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South China Morning Post
16-07-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
‘Actionable results', new ideas needed to boost China's consumption, No 4 official says
The Communist Party's chief theoretician has urged groups outside the party – including China's eight minor political parties , industry and commerce representatives, and public figures without party affiliation – to contribute to the discussion on how to boost domestic demand, as Beijing steps up efforts to entice the public to spend more. Improving domestic demand is a strategic priority and a necessary step towards ensuring the long-term and healthy development of China's economy, said Wang Huning, head of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and China's No 4 official, at a meeting of the political advisory body on Wednesday that was specifically dedicated to boosting demand. 'Efforts should focus on key issues related to expanding domestic demand, delivering more in-depth, detailed and practical research outcomes, and ensuring that these findings are effectively translated into actionable results,' he said. Wang also called for improvements in the quality of field research and the overall standard of policy proposals and political consultation, according to a statement published by party mouthpiece Xinhua after the meeting. The fresh comments make Wang the latest high-ranking Chinese official to join the chorus championing the need to expand domestic demand, led by President Xi Jinping Wang's remarks came just a couple of weeks before a meeting of China's cabinet, the 24-member Politburo, scheduled for the end of the month, and with analysts expecting further demand-side stimulus policies as China struggles to lift domestic consumption.
South China Morning Post
28-06-2025
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
China's No 4 official joins in mourning death of Hong Kong tycoon Charles Ho
China's No 4 politician was among senior Beijing officials and other heavyweights who sent wreaths to the wake for Hong Kong tobacco and media tycoon Charles Ho Tsu-kwok. Advertisement The ceremony for Ho, former chairman of the Sing Tao News Corporation who died at the age of 75 earlier this month, was held at the Hong Kong Funeral Home in North Point on Saturday. Ho became a standing committee member of China's top political advisory body, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in 1998 and controlled Sing Tao News before selling his shares in 2021. Wreaths were sent by Wang Huning, the fourth-most senior official in the Communist Party of China and who oversees the CPPCC, and Vice-Premier Ding Xuexiang, who chairs the leading work group for Hong Kong and Macau affairs. Xia Baolong, the director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs office, the office itself and Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu also sent wreaths. Advertisement Retired central government officials, including ex-top political adviser Yu Zhengsheng, former vice-premier Liu Yandong and Liao Hui, who served as director of the HKMAO, sent flowers under their names.
South China Morning Post
15-06-2025
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
Beijing's top Taiwan official warns independence forces will bring ‘disaster' to island
Mainland China's top official on Taiwan affairs has called on both sides of the Taiwan Strait to oppose 'Taiwan independence and external interference' and promote closer integration. Advertisement 'Taiwan independence forces and their activities undermine national sovereignty and territorial integrity, disrupt peace and stability in our homeland, and incite confrontation and division among compatriots,' said Wang Huning , the fourth-ranking official of China's ruling Communist Party. He made the comments at the opening ceremony of the annual Straits Forum in Xiamen, Fujian province on Sunday. 'They will only bring disaster to the people of Taiwan,' added Wang, who is also chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), China's top advisory body Wang described cross-Strait relations, as well as the current international situation, as 'complex and severe'. Fujian provincial party chief Zhou Zuyi vowed to optimise the business environment for Taiwanese companies and adopt policies to promote integrated development, 'making new contributions to the great cause of national reunification'. Advertisement
South China Morning Post
04-05-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Indonesia's EV revolution held hostage by ‘preman' gangster problem
In Indonesia , the dream of becoming Southeast Asia's electric vehicle powerhouse is colliding with an age-old nemesis: preman organised crime groups. Advertisement These shadowy enforcers, long the scourge of street vendors and small businesses, are now accused of disrupting a US$1 billion factory by Chinese EV maker BYD – a project hailed as a cornerstone of the nation's economic future. The allegations, which surfaced last month, spotlight a deeper tension in Indonesia's modernisation push: can the government root out the deep-seated gangsterism that has thrived for generations under the protection of powerful backers? Preman, with their alleged ties to political elites and law enforcement, can trace their origins back to the Dutch colonial era, when local enforcers were used to extract wealth for the colonisers. Today, they have become an entrenched force in the country's economic and political fabric. Eddy Soeparno (left), deputy speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly of Indonesia, shakes hands with Wang Huning, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, in Beijing on April 15. Photo: Xinhua The allegations surrounding disruption at BYD's factory came to light on April 20, when Eddy Soeparno, deputy speaker of Indonesia's People's Consultative Assembly, publicly raised concerns after a visit to a BYD assembly plant in Shenzhen, China.
Free Malaysia Today
22-04-2025
- Business
- Free Malaysia Today
China ramps up business charm offensive towards Taiwan alongside political pressure
About 39,374 Taiwanese last year joined more than 400 business events supported or organised by government units across China. (EPA Images pic) TAIPEI : Nearly 40,000 Taiwanese joined industry events in China, such as conferences and trade fairs supported by the Chinese government in 2024, a study showed today, as Beijing ramps up a charm offensive toward the island alongside military pressure. China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own despite Taipei's objections, has long taken a 'carrot and stick' approach to Taiwan, threatening it with the prospect of military action while reaching out to those it believes are amenable to Beijing's point of view. Taiwan security officials are wary of what they see as Beijing's influence campaigns to sway Taiwan public opinion after Taipei and Beijing gradually resumed travel links halted by the Covid-19 pandemic, but the scale of such programmes had not previously been systematically reported. About 39,374 Taiwanese last year joined more than 400 business events supported or organised by government units across China, according to the study by Taiwan Information Environment Research Center (IORG), a Taiwan-based non-government organisation. IORG's research analysed more than 7,300 articles posted by a news portal run by China's top Taiwan policy maker, the Taiwan Affairs Office. These articles offered event details, including the scale, location and agenda and were examined by AI-assisted tools and verified by IORG researchers. 'The number of Taiwanese attending state-supported business events in China represented a 3% increase from 2023,' IORG said, adding the agriculture, tourism and biotechnology and medical industries were among the top sectors. 'These are common industries in which the Chinese Communist Party exerts political pressure on Taiwan through economic means,' the IORG report said. China's Taiwan Affairs Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The ruling Communist Party's fourth-ranked leader, Wang Huning, told an internal meeting on Taiwan in February that Beijing was working to expand people-to-people exchanges in a bid to 'deepen cross-strait integration and development,' state news agency Xinhua reported at the time. The 2024 events surveyed by IORG included a June job fair in southeast China's Fujian province targeting more than 1,500 Taiwanese university graduates. 'Reward and punishment always go hand-in-hand in the Chinese influence campaigns on Taiwan,' IORG co-director Yu Chihhao told Reuters. 'Military drills and intimidation are punishment; cross-strait business cooperations are reward,' Yu said. China staged two days of war games near Taiwan this month.
