Chongqing Communist Party chief Bo Xilai has held a second municipal party meeting in two weeks to underscore the importance of upholding Beijing's policies, in a sign the embattled party boss might have waded through the recent political storm that hit the southwestern municipality.
The latest meeting was on Friday, when Bo said Chongqing should stick to a development strategy revealed by President Hu Jintao in 2007 that outlines economic tasks that Chongqing should undertake.
Bo also said at the meeting that Chongqing would further promote 'scientific development' - Hu's pet theory - and 'not disappoint the central government'.
On February 12, Bo held a party meeting that focused on advancing 'scientific development'. Both meetings were covered prominently by local media. Neither of the two meetings featured a word about the municipality's crackdown on organised crime, nor did they promote revolutionary songs - two of Bo's signature campaigns that help define the so-called Chongqing model.
Bo had widely been believed to be a strong contender for a spot in the Politburo Standing Committee at the party congress this autumn. But the detention this month of Chongqing Vice-Mayor Wang Lijun, formerly the municipality's police chief and Bo's right-hand man, has been seen as a setback to his prospects.
Holding the two meetings so close together, some analysts say, is a sign Bo is trying to show his allegiance to Hu by highlighting ideologies coined by him.