China Politics Weekly No. 68- September 21, 2015

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PBSC Week in Review
Xi Jinping	Sep 18	Xi met with News Corp Executive Chairman Rupert Murdoch.
	Sep 17	Xi met with US delegates attending the 7^th China-US business leaders’ and former officials’ dialogue.
		Xi sent a congratulatory letter to the annual Beijing Forum on Human Rights.
	Sep 16	Xi met with officials of the organizing group and representatives of the troops and artists that took part in the celebrations to commemorate the 70^th anniversary of the end of World War II.
	Sep 15	Xi chaired a meeting of the Central Leading Group for Deepening Overall Reform. Meeting passed eight “opinions”, including on instituting a negative list for foreign investment, SOE reform, price reform, development zones in border areas and judicial system reforms.
	Sep 14	Xi and Swiss President Simonetta Sommaruga exchanged congratulatory messages to mark the 65^th anniversary of Chinese-Swiss diplomatic ties.
		Xi held talks with Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz.
Li Keqiang	Sep 18	Li met with French Finance Minster Michel Sapin.
	Sep 17	Li met with Chairman of the People’s Consultative Assembly of Indonesia Zulkifli Hasan.
	Sep 16	Li chaired an executive meeting of the State Council. The meeting focused on third-party reviews of ongoing reforms, new platforms and modes to promote popular entrepreneurship and innovation, upgrading industries and subsidy systems for the disabled.
		Li met with Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
		Li called to congratulate Malcolm Turnbull on becoming Australia’s Prime Minister.
	Sep 15	Li met with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif.
		Attended meeting of the Central Leading Group for Deepening Overall Reform.
		Li met with Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz.
		Li sent a letter of congratulations to the Second Global Grand Challenges Summit.
	Sep 14	Li spoke by phone with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Mevedev.
Zhang Dejiang	Sep 18	Zhang met with Zimbabwe Senate Speaker Edna Madzongwe.
	Sep 17	Zhang met with a delegation from Kazakhstan’s ruling Nur Otan Party.
	Sep 16	Zhang spoke at a symposium on the development of county- and township-level people’s congresses.
	Sep 15	Zhang met with Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz.
Yu Zhengsheng	Sep 18	Yu met with Zimbabwe Senate Speaker Edna Madzongwe.
	Sep 17	Yu met with Chairman of the People’s Consultative Assembly of Indonesia Zulkifli Hasan.
	Sep 14	Yu met with Antigua and Barbuda’s Governor-General Rodney Williams.
Liu Yunshan	Sep 17	Liu attended an event marking National Popular Science Day.
	Sep 16	Liu met with officials of the organizing group and representatives of the troops and artists that took part in the celebrations to commemorate the 70^th anniversary of the end of World War II.
	Sep 15	Attended meeting of the Central Leading Group for Deepening Overall Reform.
Wang Qishan	Sep 16	Wang met with Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
Zhang Gaoli	Sep 18	Zhang addressed the opening ceremony of the 12^th China-ASEAN Expo in Nanning, Guanxi.
	Sep 15	Attended meeting of the Central Leading Group for Deepening Overall Reform.
		Zhang met with diplomatic advisor to the French president, Jacques Audibert.

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