China’s military and big cities board the ‘Xi Jinping Thought’ centre bandwagon
China’s governing Central Committee has approved the founding of 10 research institutes after Xi’s dogma was enshrined in party’s constitution
At first it was universities across China. Now the top training schools of China’s Communist Party, military, education ministry and major cities have joined the nationwide obsession with setting up research centres devoted to “Xi Jinping Thought”.
The Central Committee, the party’s governing body, has approved the founding of 10 research institutes on “Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era”, state-run Xinhua News Agency reported on Thursday.
The approval comes less than two months after the president’s crowning political theory was enshrined in the party’s constitution during its national congress.
“These 10 research centres all have solid research capability and strong research teams, and will surely play an important role in the study, promotion and elucidation of Xi’s thought,” the report said.
As the drive for “Xi Jinping Thought” reaches a pitch unseen in decades for a Chinese political leader, new research institutes have been set up in: the Central Party School, the party’s top training ground for up-and-coming cadres; the Ministry of Education; the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the country’s top think tank; the National Defence University, the People’s Liberation Army training school for senior officers; the cities of Beijing and Shanghai; the province of Guangdong; and the prestigious Peking, Tsinghua and Renmin universities.