On March 20, Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Russia and Cai Qi was listed as a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, as well as the director of the Central Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. This appointment officially confirmed Cai Qi as the “General Manager of Zhongnanhai”, a position he had been promoted to throughout his career with the support of Xi Jinping, making him a trusted confidant of the Chinese leader.
At this stage, Xi Jinping’s position is precarious, and every step is critical, so the director of the Central Office, who controls his wealth and safety, must be chosen carefully. Concurrently, Cai Qi has served as the director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee, a role responsible for documents, meetings, communication, confidentiality, information, research and also the security of senior leaders. This position has earned the title of “Great Steward of Zhongnanhai” and requires the absolute trust of the leader.
Cai Qi is considered a “dark horse” of the CCP system. He was not even a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China when he took over as Secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee in January 2017. However, in October of the same year, he became a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and at the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, he became a member of the Standing Committee of the Politburo.
Many observers believe that Cai Qi’s unexpected promotion is attributed to his personal friendship with Xi Jinping, whom he has worked with for 20 years in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces. A similar situation applies to Li Qiang, the former secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, who has been promoted after Xi Jinping became the supreme leader of the Communist Party of China despite his lack of political achievements.
Cai Qi’s previous positions include serving as the mayor and secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee, deputy ministerial official, and executive vice-governor and deputy party secretary of the Zhejiang provincial government. After being elected as a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, he succeeded Wang Huning as the member of the Politburo Standing Committee at the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
Cai Qi has concurrently served as the director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee
According to the Xinhua News Agency, the official media of the Communist Party of China, on the morning of March 20, Chinese President Xi Jinping left Beijing by special plane to pay a state visit to Russia.
Accompanying Xi Jinping on the visit were Cai Qi, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee, Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission, Qin Gang, State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the CPC, and others.
The above information shows that Cai Qi has concurrently served as the director of the General Office of the Central Committee. Ding Xuexiang, the former director of the Central Office, has recently become the number one vice-premier of the State Council of the Communist Party of China.
After the closing of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the high-level personnel of the CPC Central Committee were gradually clarified. Only the position of the director of the Central Office has not been determined, and Ding Xuexiang is still accompanying General Secretary Xi Jinping as the director of the Central Office.
Cai Qi was the mayor of Beijing, secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee, and served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of the Central Secretariat at the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
The General Office of the Central Committee is the central organization of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. In addition to being responsible for documents, meetings, communication, confidentiality, information, and research, it is also responsible for the security of senior leaders, medical care, and management of passwords, files, and logistics services. Therefore, the Central Office The director has always been known as the “Great Steward of Zhongnanhai”, but the premise is that he must gain the absolute trust of the leader.
Cai Qi’s twentieth accident
Cai Qi can be regarded as a “dark horse” in the CCP system. When he took over the post of Secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee in January 2017, he was not even a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. In October of that year, he became a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and became a party and state leader. The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held last year. No one expected him to be a permanent member, but he became a member of the Standing Committee of the Politburo, the top seven members of the Communist Party of China, personally selected by the new General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Xi Jinping.
Previously favored candidates for the Politburo Standing Committee, such as Hu Chunhua and Wang Yang, who are regarded as reformers, and Premier Li Keqiang, who can still serve according to age conventions, were all excluded by Xi Jinping from the Politburo Standing Committee.
According to the Voice of America report, many observers believe that the reason why Cai Qi was able to become a permanent member unexpectedly is not because of his political achievements, but because of the personal friendship he and Xi Jinping have formed during their 20 years of working together in Fujian and Zhejiang.
The situation of Li Qiang, another former secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China who joined the permanent post, is very similar to that of Cai Qi. When he was in charge of Shanghai, he not only failed to see any political achievements, but caused economic damage and public grievances due to improper epidemic prevention and control measures. Since Xi Jinping became the supreme leader of the Communist Party of China, he has been valued and promoted by Xi Jinping. Li Qiang did not make any achievements even when he was in power in Jiangsu and Shanghai, and he lacked work experience in central ministries and commissions. However, after the National People’s Congress meeting in March this year, he succeeded Li Keqiang as the Premier of the State Council of the Communist Party of China and became the second largest in the Communist Party of China after Xi Jinping. figure.
