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Tuesday, October 09, 2007

We are moving ever closer to the all-important party congress. Right now, the central committee is having a final powow on personnel issues and the issue of how to revise the party constitution. I attach an official announcement of the 7th plenum currently in session. Note at the end of the piece, it states "this meeting will summarize the work in the five years since the 16th party congress and make strategic arrangements for the comprehensive promotion of China's reform and opening and socialist modernization construction, as well as comprehensively push forward a new great project in party building." Cryptic enough yet?

A bit of tea-leaf reading nonetheless, since that is the sort of cheap thrill this blog offers. First of all, the phrase "comprehensively building the well-off society" (quanmian jianshe xiaokang shehui) could have easily been used in this sentence. Yet, it appears no where in the announcement. At least, this reflects some hesitation to plaster the phrase all over the place, which signals something. Instead, the old Dengist formulas of reform and opening are used.

Second, I am not sure if my translation is correct, but "a (or the) new great project in party building" suggests some change in the procedural parts of the party constitution (see blog on 9/17). Party building implies procedures and organization, not ideology. So, we'll see.....perhaps this speculation is what lays behind the SCMP piece on the possibility of more inner party democracy. We'll see....



十六届七中全会在京举行 讨论十七大报告稿
http://www.sina.com.cn 2007年10月09日12:08 新华网

  新华网北京10月9日电 (记者孙承斌 李亚杰) 中国共产党第十六届中央委员会第七次全体会议9日上午在北京开始举行。根据此前召开的中共中央政治局会议,这次全会将讨论十六届中央委员会向中共十七大的报告稿、《中国共产党章程(修正案)》稿和中共中央纪律检查委员会向中共十七大的工作报告稿。

  今年8月28日召开的中共中央政治局会议,决定中共十六届七中全会于2007年10月9日在北京召开。中共中央政治局将向中共十六届七中全会建议,中国共产党第十七次全国代表大会于2007年10月15日在北京召开。这次会议还审议了中央纪委向中共十七大的工作报告稿,同意将这一工作报告稿提交中共十六届七中全会讨论。

  9月17日召开的中共中央政治局会议,研究了拟提请十六届七中全会讨论的十六届中央委员会向中共十七大的报告稿和《中国共产党章程(修正案)》稿,决定根据这次会议讨论的意见进行修改后把这两份文件稿提请十六届七中全会讨论。

  据了解,十七大报告稿和《中国共产党章程(修正案)》稿已在一定范围征求意见。各地区、各部门、各方面和中共十六大代表、新选出的中共十七大代表对文件稿提出了意见和建议。

  中共十七大是在中国改革发展关键阶段召开的一次十分重要的大会。大会将认真总结中共十六大以来5年的工作,对全面推进中国改革开放和社会主义现代化建设、全面推进党的建设新的伟大工程作出战略部署。大会还将选举出新一届中央委员会和中央纪律检查委员会。

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