https://www.scmp.com/rss/516436/feed The latest news on Cai Qi, Chinese politican and Secretary of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party, including political news and updates. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Alcott Wei Alcott Wei Communist Party cadres have been put on notice over governance and performance appraisals as the ruling body counts down to leadership changes across the country and the start of the next five-year plan. In a campaign that will continue until July, officials from the county level up have been told to correct any deviations from the “correct” line in their own duties and in assessments of those under their watch. In an article on Wednesday, state news agency Xinhua suggested that breaches of this... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3344633/why-communist-party-warning-cadres-about-their-performance?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3344633/why-communist-party-warning-cadres-about-their-performance?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Feb 2026 01:00:18 +0000 Alcott Wei Alcott Wei The death toll from an explosion at a rare earth steel plant in north China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region has risen to nine. The explosion occurred at 3pm on Sunday at the Baotou Steel Group’s rare earth steel plant in Baotou, according to the city government. As of Tuesday, the accident has injured 84 people, killed nine and left one person missing, according to state broadcaster CCTV. The Ministry of Emergency Management sent a working group led by Vice-Minister Song Yuanming to the scene... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3340592/death-toll-rises-9-after-explosion-north-china-rare-earth-steel-plant?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3340592/death-toll-rises-9-after-explosion-north-china-rare-earth-steel-plant?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 20 Jan 2026 12:40:53 +0000 Phoebe Zhang Phoebe Zhang China’s ideology chief has again called on propaganda officials to focus on the economy, as the country grapples with a slowdown, high unemployment and weak consumer demand. Cai Qi, a member of the Politburo Standing Committee, told a national meeting of publicity department heads in Beijing on Monday that “a good start should be set” for the next five-year plan, state news agency Xinhua reported. The country’s new blueprint for social and economic development has officially begun and runs until... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3338882/chinas-ideology-chief-calls-propaganda-officials-focus-economy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3338882/chinas-ideology-chief-calls-propaganda-officials-focus-economy?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 Jan 2026 07:00:11 +0000 William Zheng William Zheng China will expand its national healthcare insurance programme next year to fully cover all out-of-pocket expenses related to childbirth, according to state media reports. It is the country’s latest bid to lift birth rates and avert a looming demographic crisis that threatens to undermine long-term growth prospects. The pledge to widen the medical insurance coverage was unveiled at a national healthcare security conference in Beijing on Saturday, state news agency Xinhua reported. According to a... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3336383/china-fully-cover-childbirth-costs-all-fertility-crisis-sparks-economic-alarm?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3336383/china-fully-cover-childbirth-costs-all-fertility-crisis-sparks-economic-alarm?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 14 Dec 2025 09:00:18 +0000 William Zheng William Zheng Chinese President Xi Jinping has paid tribute to late reformist leader Hu Yaobang by urging today’s Communist Party cadres to follow in his footsteps to tackle the country’s tough issues. At the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Thursday, Xi said that opening up and reform were the “magical instruments” of China’s modernisation but the party still had to “crack the hard nuts” to counter challenges and to improve governance. He issued the call at a symposium to mark the 110th anniversary of... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3333589/xi-jinping-taps-hu-yaobangs-legacy-rally-communist-party-crack-hard-nuts?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3333589/xi-jinping-taps-hu-yaobangs-legacy-rally-communist-party-crack-hard-nuts?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 20 Nov 2025 13:32:46 +0000 Phoebe Zhang Phoebe Zhang China’s Communist Party needs to enforce strict discipline to deal with external pressure and manage tough domestic development issues over the next five years, the president’s chief of staff has said. In an opinion piece in state-run People’s Daily on Monday, Cai Qi wrote of the “extreme importance of exercising full and rigorous party self-governance to achieve the economic and social development goals of the 15th five-year plan period”. Cai, the fifth-ranking member of the Politburo Standing... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3331319/communist-party-discipline-key-meeting-chinas-5-year-plan-goals-cai-qi?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3331319/communist-party-discipline-key-meeting-chinas-5-year-plan-goals-cai-qi?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 03 Nov 2025 08:22:39 +0000 Alyssa Chen Alyssa Chen With smiles, firm handshakes and warm gestures, Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump set a cordial, friendly tone before their historic summit. More than an hour and a half later, they emerged from their first face-to-face encounter in six years with the same genial manner. In front of reporters before the meeting in Busan, South Korea, a grinning Trump said “Good to see you again” as the two leaders shook hands. “Me too,” Xi replied through an interpreter. Trump... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3330929/charm-whispers-and-pats-back-xi-and-trump-break-summit-ice-loads-warmth?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3330929/charm-whispers-and-pats-back-xi-and-trump-break-summit-ice-loads-warmth?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 30 Oct 2025 11:19:06 +0000 Orange Wang,Holly Chik Orange Wang,Holly Chik Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a wreath to the funeral on Friday of Chen-ning Yang, a Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist who died in Beijing last Saturday at the age of 103. Cai Qi, the president’s chief of staff, was also among the Communist Party dignitaries to offer floral tributes for the ceremony at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in western Beijing, where many of the country’s leaders are interred. The farewell ceremony began at around 9am, with the late professor draped in... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3330306/china-bids-farewell-nobel-prize-winning-physicist-chen-ning-yang?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3330306/china-bids-farewell-nobel-prize-winning-physicist-chen-ning-yang?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 25 Oct 2025 08:29:50 +0000 Orange Wang Orange Wang Beijing is ready to deepen collaboration with Pyongyang to advance a “more just and equitable” international order, visiting Chinese Premier Li Qiang told North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as the two countries spotlighted their “unwavering” ties. It remained China’s “unwavering” policy to maintain, consolidate and develop the traditional friendship and cooperation with North Korea, Li said during the meeting on Thursday, according to Chinese state news agency Xinhua. Li – China’s No 2 official and... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3328471/china-north-korea-pledge-dynamic-development-li-qiang-kim-jong-un-meet?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3328471/china-north-korea-pledge-dynamic-development-li-qiang-kim-jong-un-meet?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 10 Oct 2025 05:00:09 +0000 William Zheng William Zheng China’s top official overseeing ethnic and religious affairs has saluted Beijing’s approach to Xinjiang over the past decade, bookending a landmark trip by President Xi Jinping to the region to mark its founding. Addressing a major event in Urumqi on Thursday for the 70th anniversary of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Wang Huning said that over the decades, especially since “the new era” – the period after Xi took power in 2012 – people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang had “continuously... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3326872/completely-correct-chinas-ethnic-affairs-chief-hails-xinjiang-policies-xis-new-era?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3326872/completely-correct-chinas-ethnic-affairs-chief-hails-xinjiang-policies-xis-new-era?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 25 Sep 2025 11:01:57 +0000 SCMP Editorial SCMP Editorial The visit by Xi Jinping to Lhasa for the 60th anniversary of the Tibet autonomous region’s founding, making him the first Chinese president to attend the once-in-a-decade celebration, marks a new stage of national development that presents unprecedented challenges and opportunities. To face and grasp them, Xi told local authorities to focus on four key areas: stability, development, environmental protection and border defence. His remarks further reinforced the message 10 years ago from Yu... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3323033/xis-visit-tibet-heralds-new-era-chinas-development?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3323033/xis-visit-tibet-heralds-new-era-chinas-development?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 25 Aug 2025 23:15:08 +0000 Xinlu Liang Xinlu Liang China’s top political adviser has stressed the Communist Party’s “strong leadership” in a speech reviewing decades of achievements to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Tibet autonomous region. Wang Huning, also China’s No 4 official, said that since the 18th party congress in 2012, under President Xi Jinping’s guidance and comprehensive plan, “Tibet has entered its best period of development, experiencing the greatest changes and bringing the most tangible benefits to people of... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3322602/chinas-top-political-adviser-hails-partys-leadership-tibet-60th-anniversary-speech?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3322602/chinas-top-political-adviser-hails-partys-leadership-tibet-60th-anniversary-speech?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:34:37 +0000 Xinlu Liang Xinlu Liang Xi Jinping has arrived in Tibet for events to mark the 60th anniversary of the autonomous region, making him the first Chinese president to attend the once-a-decade activities. He arrived in Lhasa around noon on Wednesday with a high-level entourage including Wang Huning, China’s top political adviser and fourth-ranking official; Cai Qi, the president’s chief of staff; Li Ganjie, head of the United Front Work Department; Vice-Premier He Lifeng; and Public Security Minister Wang Xiaohong,... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3322542/chinese-president-xi-jinping-arrives-tibet-landmark-anniversary?