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PBSC Week in Review
Xi Jinping

Party General Secretary; PRC

May 27 Xi chaired a meeting of the Politburo.

Focused on Jing-Jin-Ji integration.

 

President; Chairman of Central Military Commission   Xi chaired a Politburo study session.

Meeting focused on elderly care. Presentations by NDRC Chairman Xu Shaoshi, Minister of Civil Affairs Li Liguo, Minister of Human Resources and Social Security Yin Weimin and Chairman of the NHFPC Li Bin.

 

  May 26 Xi held talks with Indian President Pranab Mukherjee.

 

    Xi sent a message of condolences to Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena over last weeks’ floods and landslides.

 

    Xi and French President Francois Hollande sent messages of congratulations to the first ever Sino-French cultural forum in Beijing.

 

  May 25 Xi inspected troops in Heilongjiang.

 

  May 24 Xi inspected troops in Heilongjiang.

 

  May 23-25 Xi made an inspection tour to Heilongjiang Province.

Visited tree plantation, rice cooperative, Heixiazi Island, Hezhe minority village and technology companies in Harbin. Called for implementation of supply-side reforms, saying “If we hesitate in making decisions and do things halfway, we will lose this rare opportunity”.

 

  May 21 Xi and Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain exchanged congratulatory messages on the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties.

 

  May 20 Xi chaired a meeting of the Leading Small Group on Comprehensively Deepening Reform.

Meeting focused on bridging gap in education between rural and urban areas, adopted a document on standardizing law enforcement practices by police, passed a document on supporting the development of voluntary service organizations, and approved a document on developing legal services for foreign affairs.

 

  May 19 Xi sent condolences to French President Francois Hollande and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on the disappearance of Egypt Air Flight MS804.

 

  May 18 Xi held talks with President of Mozambiqu Felipe Jacinto Nyusi.

 

  Xi sent a written instruction to the plenary meeting of the work committee on Party and state medals and honorary titles.

 

    Xi sent a written instruction to a meeting of the Family Planning Association.

 

  May 17 Xi addressed a symposium discussing the country’s work in philosophy and social sciences.

Full text of his speech (in Chinese).

 

    Xi met with Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah.

 

  May 16 Xi chaired a meeting of the Central Leading Group for financial and economic affairs.

 

Li Keqiang

Premier

May 26 Li met with Indian President Pranab Mukherjee.

 

    Li extended condolences to Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe over the floods and landslides last week.

 

  May 24 Li spoke with business leaders on the sidelines of the China Big Data Industry and China E-Commerce Innovation and Development Summit in Guiyang, Guizhou.

 

  May 23-24 Li made an inspection tour in Hubei Province.

Visited Wuhan and Shiyan.

 

  May 21 Li and Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif exchanged congratulatory messages on the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations.

 

  May 20 Li attended a meeting of the Leading Small Group on Comprehensively Deepening Reform.

 

    Li sent a written instruction to a teleconference on ensuring employment for college graduates.

 

  May 19 Li spoke at the opening ceremony of the First World Conference on Tourism for Development.

Full remarks (in English).

 

  May 18 Li chaired an executive meeting of the State Council.

The meeting discussed creating a better market environment for mass entrepreneurship and innovation, and increasing SOE competitiveness.

 

    Li met with Mozambican President Felipe Jacinto Nyusi.

 

    Li met with Saudi Arabian Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud, chairman of the Kingdom Holding Company.

 

    Li sent a written instruction to a meeting of the Family Planning Association.

 

  May 16 Li held talks with Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah.

 

    Li met with French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault.

 

    Li met with Pakistani Army Chief General Raheel Sharif.

 

    Li sent a written instruction to the National Congress of the China Association of Inventions.

 

Zhang Dejiang

Chair of the National People’s

May 27 Zhang met with President of the National Legislative Assembly of Thailand Pornpetch Wichitcholchai.

 

Congress May 26 Zhang met with Indian President Pranab Mukherjee.

 

  May 23 Zhang delivered a report on the system of people’s congresses at the Party School.

 

  May 20 Zhang met with Ognjen Tadic, rotating chairman of the House of Peoples of the Bosnia and Herzegovina parliament.

 

  May 19 Zhang wrapped up an inspection tour to Hong Kong SAR.

 

  May 18 Zhang delivered a keynote speech at the Belt and Road Summit sponsored by the Hong Kong SAR government.

Full text of his speech (in English).

Full text of his speech (in Chinese).

 

  May 17 Zhang visited the headquarters of the government of Hong Kong SAR and was brief by the SAR chief executive and government officials on their work.

 

    Zhang arrived in Hong Kong.

 

  May 16 Zhang met with Matrai Marta, First Officer of the Hungarian National Assembly.

 

Yu Zhengsheng

Chair of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference

May 26 Yu presided over the chairpersons’ meeting of the CPPCC National Committee.

The meeting called for efforts to push forward the reforming initiatives approved by central authorities and also discussed and examined personnel matters.

 

    Yu met with President of the National Legistlative Assembly of Thailand Pornpetch Wichitcholchai.

 

  May 22-24 Yu made an inspection tour to Henan Province.

 

May 20 Yu met with Ognjen Tadic, rotating chairman of the House of Peoples of the Bosnia and Herzegovina parliament.

 

  May 19 Yu chaired and spoke at a bi-weekly consultation session of the CPPCC.

The meeting discussed city planning.

     
Liu Yunshan

Head of Party Secretariat; Head

May 21-23 Liu made an inspection tour in Guangdong Province.

 

of Propaganda May 20 Liu attended a meeting of the Leading Small Group on Comprehensively Deepening Reform.

 

  May 19 Liu attended a symposium to discuss implementing Xi’s instruction on developing philosophy and social sciences with Chinese characteristics.

 

  May 18 Liu presided over the plenary meeting of the work committee on Party and state medals and honorary titles.

 

  May 17 Liu met with European delegates attending the fifth China-Europe High-Level Political Parties Forum.

 

    Liu chaired a symposium on China’s work in philosophy and social sciences.

 

  May 16 Liu attended and spoke at the second Party School spring graduation ceremony.

 

Wang Qishan

Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection

   
Zhang Gaoli

Executive Vice Premier

May 23-25 Zhang made an inspection tour in Jiangxi and Hainan.

 

  May 20 Zhang attended a meeting of the Leading Small Group on Comprehensively Deepening Reform.

 

    Zhang attended a meeting on coordinated pollution control in Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei and peripheral regions.

 


 

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