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Official China Digest #1: May 2022 Documents

A list of official Chinese Party and state documents

Hi folks,

Welcome to the first issue of the Official China Digest, a monthly list of official Communist Party and Chinese state documents.

With it, we aim to help you stay on top of the stream of official documents coming out of Beijing, including Central Documents, meeting readouts, white papers, etc. You can find the scope of this digest at the bottom. We will be experimenting with scope, format, etc, in the coming months.

This digest will currently be published monthly, and it will sit outside the paywall while it is still under development. Please let us know if you have any feedback or suggestions on the kinds of documents you would like to see.

This digest can be tailored to the needs of our institutional subscribers, so please do get in touch.

- Adam


1. National Party Congress

  • N/A: the next one is due in late-2022.

2. Central Committee - plenums

  • N/A: the next one is due in the second half of 2022.

3. Central Committee and State Council - Central Documents (中央文件)

4. Politburo - meetings and study sessions (readouts)

5. State Council - meetings (readouts)

6. State Council - documents

7. State Council Information Office - Chinese government white papers

  • None published this month

8. Central/national-level work conferences

  • None occurred this month (within scope).

9. Ministry of Foreign Affairs - foreign policy position papers

  • 中国关于同太平洋岛国相互尊重、共同发展的立场文件 China’s Position Paper on Mutual Respect and Common Development with Pacific Island Countries (May 30): Chinese | English

Scope of the digest

1. National Party Congress (next one due in late-2022)

2. Central Committee - plenums (next one due in the second half of 2022)

3. Central Committee/State Council - Central Documents

4. Politburo - meetings and study sessions (readouts)

5. State Council - meetings (readouts)

6. State Council - documents

7. State Council Information Office - Chinese government white papers

8. Central/national-level work conferences (readouts): Central Economic Work Conference, Central Ethnic Work Conference, Central United Front Work Conference, Taiwan Affairs Work Conference, National Religious Affairs Work Conference

9. Ministry of Foreign Affairs - foreign policy position papers