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Official China Digest #4: August 2022 Documents

A monthly list of official Chinese Party and state documents

Hi folks,

Having done four issues of this digest, I want to get some more feedback from you before deciding where to take it. It takes me a fair bit of time putting it together, so I'll only keep doing it if you people find it valuable.

Here are some questions for you:

  • Is this digest useful?
  • Is it timely enough for your needs?
  • What about the scope of the sources?
  • How about the format?
  • What else would you like to see in this digest?

- Adam


1. National Party Congress

  • The 20th Party Congress will convene on October 16.

2. Central Committee - plenums

  • The 7th plenary session will convene on October 9.

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

4. Politburo

4a. Politburo meetings

4b. Politburo Standing Committee meetings

  • N/A

4c. Politburo group study session

  • N/A

5. State Council - meetings

5a. State Council plenary meetings

  • N/A

5b. State Council executive meetings

6. State Council - documents (国发, 国办发, 公报)

6a. State Council guofa documents 国发

6b. General Office of the State Council guobanfa documents 国办发

6c. State Council Gazette 国务院公报

7. State Council Information Office - Chinese government white papers

8. Central/national-level work conferences

  • N/A

9. Xi Jinping

9a. Xi's speeches

9b. Xi's articles

10. Ministry of Foreign Affairs

10a. Joint statements and communiques

10b. Position papers

10c. Foreign Minister's speeches


Scope of the digest

1. National Party Congress

2. Central Committee - plenums

3. Central Committee/State Council - Central Documents 中央文件

  • Issued by the Central Committee, General Office of the Central Committee, jointly by the Central Committee and the State Council, or jointly by the General Offices of the Central Committee and the State Council.

4. Politburo

  • 4a. Politburo meeting (readouts)
  • 4b. Politburo Standing Committee meeting (readouts)
  • 4c. Politburo collective study session (readouts)

5. State Council - meetings

  • 5a. State Council plenary sessions (readouts)
  • 5b. State Council executive meeting (readouts)

6. State Council - documents (国发, 国办发, 国务院公报)

  • 6a. State Council guofa documents 国发
  • 6b. General Office of the State Council guobanfa documents 国办发
  • 6c. State Council Gazette 国务院公报

7. State Council Information Office

  • 7a. Chinese government white papers

8. Central/national-level work conferences

  • 8a. Central Economic Work Conference
  • 8b. Central Ethnic Work Conference
  • 8c. Central United Front Work Conference
  • 8d. Taiwan Affairs Work Conference
  • 8e. National Religious Affairs Work Conference

9. Xi Jinping

  • 9a. Speeches (full or summaries)
  • 9b. Articles (Qiushi)

10. Ministry of Foreign Affairs

  • 10a. Joint statements and communiques 声明公报
  • 10b. Foreign policy position papers 立场文件
  • 10c. Foreign Minister's speeches

11. Ministry of Education

Clarifications

  • Document dates: where there are multiple citable dates for a document, the one used in this digest is the publication date (发布日期) or the date on which it was publically reported (eg., via Xinhua), rather than the date on which the documents came into existence (成文日期).