Amid speculation about the unusual authority of Chinese President Xi Jinping, images of him presiding over official meetings have been continuously released through state media.
According to state-run Xinhua News Agency on the 1st, President Xi presided over the 6th meeting of the Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission that morning. The meeting discussed issues such as the promotion of a 'national unified large market' and high-quality development of the marine economy. It emphasized the need for 'five unifications and one openness' to promote the national unified large market, which includes unifying market basic systems, market basic infrastructure, government action standards, market supervision, and resource element markets, while continuously expanding both domestic and foreign openness.
The meeting also established policies that emphasize the encouragement of private capital participation in the marine economy, strengthening of related technological capabilities, and the development of modern distant-water fisheries. President Xi stated at the meeting, "To promote Chinese-style modernization, high-quality development of the marine economy is necessary," adding, "We must walk the path of a maritime power with Chinese characteristics."
The day before, President Xi presided over a collective study session of the Central Political Bureau of the Communist Party in celebration of the founding anniversary on July 1. He remarked, "The task of constructing Chinese-style modernization that our party undertakes is very heavy, and the governing environment we face is quite complex," and added, "We must pull tighter on the string of self-revolution." He continued, "Party organizations and members, regardless of their level or the work they do, must take responsibility for self-revolution, and leading officials must set an example in self-revolution."
President Xi said, "In talent selection and utilization, we must strengthen the evaluation of partisanship, and focus on examining the vigilance, loyalty, and integrity of officials," and noted, "In anti-corruption, we must standardize the exercise of power. We need to unify the delegation, operation, and control of power, and create a transparent and traceable mechanism to identify loopholes in the exercise of power."