According to public information, Cai Qi was born in Yong’an County, Fujian Province in December 1955. When he was young, he joined the team as an educated youth. In 1975, he entered Fujian Normal University as a student of workers, peasants and soldiers. After graduation, he stayed at the school and worked as a political cadre in the school’s party committee office. In 1983, he was transferred to work in the General Office of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, officially opening his career in politics.
Cai Qi worked in the Fujian Provincial Party Committee for 16 years. During this period, he also served as the deputy secretary of the Sanming Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China and the mayor of the Sanming Municipal Government.
In May 1999, Cai Qi was transferred to work in Zhejiang Province, serving as the deputy secretary of the Quzhou Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China and the mayor, and then the secretary of the Quzhou Municipal Committee and the director of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People’s Congress. At this time, Cai Qi actively responded to the so-called “eight-eight strategy” proposed by Xi Jinping, then secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee of the Communist Party of China. He claimed to use two major measures to establish the city through industry and leverage development to lay the foundation for the leapfrog development of Quzhou’s economic and social development.
During his work in Zhejiang, Cai Qi served as secretary of the Taizhou Municipal Party Committee, deputy secretary of the Hangzhou Municipal Party Committee, and mayor, and became a deputy ministerial official. He later served as the executive vice-governor and deputy party secretary of the Zhejiang provincial government.
In March 2014, Cai Qi was transferred to Beijing to serve as the deputy director of the newly established National Security Commission Office of the CPC Central Committee, and later as the executive deputy director at the ministerial level.
In October 2016, Cai Qi served as the deputy secretary, deputy mayor and acting mayor of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China. A year later, he became mayor of Beijing. In May 2017, Cai Qi succeeded Guo Jinlong as the secretary of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, becoming the first secretary of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China who is not a member of the Central Committee. After becoming secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee, Cai Qi began to use the term “General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important thoughts” in public to attract attention. In October of that year, Cai Qi was elected as a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee at the First Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee and became the leader of the party and the country.
At the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Cai Qi became a permanent member and replaced Wang Huning as the first secretary of the Central Secretariat, in charge of ideology, propaganda and party building.
Cai Qi’s flattery and tough tactics
Cai Qi ranks fifth in the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China. “Don’t forget the original heart, remember the mission” theme education leading group leader, etc.
Another confidant of Xi Jinping, Ding Xuexiang, served as the executive vice premier at the just-concluded “two sessions” of the CCP, and stepped down as the director of the Central Office. Wang Xiaohong, the Minister of Public Security who was supposed to take over the office, has also been promoted to the State Councilor of the CCP. Many media reported that Cai Qi, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CCP and the first secretary of the Central Secretariat, believes that he will also serve as the director of the Central Office, but the CCP has not yet confirmed it.
It was not until Xi Jinping’s visit to Russia on March 20 that Cai Qi appeared on the list of accompanying personnel as a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and director of the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. It was confirmed that Cai Qi had taken over the post of “General Manager of Zhongnanhai”.
As a result, the position of the director of the Central Office, who is also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China, rose to the level of Wang Dongxing’s era.
Shi Chuanyun, a political commentator, wrote an article in Voice of Hope that Cai Qibiao is extremely loyal to Xi. Last year, Beijing held a municipal party congress. He was the secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee when he delivered a speech, praising and flattering Xi. pimple.
Shi Chuanyun said that in Cai Qi’s one-minute speech, the word “general secretary” appeared five times, accompanied by a bunch of praise words, such as great talent, great vision, leadership style, helm and navigation, Give directions, etc. Cai Qi also mentioned that Xi said: “Scenes and scenes are vivid in my mind, and every sentence of exhortations is still in my ears…”
In addition to touting kung fu, Shi Chuanyun pointed out that Cai Qi was a student of workers, peasants and soldiers during the chaotic period of the CCP’s Cultural Revolution. Like Xi, his thinking was also poisoned by the Cultural Revolution. He has a tough way of doing things. He once drove out the whole city of Beijing’s migrant population (the so-called low-end population) in the winter of 2017, which caused controversy. In Cai Qi’s internal meeting talk on the Internet, he talked about driving out outsiders: “It means real swords and guns, it means that the bayonet is popular, and it means that it is necessary to dare to confront the tough…”.