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3322542/chinese-president-xi-jinping-arrives-tibet-landmark-anniversary?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 20 Aug 2025 11:22:54 +0000 Alice Li Alice Li As China’s top leaders enjoy their summer retreat at the northern beach resort of Beihaihe, analysts are poring over the guest list for clues about Beijing’s priorities ahead of October’s crucial plenary meeting to agree on China’s next five-year plan. The list of invitees to the annual gathering, as reported by state media, suggests that China’s leaders are placing a heavy emphasis on science, innovation and entrepreneurship, as they seek to accelerate China’s development and application of... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3321721/what-does-beidaihe-guest-list-tell-us-about-chinas-economic-priorities?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3321721/what-does-beidaihe-guest-list-tell-us-about-chinas-economic-priorities?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 13 Aug 2025 15:00:17 +0000 Sylvie Zhuang Sylvie Zhuang The appearance of President Xi Jinping’s chief of staff at the Beidaihe resort on Sunday indicates that senior Chinese leaders have started their annual summer break. In keeping with an annual protocol, Cai Qi hosted more than three dozen Chinese academics and scientists in the seaside town, saying “experts and talented individuals are valuable assets to the party and the country”, according to a report by state broadcaster CCTV on Sunday. State media reports said the attendees were experts from... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3320667/seaside-meeting-experts-clue-summer-migration-chinas-political-elite?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3320667/seaside-meeting-experts-clue-summer-migration-chinas-political-elite?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 04 Aug 2025 08:01:08 +0000 Yuanyue Dang Yuanyue Dang In a reshuffle of China’s top police agency, a public security chief who has crossed career paths with some of the country’s senior leaders, will head a body responsible for the security of leading officials. Ling Zhifeng, director of the Ministry of Public Security’s political department, has also been named a vice-minister and head of the Special Service Bureau, also known as the Eighth Bureau. This bureau is one of two agencies responsible for the security of senior Chinese officials. Its... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3319266/china-names-zhejiang-born-ling-zhifeng-head-special-service-bureau?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3319266/china-names-zhejiang-born-ling-zhifeng-head-special-service-bureau?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Jul 2025 11:00:09 +0000 Vanessa Cai,Xinlu Liang Vanessa Cai,Xinlu Liang New rules on certain Communist Party organs suggest China’s ruling party is aiming to standardise its decision-making process and that President Xi Jinping might be delegating more of his power, according to observers. The 24-member Politburo, the party’s top echelon, on Monday reviewed new rules that would apply to the various “party coordinative institutes” – organisations aimed at coordinating cross-agency policies in a specific area. Specifically, these refer to party “central commissions”... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3317101/new-communist-party-rules-hint-chinas-xi-jinping-delegating-more-power-deputies?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3317101/new-communist-party-rules-hint-chinas-xi-jinping-delegating-more-power-deputies?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 06 Jul 2025 02:00:15 +0000 Luna Sun Luna Sun President Xi Jinping reiterated the need for China to develop a “unified national market” at a high-profile economic meeting on Tuesday, a task which has taken on greater urgency as the country prioritises domestic demand amid a more uncertain external landscape. Greater efforts are needed to address a variety of issues facing the world’s second-largest economy, the Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission said in a readout from their sixth meeting, explicitly calling for a crackdown on... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3316535/chinas-xi-jinping-puts-domestic-market-forefront-high-profile-meeting?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3316535/chinas-xi-jinping-puts-domestic-market-forefront-high-profile-meeting?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 01 Jul 2025 12:00:09 +0000 Brian Rhoads,Raymond Ma Brian Rhoads,Raymond Ma Chinese President Xi Jinping is meeting with five Central Asian leaders on Tuesday, looking to deepen ties in a region rich in natural resources and strategically located at the crossroads of Europe and Asia. The heads of energy-rich Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are all attending the second China-Central Asia Summit in Astana, the Kazakh capital. The gathering, which comes two years after China hosted the first summit in Xian, was expected to focus on security... https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3314768/xi-boosts-china-ties-resource-rich-central-asia?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3314768/xi-boosts-china-ties-resource-rich-central-asia?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 17 Jun 2025 09:04:16 +0000 Alyssa Chen Alyssa Chen Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Kazakhstan ahead of Tuesday’s China-Central Asia Summit as Beijing aims to firm up ties in the energy-rich and strategically important region. The trip is Xi’s third abroad this year and his sixth to Kazakhstan in the decade or so since he became president, making it Xi’s second most visited country after Russia. He is accompanied on the trip by top aide Cai Qi and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and was greeted on arrival in Astana on Monday by Kazakh... