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In China, regional security officials have been told to make regime stability a priority
- Xi Jinping’s ‘holistic approach to national security’ and ensuring ‘political security’ the main messages at recent meetings
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Regional officials have been told to safeguard national security and regime stability in meetings held across China ahead of the ruling Communist Party’s third plenum in July.
It comes after President Xi Jinping put the focus on regime stability when the National Security Commission met in May last year.
It is rare for such meetings to be made public at any level, and it is not known how often the national body meets during its five-year term.
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According to official readouts, at least four provincial and municipal committees of the National Security Commission held meetings in May and early June. The readouts were brief and made no mention of specific events or targets.
At a meeting in the southeastern province of Anhui on June 3, party chief Han Jun emphasised Xi’s “holistic approach to national security” and told officials to give priority to “political security” – meaning regime stability.
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Prioritising political security and Xi’s “holistic approach” were also the main messages at national security meetings held in May in Shanghai in the east, as well as in Chongqing and Yunnan province, both in the southwest, according to official media reports.
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