Cheng Li, a China expert at the Brookings Institution, told Archyde.com that “Cai Qi was promoted four times in four years, showing how important he is to Xi Jinping.”
Zhang Yang, an assistant professor at the School of International Service at American University in Washington, said, “Cai Qi is not popular as the secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee, but his popularity is no match for his loyalty.”
Cai Qi said in a speech by the Beijing delegation during the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, “General Secretary Xi Jinping is the leader of the party and the people of all ethnic groups in the country in the new era, and he is also our sincerely beloved leader of the people.”
The Voice of America report commented that Cai Qi’s praise of Xi Jinping was comparable to that of Mao Zedong back then.
The director of the Central Office is known as the “Zhongnanhai Chief Steward” or “General Manager”. He is a powerful figure who masters the core secrets and power operations of the highest level of the CCP for transfer, handover, and uploading. In all aspects of daily life and various activities, he holds the “power of life and death” of the supreme leader.
In the history of the CCP, the director of the Central Office played an important role in the power struggle at the top. For example, Wang Dongxing, director of the Central Office and director of the Central Security Bureau during the Cultural Revolution, was one of the key figures who later arrested the “Gang of Four.”
Some CCP history analysts referred to Wang Dongxing as “the chief executive of Zhongnanhai, one of Mao Zedong’s most trusted people in his later years. He was one of the decision-makers for the arrest of the Gang of Four and the Huairentang Incident.”
After Hu Jintao’s “in-chief” and former director of the Central Office Ling Jihua fell in December 2014, he was characterized by Xi Jinping as an ambitious man. Before and after this, Li Zhanshu, a confidant of Xi Jinping and the then director of the Central Office, was in charge. The Central Office underwent a major purge, and the old department of the large-scale order plan was affected.
Analysts believe that the position of the director of the Central Office is of great responsibility, especially that Zhongnanhai is currently on the eve of drastic historical changes, and the CCP regime is facing unprecedented challenges. Xi Jinping’s situation is like walking a tightrope, which can be described as frightening. Therefore, the director of the Central Office must be loyal and reliable It seems that Xi can’t bet on this matter. He is tantamount to handing over his wealth and life to this person, and this person is Cai Qi.
Write an outro for the article [Voice of Hope, March 20, 2023](comprehensive report by our reporter He Jingtian) On March 20, when Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Russia, Cai Qi appeared in the official list of accompanying personnel as a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and director of the Central Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. Until then, the candidate for the “General Manager of Zhongnanhai” was finally settled. . Cai Qi was promoted by Xi Jinping all the way through his official career, and he can be described as Xi’s hard-core confidant. Analysts pointed out that at present, Xi Jinping is in a tightrope walk, and every step of the way can be described as frightening. The selection of the director of the Central Office should not be taken lightly, because this person controls his wealth and life.Cai Qi has concurrently served as the director of the General Office of the CPC Central CommitteeAccording to the Xinhua News Agency, the official media of the Communist Party of China, on the morning of March 20, Chinese President Xi Jinping left Beijing by special plane to pay a state visit to Russia.Accompanying Xi Jinping on the visit were Cai Qi, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee, Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission, Qin Gang, State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the CPC, and others.The above information shows that Cai Qi has concurrently served as the director of the General Office of the Central Committee. Ding Xuexiang, the former director of the Central Office, has recently become the number one vice-premier of the State Council of the Communist Party of China.After the closing of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the high-level personnel of the CPC Central Committee were gradually clarified. Only the position of the director of the Central Office has not been determined, and Ding Xuexiang is still accompanying General Secretary Xi Jinping as the director of the Central Office.Cai Qi was the mayor of Beijing, secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee, and served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of the Central Secretariat at the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.The General Office of the Central Committee is the central organization of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. In addition to being responsible for documents, meetings, communication, confidentiality, information, and research, it is also responsible for the security of senior leaders, medical care, and management of passwords, files, and logistics services. Therefore, the Central Office The director has always