China’s new leaders ban red carpets, pomp and ‘empty speeches’
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China’s new leaders ban red carpets, pomp and ‘empty speeches’
China’s new leaders have promised a dramatic overhaul of how the Communist
party behaves, responding to growing public criticism of imperious and lavishly
rich officials.
banquet. New rules are being introduced to help change the Communist party’s
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By Malcolm Moore, Beijing
6:45PM GMT 04 Dec 2012
Party leaders will no longer be greeted wherever they go with cheering
crowds, banners, red carpets and elaborate flower displays, said a statement on
Chinese
state media after a meeting of the new 25-man Politburo.
The updated rules also ban dull, long speeches and fawning write-ups in the
state newspapers, as the party tries to reshape its image.
In recent years, even the lowliest Communist party officials have enjoyed a
fin-de-siècle lifestyle, being chauffeured around in luxury cars and greeted by
crowds of well-marshalled schoolchildren.
Officials have seemed to compete with each other for who could build the
biggest local government offices, offer the grandest banquets – often with
specially imported delicacies or food from exclusive farms – and accumulate the
most wealth.
Now, after growing criticism at the decadence and arrogance of the party,
its new leaders appear determined to make a change.
In the two weeks since he was anointed as China’s next president,
52-year-old Xi Jinping has delivered two speeches on national television
without notes.
Li Keqiang, who will become prime minister in March, and Wang Qishan, the
new anti-corruption chief, have also held meetings in which they banned
participants from making grandstanding speeches.
In a seminar last Friday, Mr Wang interrupted professors to stop them
addressing him as “respected secretary Wang”.
The new rules also stipulate that leaders should no longer show up for
ribbon-cutting ceremonies, groundbreakings or any other self-aggrandising
events, exhibitions or forums.
Government reports will also “thoroughly change”, eliminating
jargon and indeed jettisoning any “empty and unnecessary documents”.
Foreign travel will be “strictly controlled” and one staple of
Chinese propaganda: the drummed-up crowds of Chinese students and expats that
greet leaders when they touch down on foreign soil, will also be dropped.
Official motorcades will no longer play havoc with traffic as road closures
are minimised.
Yao Bo, a former leader writer with the China Daily and now an entrepreneur
with over 650,000 followers on Sina Weibo, China’s Twitter, said he felt the
new leaders “are paying significantly more attention to outside
voices”.
He said: “The last generation [of leaders] lived in a small bubble and
did not listen to public opinion. I do not know if there will be a substantive
political change, but at least the new leaders are striking a different
tone.”
He added that local government officials now had a benchmark to govern their
behaviour and be judged by.
Xie Zhiqiang, a professor at the Party School in Beijing, which trains
leading cadres, told state media that the unscripted speeches and face-to-face
meetings of the past few days were a positive start.
“It is also notable that the Politburo requested all regions and all
departments to put these rules into practise and demanded rapid results.
There will be annual audits, punishments for abusers, and the budgets for
events will be inspected”.
Ren Zhiqiang, a billionaire property baron said that he had “long
heard” that changes were being planned.
Meanwhile, Mr Xi also pledged on Tuesday to implement the rule of law, in a
speech that seemed aimed at criticism over government corruption, a lack of
accountability and official brutality.
“We need to treat peoples’ needs fairly and endeavour to make them feel
justice has been done in every single case,” he said.
Additional reporting by Valentina Luo
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