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Mark your calendars. It’s epoch-making time.
On Monday, the Politburo met and decided that the Central Committee’s sixth plenum will take place from Nov 8-11.
Some context: The Central Committee’s annual plenums are the most important political gatherings of the year. At each plenum the Central Committee adopts a “resolution” on an important political issue. These resolutions then shape policy in that area for years to come.
The upcoming plenum will adopt a resolution on history titled “Resolution of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee on the Party’s Major Achievements and Historical Experience of the Past 100 Years.”
Why that’s a huge deal:
The upcoming resolution will similarly cement Xi’s authority.
The upshot: This resolution signals the official end of Deng’s Reform Era, and the beginning of Xi’s New Era.
What that means:
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Gov.cn: 中共中央政治局召开会议 讨论拟提请十九届六中全会审议的文件 中共中央总书记习近平主持会议
On Friday, Tencent announced it will establish an “external supervision committee for personal information protection.”
The independent body will be tasked with:
The company also issued an open call for applications to join the body, which will tentatively consist of 15 members in the first round of recruitment.
Tencent is specifically seeking legal and technical experts, industry association representatives, and members of the media, as well as members of the public.
Get smart: The creation of the committee is in keeping with the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), which comes into force November 1 and requires “important internet platform services” to create external oversight bodies.
What to watch: If regulators are satisfied with the formulation that Tencent has come up with, other tech companies may soon follow suit.
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Tencent: 腾讯隐私保护监督员，等你加入
Roads and bridges are soooo Han dynasty.
On Wednesday, Premier Li Keqiang did his thing, presiding over the State Council’s weekly executive meeting.
This week, there was something pretty exciting on the docket:
The plan served up a veritable word salad of futuristic buzzwords, calling for:
To get all that done, Li wants to leverage China’s best eggheads by (Gov.cn 2):
It’s gonna cost, which is why Li wants to:
Get smart: As birth rates fall, Chinese leaders see new infrastructure and industrial upgrades as their best hope to increase economic efficiency and vault the middle-income trap.
Get smarter: Beijing is getting hands-on marshaling the country’s resources to achieve game-changing R&D breakthroughs.
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Gov.cn: 李克强主持召开国务院常务会议 要求做好跨周期调节 稳定合理预期保持经济平稳运行等
Gov.cn: China formulates plan for new infrastructure to spur domestic demand, economic transformation, growth sustainability
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