been known as the “Great Steward of Zhongnanhai”, but the premise is that he must gain the absolute trust of the leader.Cai Qi’s twentieth accidentCai Qi can be regarded as a “dark horse” in the CCP system. When he took over the post of Secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee in January 2017, he was not even a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. In October of that year, he became a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and became a party and state leader. The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held last year. No one expected him to be a permanent member, but he became a member of the Standing Committee of the Politburo, the top seven members of the Communist Party of China, personally selected by the new General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Xi Jinping.Previously favored candidates for the Politburo Standing Committee, such as Hu Chunhua and Wang Yang, who are regarded as reformers, and Premier Li Keqiang, who can still serve according to age conventions, were all excluded by Xi Jinping from the Politburo Standing Committee.According to the Voice of America report, many observers believe that the reason why Cai Qi was able to become a permanent member unexpectedly is not because of his political achievements, but because of the personal friendship he and Xi Jinping have formed during their 20 years of working together in Fujian and Zhejiang.The situation of Li Qiang, another former secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China who joined the permanent post, is very similar to that of Cai Qi. When he was in charge of Shanghai, he not only failed to see any political achievements, but caused economic damage and public grievances due to improper epidemic prevention and control measures. Since Xi Jinping became the supreme leader of the Communist Party of China, he has been valued and promoted by Xi Jinping. Li Qiang did not make any achievements even when he was in power in Jiangsu and Shanghai, and he lacked work experience in central ministries and commissions. However, after the National People’s Congress meeting in March this year, he succeeded Li Keqiang as the Premier of the State Council of the Communist Party of China and became the second largest in the Communist Party of China after Xi Jinping. figure.According to public information, Cai Qi was born in Yong’an County, Fujian Province in December 1955. When he was young, he joined the team as an educated youth. In 1975, he entered Fujian Normal University as a student of workers, peasants and soldiers. After graduation, he stayed at the school and worked as a political cadre in the school’s party committee office. In 1983, he was transferred to work in the General Office of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, officially opening his career in politics.Cai Qi worked in the Fujian Provincial Party Committee for 16 years. During this period, he also served as the deputy secretary of the Sanming Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China and the mayor of the Sanming Municipal Government.In May 1999, Cai Qi was transferred to work in Zhejiang Province, serving as the deputy secretary of the Quzhou Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China and the mayor, and then the secretary of the Quzhou Municipal Committee and the director of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People’s Congress. At this time, Cai Qi actively responded to the so-called “eight-eight strategy” proposed by Xi Jinping, then secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee of the Communist Party of China. He claimed to use two major measures to establish the city through industry and leverage development to lay the foundation for the leapfrog development of Quzhou’s economic and social development.During his work in Zhejiang, Cai Qi served as secretary of the Taizhou Municipal Party Committee, deputy secretary of the Hangzhou Municipal Party Committee, and mayor, and became a deputy ministerial official. He later served as the executive vice-governor and deputy party secretary of the Zhejiang provincial government.In March 2014, Cai Qi was transferred to Beijing to serve as the deputy director of the newly established National Security Commission Office of the CPC Central Committee, and later as the executive deputy director at the ministerial level.In October 2016, Cai Qi served as the deputy secretary, deputy mayor and acting mayor of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China. A year later, he became mayor of Beijing. In May 2017, Cai Qi succeeded Guo Jinlong as the secretary of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, becoming the first secretary of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China who is not a member of the Central Committee. After becoming secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee, Cai Qi began to use the term “General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important thoughts” in public to attract attention. In October of that year, Cai Qi was elected as a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee at the First Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee and became the leader of the party and the country.At the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Cai Qi became a permanent member and replaced Wang Huning as the first secretary…