Third plenary session of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party

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Third plenary session of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
中国共产党第十八届中央委员会第三次全体会议
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Panoramic view of the Banquet Hall in the Great Hall of the People
Date(s)November 9–12, 2013
Location(s)Banquet Hall, Great Hall of the People, Beijing, China
Previous event Fourth plenary session of the 18th Central Committee
Next event Second plenary session of the 18th Central Committee
Participants204 Central Committee members
169 Central Committee alternate members
General Secretary Xi Jinping

The Third Plenary Session of the 18th CCP Central Committee decided to establish the Central National Security Commission. [6] On January 24 of the following year, the Politburo decided that the Central National Security Commission would be chaired by General Secretary Xi Jinping and vice chaired by Politburo Standing Committee members Li Keqiang and Zhang Dejiang. The commission is a decision-making and deliberative coordination body of the CCP Central Committee on national security work, responsible for coordinating major issues and important work related to national security. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the establishment of the National Security Commission would make "terrorists, separatists, and extremists" nervous. [15] Ta Kung Pao and Xinhua News Agency supported its establishment, believing that it was "just in time." [16] A report by the Defense Research Institute of the Japanese Ministry of Defense speculated that the purpose of establishing the National Security Commission was to "formulate a national security strategy and institutionalize unified leadership and policy coordination." [17] It would oversee the formulation of diplomatic and national security policies. It was established to achieve policy coordination so that the Chinese government could respond quickly to domestic and foreign security threats. [18]

Ecological civilization system reform

The Third Plenary Session of the 18th CCP Central Committee proposed to protect the ecological environment through systems, namely, to implement "the strictest source protection system, damage compensation system, and accountability system, and to improve the environmental governance and ecological restoration system". Therefore, it is necessary to improve the natural resource asset property rights system and use control system, improve the national natural resource asset management system; draw ecological protection red lines, explore the compilation of natural resource asset balance sheets; implement a resource use compensation system and an ecological compensation system; and reform the ecological environment protection management system. [6]

National defense and military system reform

The Third Plenary Session of the 18th CCP Central Committee proposed the CCP's goal of strengthening the military under the new situation: "Building a people's army that obeys the Party's command, can win battles, and has a good style of work." In order to achieve this goal, the CCP proposed "deepening the reform of the military system and organization, optimizing the size and structure of the military; promoting the adjustment and reform of military policies and systems, improving the military expenditure management system, and improving the military laws and regulations system; promoting the in-depth development of military-civilian integration." [6]

Central Leading Group for Comprehensively Deepening Reform

The Third Plenary Session of the 18th CCP Central Committee decided to establish a Central Leading Group for Comprehensively Deepening Reforms. [6] One month later, the Politburo of the CCP Central Committee decided to formally establish the group, with General Secretary Xi Jinping as the group leader and Politburo Standing Committee members Li Keqiang, Liu Yunshan and Zhang Gaoli as deputy group leaders. [19] The group began operations on January 22, 2014, with six special groups under it: "Economic System and Ecological Civilization System Reform," "Democracy and Legal System Reform," "Cultural System Reform," "Social System Reform," "Party Building System Reform," and "Disciplinary Inspection System Reform." [20]

Analysis

Meng Xiaosu, a Chinese economist and executive vice president of the China Enterprise Confederation, said in an interview with Deutsche Welle that Li, who has “removed the chains”, will step up reform efforts and bring China's reform and development in line with the world. However, Deutsche Welle's overall assessment of the meeting was that it promoted economic reform, but was more conservative in politics and ideology. [21] The “Decision” mentioned promoting the appropriate separation of the judiciary and the administration. Some Chinese legal scholars are not optimistic about the reform of judicial independence, because according to the current principle of judicial localization, it is difficult for courts and procuratorates not to be controlled by local party and government agencies. However, there are rumors that local courts and procuratorates below the provincial level will promote the unification of personnel, finances and materials, which indicates that vertical management of the judicial system will gradually be realized. [22] BBC News published an article that Xi Jinping centralized power through the National Security Commission, and the National Security Commission will consolidate Xi Jinping's ruling position. [23]

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Third plenary session of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Simplified Chinese 中国共产党第十八届中央委员会第三次全体会议
Traditional Chinese 中國共產黨第十八屆中央委員會第三次全體會議
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngguó Gòngchǎndǎng Dìshíbā Jiè Zhōngyāng Wěiyuánhuì Dìāncì Quántǐ Huìyì