In China, several political bodies are in charge of Internet content control. At the highest level, there is the Central Propaganda Department, which ensures that media and cultural content follows the official line as mandated by the CCP. Then there is the State Council Information Office (SCIO), which has established “Internet Affairs Bureau” to oversee all Websites that publish news, including the official sites of news organizations as well as independent sites that post news content.
Recently, the ninth session of the 2009 SCIO Internet News Work Training Session just finished in Beijing. All participants are top editors and managers of major news websites in China. The trainers include:
* Li Wufeng, Bureau Chief of the State Council Information Office Internet Affairs Bureau
* Peng Bo, Deputy Chief of the State Council Information Office Internet Affairs Bureau
* Professor Zhu Feng, Peking University School of International Relations
* Song Fufan, Director of the Ideology and Political Education Teaching and Research Section of the Marxist Theory Research Department at the Central Party School of the Communist Party of China
* Zhai Huisheng, Party Secretary of the All China Federation of Working Journalists
* Professor Gao Gang, Secretary of the Party Committee of Renmin University School of Journalism and Communication
* Xia Chenghua, Deputy Chief of the Central Government Stability Preservation Leading Group Office
* Zhou Xisheng, Deputy Chief of Xinhua News Agency, Director-General of Xinhua News Agency
Soon after the training finished, one of the participants released her notes from this session online. CDT has translated the entire collection of notes from this 2009 SCIO Internet News Work training session; in total there are eight articles, which we will publish consecutively in coming days. CDT would like to thank the translator, who wishes to remain anonymous. Read the previous installments of notes. What follows is the fourth installment:
Summary Analysis of the Fourth Session of the 17th Congress of the National Congress of the Communist Party
Song Fufan (宋福范), Director of the Ideology and Political Education Teaching and Research Section of the Marxist Theory Research Department at the Central Party School of the Communist Party of China
A. There was one message from the Fourth session of the 14th Congress. The message was to research the issue of building the Party. [Song Fufan] answered questions such as why one must strengthen and improve the party under new circumstances, how to strengthen and improve the party under new circumstances, and building the party under new circumstances.
B. Only the fourth sessions of the 14th and 16th Congresses researched the issue of building the Party.
C. The state of the world
Long term: the world is becoming more multi-polar, the economy is becoming more globalized, high technology is developing quickly, competition between countries is becoming more and more fierce on all levels.
Short term: the influence and impact of the international credit crisis
D. The state of the country
Long term: there are more and more problems that have arisen since the country began developing.
Short term: China’s influence on the international community has grown, [China] has also increasingly come under attack
E. The state of the Party
There have appeared within the Party new circumstances and duties to which it is not well suited and which are not in accord with the nature and purpose of the Party.
F. Means of resolution: persist in reform and innovation, increase the Party’s vigor, persist in the Party’s [sole] governance of the Party, strictly govern the Party.《党的十七届四中全会精神解析》
中央党校马克思主义理论教研部思想政治教育教研室主任宋福范
一、十七届四中全会内容单一，只是研究了党建问题。
回答了为什么要加强改进新形势下党的建设，怎么样加强改进新形势下党的建设，以及新形势下党的建设建设什么的问题。
二、只有十四届四中全会和十六届四中全会研究过党建问题。
三、世情
长期：世界多极化、经济全球化、高科技迅猛发展，综合国力竞争越来越激烈。
近期：国际金融危机的影响和冲击。
四、国情
长期：发展起来以后的问题越来越多
近期：中国在国际上的影响力增加，受到的冲击增多
五、党情
党内也出现了不少不适应新形势新任务要求，不符合党的性质和宗旨的问题。
六、解决办法：坚持改革创新，增强党的生机活力，坚持党要管党，从严治党。
[To be continued]
