

Weekly Report 1|22 3.17.2018-3.23.2018 (Two Sessions III)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The CCP Central Committee released its detailed plan on deepening reform of Party and state institutions, comprised of...


Weekly Report 1|21 3.10.2018-3.16.2018 (Two Sessions II)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Xi Jinping was elected for a second term as China’s president. Wang Qishan was elected China’s vice president. A large...


Xi Jinping's Latest Power Move in Context
This past weekend, Xinhua announced through an “authorized release” that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee has proposed...


Weekly Report 1|20 3.03.2018-3.09.2018 (Two Sessions I)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The National People’s Congress adopted a series of amendments to the PRC Constitution that included the removal of term...

Quarterly Report 1 | October 2017- January 2018
About this Report The Party Watch Initiative Quarterly Report 1 provides a comprehensive overview of the most important Chinese Communist...


Weekly Report 1|19 2.24.2018-3.02.2018
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Third Plenum of the 19th CCP Central Committee was held from 26-28 February. It explained the goals and rationales...

Loyalty and False Loyalty to the Party
With just a little under 90 million members, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) portrays itself as a powerful bulwark of socialism and the...


Weekly Report 1|18 2.17.2018-2.23.2018 (Chinese New Year Edition)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The CCP Central Committee issued its Second Five-Year Plan (2018-2022) on the Central Committee’s Formulation of...


Why China’s 2017 GDP Numbers are a Reason to Worry
In mid-January, the National Bureau of Statistics of China proudly unveiled 2017’s economic data and a Gross Domestic Product (GDP)...


Weekly Report 1|17 2.10.2018-2.16.2018
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced the results of several high-profile discipline...