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Beidaihe meeting

Beidaihe meeting
The Beidaihe meeting, or "summer summit" as it is known to China watchers, is held annually in the resort town in Hebei province. It is where China's leaders and elders from earlier generations meet in an informal setting for closed-door discussions that will set the tone for major domestic issues.
Cai Qi, a member of the Communist Party’s Politburo Standing Committee, hosts a group of scientists and entrepreneurs in Beidaihe, a seaside resort in China’s northern Hebei province, on August 3. Photo: Xinhua
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Video | What China’s officials discuss at discreet Beidaihe meeting

Where China’s top leaders discreetly go in summer: a brief history of Beidaihe
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Video | What China’s officials discuss at discreet Beidaihe meeting

Top leaders and experts in China gather every summer at the seaside resort of Beidaihe.

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Has China’s annual Beidaihe leaders’ retreat already happened in secret?

Leaders vanished after July meeting at which President Xi Jinping set out 2035 strategy, but Xi may have preferred to minimise policy discussion, observers say.

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A statue of Mao Zedong at Beidaihe, the seaside town where China’s top leaders hold their annual gathering. Photo: Simon Song
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Meeting with China’s top academics marks start of annual Beidaihe summit

State media reports that Politburo member Chen Xi passed on greetings to scholars from the president – signalling closed-door gathering has begun.

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Seaside break no summer camp for China leadership at Beidaihe resort

US-China relations, unrest in Hong Kong, Taiwan elections and the economy are all expected to be discussed by past and present leaders.

Deng Xiaoping (right foreground) in the sea at Beidaihe in July 1987. Photo: Xinhua
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China’s leaders’ secretive summer HQ: a brief history of Beidaihe

Trade war storm clouds loom over China leaders’ summer getaway

Security has been stepped up in Beidaihe, where the Communist Party elite spend their summer retreat. Photo: Handout
China’s Communist Party

Reflection, not criticism, to dominate meeting of Communist Party elite

The annual informal late-summer gathering of China’s ruling party will almost certainly be devoted to US tariffs and how to respond to them, as well as containing public dissatisfaction and, on a subtle level, discussing the leadership’s mistakes.

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Xi makes it clear who’s boss ahead of China’s summer gathering

China’s President Xi Jinping, right, stands with retired leaders Jiang Zemin, centre, and Hu Jintao at a National Day Reception in 2014. Photo: Reuters
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Chinese leaders head to the beach for secretive gathering

Turning tides at the seaside: beach resort Beidaihe loses its place in the Chinese political sun

Communist Party elite head to Beidaihe for agenda-setting meetings

The section of the Beidaihe beach reserved for government officials: Photo: Josephine Ma

New | Summit season begins in Beidaihe for China's Communist Party leaders

Liu Yunshan, China's Politburo Standing Committee member and Secretariat head, meets scientists and experts who are enjoying a state-sponsored summer vacation at popular seaside resort Beidaihe in Hebei province. Photo: Xinhua
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New | It's decision time by the sea for China's Communist Party

In theory, the most important political event of the year in China is the annual plenary session of the ruling Communist Party's top decision-making Central Committee in Beijing in the autumn.

China's Communist Party brings forward Beidaihe closed-door policy summit

Xi Jinping's appearance on CCTV marks end to party conclave

A public appearance by Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping yesterday signalled the end of the annual direction-setting gathering of party elites and elders at the seaside resort of Beidaihe in Hebei.

Chinese President Xi Jinping talks with members of the Chinese Youth Olympic delegation in Nanjing. Photo: Xinhua

Communist Party leaders gather in Beidaihe for annual policy summit

China’s ruling Communist Party elites are gathering this week in the seaside resort of Beidaihe for a summer summit to work out major policy decisions.

Politburo Standing Committee member Liu Yunshan greets former World Bank Chief Economist Justin Lin Yifu as he meets top thinkers in the seaside resort of Beidaihe. Photo: Xinhua

Liu Yunshan re-emerges, suggesting Beidaihe policy talks winding down

Liu Yunshan, who ranks fifth on the Politburo's all-powerful Standing Committee, appeared in Beijing to host a meeting on the Communist Party's "mass line" education campaign, according to China Central Television.

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Zhu Rongji speech, newly revealed, likely aimed at leadership summit

The People's Publishing House will on Monday release a collection of speeches Zhu gave as mayor of Shanghai between 1987 and 1991. The People's Daily website yesterday ran excerpts, which were picked up by major mainland portals.

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