[Epoch Times, 11 ottobre 2022](Full report by The Epoch Times reporter Wang Xiang) The Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday (October 11) that the Vice President of the People’s Republic of ChinaWang QishanWe will visit from Wednesday to Thursday (from 12 to 13)Kazakhstan.because of the CCPWindsIt is about to be held and if Wang Qishan will attend the meeting it has attracted attention.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning said during a regular news briefing on Tuesday, the state news agency Xinhua reported.Wang Qishan“will lead a group toKazakhstanparticipated in the sixth summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA, CICA Summit) held in Astana “.
The CCP will hold an internal party policy meeting every five years.Windsat the meeting,Xi JinpingHe will get a third term as the party’s top leader and announce a new leadership formation.
Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post reported Tuesday that all overseas arrivals to China will be subject to a “7 + 3” quarantine plan, first in a quarantine center for a week and then at home for three days. If Wang Qishan follows the quarantine plan, the two-day overseas trip could mean he could skip the party congress that starts on Sunday (16).
But the outside world has no way of knowing whether the rules apply to top Chinese leaders who go abroad for diplomatic visits.
All senior CCP officials who have traveled overseas in recent months, includingXi JinpingHe and Li Zhanshu, president of the National People’s Assembly, did not appear in public until at least 10 days after returning to China, during which time they did not attend official events. But it is not known whether they are following the epidemic prevention rules.
The report also claims that Chinese authorities have not announced how long the 20th Congress will last, but past meetings have lasted a week, meaning the 20th Congress could end on October 22, the first time since Wang Qishan returned. from Kazakhstan. 9 days.
Wang Qishan is on the list of delegates to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and more than 2,000 people will attend this meeting. He was a member of the Politburo Standing Committee from 2012 to 2017. Wang Qishan, vice president since 2018, represented the Chinese president at diplomatic ceremonies outside China, including Queen Elizabeth’s funeral, despite being well beyond the unofficial retirement age 68 years old.
Topical commentator Li Linyi believes that the CCP’s high-level isolation policy is not transparent. Judging from past reports, the isolation time after high-level overseas visits is not fixed. At the last moment before the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Hong Kong media used this argument to report on Wang Qishan and concluded that he may be absent from the 20th National Congress. it.
Kazakhstan confirms: Wang Qishan, Putin will attend the CICA summit
The sixth CICA summit will be held in Kazakhstan. In September, the first stop on Xi Jinping’s overseas visit was to Kazakhstan, his first trip abroad since the start of the pandemic two years ago.
According to Aibek Smadiyarov, spokesman for the Kazakh foreign ministry, the summit will be attended by 50 delegations, including 27 member states, as well as observer countries, observer organizations and partner organizations.
There will be 11 presidents, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, Iraqi President Barham Salih and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko will participate as an observer.
The Kazakh foreign ministry has confirmed that the vice presidents of China and Vietnam will also participate in the summit.
India, Pakistan, Turkey, Israel and South Korea will also be represented and participants will discuss topics such as regional security, economic and technological cooperation.
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