China to boost Communist Party presence in mainland NGOs, trade unions and foundations
The Organisation Department says increasing party membership in organisations will help 'mobilise and educate ordinary people to stand against negative influence and illegal activities'
China’s Communist Party is calling on NGOs, trade unions and foundations to increase the presence of party members within their organisations, state media reports.
The Organisation Department of the party’s Central Committee said the initiative to strengthen party organs in such organisations was necessary to “guide them in the right political direction” through promoting and carrying out party policies, the Xinhua news agency reported on Monday.
The party groups installed in these organisations should also “mobilise and educate ordinary people to stand against negative influence and illegal activities”.
NGOs, trade unions or foundations with more than three party members should establish a party branch, while neighbourhoods should also establish branches and organise activities, the department’s statement said.
Those organisations that do not have party members have been urged to recruit more members and promote them to become executives and senior members.
All organisations that respond to the idea will receive tax subsidies and additional financial assistance, plus the return of all membership fees.
However, Zeng Feiyang, director of the Guangdong Panyu Migrant Worker Centre, in Guangzhou, said his organisation had no intention of agreeing to such an initiative.