The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China replaces reform with "struggle" and "security" instead of opening

In his report, General Secretary Xi Jinping called for the entire party to be "prepared to withstand high winds and waves."

The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed "self-confidence, self-improvement, integrity and innovation" as the future development direction. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China, said in the report that the next five years will be a "critical period", and the sense of urgency must be enhanced. The report called for the entire party to "prepare to weather the storm." The report mentioned "struggle" 17 times and "security" 50 times. Some scholars believe that the keynote of the 20th National Congress report is to replace reform with "struggle" and openness with "security".

The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China will open at 10 am this Sunday (16th) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, led the remaining 6 Politburo Standing Committee members to attend and took their seats at the rostrum. Xi Jinping sat in the center, and his predecessor Hu Jintao was also present. With the help of the staff, he sat on the left side of Xi Jinping. After Li Keqiang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Politburo, announced the opening of the conference, everyone stood up to sing the national anthem, and then paid a moment of silence to the deceased veterans of the Communist Party of China.

In his report to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Xi Jinping first reviewed the achievements made in the five years since the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China: "The five years since the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of and make major strategic arrangements for the development of the country's cause", and then reviewed the ten years since the 18th National Congress of "to push forward socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era."

Shifting from authoritarian rule to and solidifying totalitarianism

In an interview with this station that day, independent scholar Wen Zhigang said that the report is structured as a summary of the CCP in the past five and ten years, as well as a discussion of the new policies for the next five years: "The discussion of the new policies seems to be Lack of goodness and novelty. Basically, it is a summary and copy of his ruling line in the past ten years, focusing on upholding integrity and innovation. In other words, the experience of the past ten years has actually ended authoritarian rule, turned to totalitarianism, and strengthened so-called control. Strengthen the leadership of the so-called party, and completely solidify and institutionalize the totalitarian system. This is the overall spirit of this report."

Wen Zhigang said that the report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China basically used quite a few mistakes in the past five years and painted the Great Leap Forward as a victory, such as achieving major positive results in the fight against the new crown epidemic and completing poverty alleviation. Reality. But at the economic level, the report still highlights the need to continue to focus on the domestic cycle.

4 mentions of reform and opening up, 50 mentions of security

The theme of the conference is "Hold high the great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics, fully implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, carry forward the spirit of building a great party, and work together to build a modern socialist country in an all-round way and promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation in an all-round way."

However, Xi Jinping mentioned reform and opening up only 4 times in his report to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. For the phrases "struggle" and "safety", the former appears 17 times and the latter 50 times.

In this regard, Wen Zhigang said: "This report has only talked about reform and opening up a few times, and indeed very few. It mainly replaces reform and opening up with the words of self-confidence and self-improvement, keeping integrity and innovation. Strictly speaking, struggle and security are included in the so-called Self-confidence and self-improvement, upholding integrity and innovation, struggle seems to have replaced reform, and security has replaced openness.”

Political security comes second, protect the state-owned economy

Hong Lin, a senior media person, believes that the 20th National Congress report does not see important parts in terms of politics. He told this station: "Basically there is no mention of development-related matters. In the past reports, for example, to develop the economy, and secondly, political security may be the only area they are most concerned about now. How to ensure that their ruling status is not damaged. It is his only direction and the only consensus within the party. Economically, what he emphasizes is the dominant position of the state-owned economy.”

The report to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China has repeatedly quoted Mao Zedong, the first-generation leader of the Communist Party of China, on the strategy of building the party, including “coming from the masses to the masses”, maintaining a blood-to-blood relationship with the people, and accepting criticism and supervision from the people.

When it comes to China's future, Xi Jinping said that the next five years will be a critical period for the start of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way. He warned that a sense of urgency must be heightened and "prepare to stand the major test of turbulent, even stormy waves. At the same time, we must uphold and strengthen the CCP's Comprehensive leadership. We must take political security as the foundation, economic security as the foundation, and military, technological, cultural and social security as the guarantee. safety" and so on.

Hong Lin said that the report of the 20th National Congress emphasized three security: “The first is political security, the second is the state-owned economy, and the third is Songun politics, which is really emphasized and can be implemented.”

The opening time of this year's conference is one hour later than the "19th National Congress" five years ago. Xi Jinping spent about 1 hour and 50 minutes reading the abridged report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and the full report is longer. In the next few days, nearly 3,000 delegates will discuss the report and amendments to the CCP constitution in groups. The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China will close on October 22, and the first plenary session of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China will be held the next day to elect the new leadership of the CCP.