Simon Cartledge
22-28 October 2023
Weekly newsletter tracking high-level policy signals sent by China’s top leaders. For more information, visit About Five Things.
Commentary
Li Keqiang’s death must have been one of the things on China’s leaders’ minds in recent days, though what thoughts they might be having is of course impossible
5. Le Keqiang obituary
(Authorized for release) Obituary notice for Comrade Li Keqiang from Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, National People’s Congress, and National Committee of Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 27 – The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the
4. Xi meets trade union leaders
In collective conversation with members of new leadership team of All-China Federation of Trade Unions, Xi Jinping emphasizes that the Party should adhere to the overall leadership of trade unions and organize and mobilize hundreds of millions of workers to actively participate in the great cause of building a strong
3. Women in China
Flower of women blooms in new era: Record of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core leading the development of women’s causes
Youth blooms in the sunshine; women show the style of the times.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China,
2. Politburo study session
Xi Jinping emphasizes need to build strong sense of Chinese nation’s community and promote high-quality development of Party’s ethnic work in the new era at 9th CPC Central Committee Politburo ninth collective study session
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 28th – The Political Bureau of the Central Committee of
1. Xi attends women’s congress
13th National Congress of Chinese Women opens in Beijing; Xi Jinping and other Party, state leaders attend meeting, offer congratulations
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 23 – The 13th National Congress of Chinese Women opened on the morning of the 23rd at the Great Hall of the People. Xi Jinping, Li