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3314637/xi-jinping-heads-energy-rich-kazakhstan-china-central-asia-summit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3314637/xi-jinping-heads-energy-rich-kazakhstan-china-central-asia-summit?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 16 Jun 2025 13:00:15 +0000 Vanessa Cai Vanessa Cai China’s ruling Communist Party is preparing for a key annual conclave to be held later this year, with President Xi Jinping indicating that its focus will be the next five-year plan for the country’s economic and political goals. In instructions on its formulation, Xi said the party’s central leadership was “organising the drafting of a proposal for the 15th five-year plan”, according to a Xinhua report on Monday. A one-month online public consultation on the formulation of the plan was also... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3311578/china-getting-ready-key-meeting-discuss-its-next-5-year-plan?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3311578/china-getting-ready-key-meeting-discuss-its-next-5-year-plan?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 25 May 2025 06:00:18 +0000 Mark Magnier Mark Magnier As Washington and Beijing circle each other warily with US-China trade and the global economy hanging in the balance, a seemingly simple yet hugely freighted impediment remains how to open communication channels, analysts said. One approach floated by Chinese officials would see special envoys created by Donald Trump and Xi Jinping. But the US has balked at this idea, preferring to see Trump, a self-avowed master deal maker, negotiate directly with Xi. That is an approach the Chinese have... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3308919/us-china-trade-stand-ease-negotiators-must-be-agreed-upon-analysts?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3308919/us-china-trade-stand-ease-negotiators-must-be-agreed-upon-analysts?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 02 May 2025 23:01:19 +0000 Chinese President Xi Jinping’s chief of staff held a rare meeting with influential American businessman John Thornton in Beijing on Friday, urging him to use his influence to boost friendly exchanges between the two countries. In the meeting, Cai Qi, the secretary of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party and the fifth-ranking member of the powerful Politburo Standing Committee, also expressed his hope that Thornton would continue to exert influence to improve “exchanges and friendship”... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3258860/xi-jinpings-chief-staff-urges-business-mogul-boost-us-china-ties-critical-crossroads?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3258860/xi-jinpings-chief-staff-urges-business-mogul-boost-us-china-ties-critical-crossroads?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Apr 2024 13:00:01 +0000 Cai Qi, the president’s chief of staff, has taken charge of the Communist Party body overseeing cybersecurity and the internet in China, sources say. As the new internet tsar, Cai will oversee the country’s digital economy, which is worth more than 50 trillion yuan (US$6.9 trillion). The position had been held by Xi Jinping since 2014, and analysts say the move reflects a trend in the past year of the Chinese leader delegating more responsibilities to trusted deputies. Three official sources... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3257096/xi-jinpings-chief-staff-chinas-new-internet-tsar-sources-say?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3257096/xi-jinpings-chief-staff-chinas-new-internet-tsar-sources-say?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 28 Mar 2024 15:00:09 +0000 China’s top leadership has gone all out to revive confidence and lure foreign investment in intensive meetings with foreign business leaders in recent days, setting out the “win-win opportunities ahead”, as Beijing seeks to achieve a seemingly challenging economic growth target for 2024. In a rare move, nearly all top-level officials responsible for economic affairs have met or have plans to meet with multinational executives, including during the annual China Development Forum which concluded... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3256803/chinas-foreign-investment-confidence-push-gathers-speed-top-officials-highlight-win-win?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3256803/chinas-foreign-investment-confidence-push-gathers-speed-top-officials-highlight-win-win?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 26 Mar 2024 14:00:16 +0000 When Beijing released a 31-point guideline to “boost the development of the private economy” last month, several top entrepreneurs – mostly current or former members of China’s top political bodies – rushed to applaud the move via state media. The wide-ranging plan showed the top leadership “cared” about the private economy, they chorused, asserting how “confident” they were about the future of the private sector. It was unclear whether they spoke from the heart. As members of China’s political... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3229706/china-has-31-point-plan-private-sector-kick-start-economy-are-bruised-business-owners-buying-it?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3229706/china-has-31-point-plan-private-sector-kick-start-economy-are-bruised-business-owners-buying-it?