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| PBSC Week in Review | ||
| Xi Jinping
Party General Secretary; PRC President; |
Jan 29 | Xi issued a statement urging the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Chinese Embassy in Malaysia to assist the rescue efforts for the 28 Chinese nationals on a boat that sank off Malaysia’s Sabah state.
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| Chairman of Central Military Commission | Jan 26 | Xi delivered a speech at the State Council Spring Festival reception.
Full text of his speech (in Chinese).
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| Jan 25 | Xi visited former leaders with seasons greetings ahead of Spring Festival.
Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao, Li Peng, Zhu Rongji, Li Ruihuan, Wen Jiabao and others were among those who “got personal visits either from the current leaders or from their representatives”.
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| Li Keqiang
Premier |
Feb 3 | Li chaired an executive meeting of the State Council.
Focused on protecting the rights of migrant workers, improving the system for legislators and CPPCC members to make proposals to the State Council, and approved the 13th Five Year Plans for food and drug safety.
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| Jan 29 | Li issued a statement urging search and rescue efforts for a boat that sank off Malaysia’s Sabah state.
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| Jan 26 | Li presided over the State Council Spring Festival reception.
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| Jan 25 | Li spoke with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the phone.
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| Jan 23-25 | Li made an inspection tour in Yunnan Province.
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| Zhang Dejiang
Chair of the |
Jan 26 | Zhang attended the State Council Spring Festival reception.
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| National People’s Congress | Jan 25 | Zhang visited his predecessors with seasons greetings ahead of Spring Festival.
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| Yu Zhengsheng
Chair of the |
Jan 26 | Yu attended the State Council Spring Festival reception.
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| Chinese People’s Political | Jan 25 | Yu visited his predecessors with seasons greetings ahead of Spring Festival.
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| Consultative Conference | Jan 24 | Yu spoke at a symposium with leaders of national religious groups ahead of Spring Festival.
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| Liu Yunshan
Head of Party |
Jan 26 | Liu attended the State Council Spring Festival reception.
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| Secretariat; Head of Propaganda | Jan 25 | Liu visited the Spring Festival Gala to give support to the participants.
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| Wang Qishan
Secretary of the Central Commission for |
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| Discipline Inspection | Jan 26 | Wang attended the State Council Spring Festival reception.
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| Zhang Gaoli
Executive Vice Premier |
Jan 26 | Zhang attended the State Council Spring Festival reception.
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