The Chinese Communists want to ensure that they can enforce a greater sense of regime loyalty throughout the whole of the country, perhaps as there are more fears that those hungry for democracy in Hong Kong will be infectious. After all, there was a lot of indigestion after the Communists swallowed Tibet, but it has proven so far to be digestible, but at this point, will they be able to contain the Uyghurs, the Tibetans, and the Free Hong Kongers, among others..?
They are certainly taking plans to grow Big Brother by inserting Chinese Communist party members into a greater range of businesses.
It is likely that, in the future, there will be plenty of people clamoring to join the party and become proper loyalists. Chances are, some of these will be talentless people who will lean heavily on their Party credentials to get any kind of post. I may even be describing China in <the current year.>
President issues 'important instructions' to all regions to boost party control over private enterprise and rejuvenate the nation; all firms will need employees from the party to boost law abidance and moral standards
(ATF) Chinese President Xi Jinping and the Communist Party's Central Committee have laid out a plan for a ‘new era’ in which the party has better control over private business in China.
The plan was detailed in a 5,000-word statement – and all regions and departments in the country have been told to follow the new guidelines.
This was the top story on Wednesday's CCTV Evening News – how the president had issued “important instructions”.
It had a long-winded title: "Opinion on Strengthening the United Front Work of the Private Economy in the New Era".
The ultimate goal is for the party to have ideological leadership of private enterprise.
The statement seeks to improve CCP control over private enterprise and entrepreneurs through United Front Work “to better focus the wisdom and strengthen of the private businesspeople on the goal and mission to realise the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.”
Xi's instructions were issued ahead of a conference today on this very topic. The party wants to see a "united front" between private enterprise and government business.
100 ways to rein in the private sector
Since the 18th National Congress in May, members of the party's Central Committee and Comrade Xi have proposed a series of new concepts and strategies, and adopted a series of major measures to guide and promote private economic 'united front' work. They say these moves have achieved "remarkable results".
As China’s private economy has grown and diversified, the statement says "these measures will bring about a great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation under Xi Jinping thought".
Overall, there are more than 100 measures, including guidance on selection of personnel to implement the measures.
"We must also see that socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era, [as] the scale of the private economy has continued to expand, risks and challenges have increased significantly, the values and interests of the private economy have become increasingly diverse, and the united front work of the private economy is facing new situations and tasks," the statement says.
The article continues, but here are my favorite excerpts, at the very end:
According to the new provisions, private firms will need a certain amount of CCP registered employees, which is already a long-term practise in large private firms but not smaller ones.
These cadres will make sure businesses follow the guiding ideology “Guided by Xi Jinping’s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era.”
They will also guide private business people to enhance the latest CCP catchphrases – “four consciousnesses”, strengthen the “four self-confidences”, and achieve the “two safeguards.”
Duties of cadres will include the duties of strengthening ideological guidance, guiding private economic figures to increase their awareness of self-discipline, build a strong line of ideological and moral defence, strictly regulate their own words and deeds, cultivate a healthy lifestyle, and create a good public image.
They will also need to continuously improve law abidance and moral standards of private citizens.
Communication channels will be set up between private business and the party to report back on progress and other matters.
https://www.asiatimesfinancial.com/ccp-announces-plan-to-take-control-of-chinas-private-sector
The goal seems very clear: they want eyes in all these businesses to ensure loyalty and to create work environments hostile to any form of dissent to ChiCom ideas.
You will literally have Party czars in relatively small regional businesses insuring that nothing untoward is said.
Somethign also worth contemplating is the line
They will also need to continuously improve law abidance and moral standards of private citizens.
What do you think is meant by this?
As an atheist regime that has turned its back on Marxism, exactly what kind of morality can these Chinese "Communists" even believe in anymore?
@Philokalia
Interesting. The Chicomms want to reel in the business community but the Chicomms were the ones
that allowed private ownership of businesses oin the first place. Strange timeds in China land.