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 08 Aug 2023 22:00:11 +0000 The ideology chief of China’s Communist Party met the country’s leading academics at the seaside resort of Beidaihe, signalling the start of the summer break for Chinese leaders. Cai Qi, President Xi Jinping’s chief of staff and the party’s No 5 official, passed on greetings from Xi to 57 top researchers, scientists and experts on Thursday, state news agency Xinhua reported. Cai was joined by the party’s personnel chief Li Ganjie and culture and education regulator Shen Yiqin, who is a state... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3229915/chinas-top-officials-gather-beidaihe-signalling-start-summer-break-leaders?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3229915/chinas-top-officials-gather-beidaihe-signalling-start-summer-break-leaders?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 03 Aug 2023 13:00:23 +0000 The new chief of staff of Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping is likely to make the office even more powerful, reflecting Xi’s long-held views on the importance of such positions and the centralisation of power at the top of the party, observers said. Cai Qi, director of what is officially known as the General Office of the Communist Party Central Committee – one of the most powerful offices in China – is the highest-ranked official to head the office since the time of Mao Zedong. The... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3215943/xi-jinpings-inner-circle-getting-even-tighter-powerful-new-chief-staff?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3215943/xi-jinpings-inner-circle-getting-even-tighter-powerful-new-chief-staff?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 04 Apr 2023 15:00:16 +0000 Cai Qi, China’s No 5 leader and ideology chief of the ruling Communist Party, has been named President Xi Jinping’s new chief of staff, the most senior official to be appointed to the role in more than 40 years. His appointment was confirmed on Monday as Xi kicked off his three-day trip to Russia. In a report by state news agency Xinhua on Monday evening, Cai, who is a member of Xi’s entourage, was referred to in his new capacity as director of the General Office of the Central Committee. ‘US... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3214194/chinas-no-5-official-cai-qi-named-president-xi-jinpings-new-chief-staff?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3214194/chinas-no-5-official-cai-qi-named-president-xi-jinpings-new-chief-staff?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 21 Mar 2023 10:00:15 +0000 Beijing’s new Communist Party boss is not afraid to be different. Unlike most officials, Cai Qi (蔡奇) does not dye his hair to look younger. He’s also a fan of the US TV show House of Cards and is on the record as an avid user of Apple’s iPhone and iPad. In addition to personal style, Cai, 60, has political substance. He has rocketed up party ranks in the last four years, rising from a modest official position in Zhejiang province to take the top municipal job in the capital in a promotion that... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2095961/rise-and-rise-xi-jinpings-new-man-beijing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2095961/rise-and-rise-xi-jinpings-new-man-beijing?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 27 May 2017 16:30:30 +0000 A close ally of Chinese President Xi Jinping has officially been named Communist Party chief of Beijing, setting him up for a seat in the party’s next decision-making Politburo. Beijing mayor Cai Qi replaced Guo Jinlong, Xinhua reported on Saturday. Chen Jining, 53, environmental protection minister, was announced as acting mayor. Close ally of Xi Jinping tipped to be new mayor of Beijing Two sources in Beijing told the South China Morning Post the ministry vacancy left by Chen would likely be... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2095930/beijing-mayor-cai-qi-officially-named-capitals-party?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2095930/beijing-mayor-cai-qi-officially-named-capitals-party?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 27 May 2017 07:05:44 +0000 Beijing was shrouded in smog again on Monday after a respite lasting just one week. The air quality index stayed above 150 during the morning, indicating an “unhealthy” level of air pollution. Smog was at “hazardous” levels in Hebei and Shanxi, two heavily industrialised provinces next to Beijing. The pollution in the capital was expected to continue to remain high on Tuesday and not disperse fully until a strong cold front ­arrived on Thursday, Beijing’s meteorological bureau... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2062521/heavy-smog-back-haunt-beijing-two-days-after-acting?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2062521/heavy-smog-back-haunt-beijing-two-days-after-acting?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 16 Jan 2017 07:44:31 +0000 A close ally of President Xi Jinping is poised to take up a senior role at the newly created National Security Commission, several sources say. Cai Qi has stepped down as deputy governor of Zhejiang province and will likely become deputy head of the office administering the security body, according to the sources. The Communist Party said last year it would set up the commission to co-ordinate and oversee national security issues. The commission is run by Xi, who is also the party's general... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1458826/xi-jinping-ally-cai-qi-have-senior-role-national-security-commission?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1458826/xi-jinping-ally-cai-qi-have-senior-role-national-security-commission?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 27 Mar 2014 19:45:30 +0000