members of the central committee, the alternate members of the central and provincial committee and officials party and government at ministerial level conducted internal votes. However, prior to the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in 2012, Ling Jihua, the then director of the Central Bureau, allegedly manipulated the results of the hearing so that he himself got a large number of votes, hence the The “public” method has now been abolished.
As for the “colloquial research” currently used, it is a bit like “qualitative research” in the social sciences, in which senior officials are asked to conduct face-to-face interviews and discuss their suggestions in depth and detail. The “audit” is more like the “quantitative research” of surveys.
2. Occupational rules.
The central government proposes the following conditions for recommended candidates:
1. Political firmness and party loyalty.
2. Strong leadership skills, rich practical experience, dare to fight and be good at fighting.
3. Strictly implement democratic centralism, be just and upright, have a broad mind and be good at uniting peers.
4. Strictly abide by party discipline and rules, have a good moral culture and be honest and honest.
Consequently, at the Politburo Standing Committee on March 24, it discussed and approved the “Plan for the organization of interviews and inquiries on the preparation of candidates for the new session of the central governing body”. Since April this year, Xi Jinping has personally interviewed 30 people and spoke with current Politburo members, secretariat members, state vice presidents and members of the Central Military Commission. In addition, from April to July of this year, relevant comrades in the central government listened to the views of 283 party and government leaders and 35 military leaders respectively.
After the “conversation and investigation”, a list of the new leadership was drawn up after a centralized discussion by the central government. The final selection of the new leadership team shows that the leadership position is not an “iron chair” and the appointment may not be continued if age is reached, reflecting the spirit of “knowing how to go up and down”. In addition, some party and state leaders “have offered to step down and pick up relatively young comrades.”
After reading the Xinhua news agency article, let’s try to better understand the generation of central leaders.
It is reported that when the central government assessed candidates for Hong Kong chief executive officer earlier this year, it also adopted a “discussion and poll” method to solicit the views of some Hong Kong people of different sectors. This method is both democratic and centralized, taking into account quantity and ensuring that selected candidates can be accepted by the majority and maintain quality. It is an eclectic method of selecting talent.
