New rules to set boundaries for China’s top decision-making bodies

China’s Communist Party is preparing to set in regulatory stone the boundaries of various commissions and groups under its top decision-making Central Committee, with new rules clarifying their often nebulous responsibilities.

The rules were reviewed by the party’s top echelon, the 24-member Politburo, on Monday in a meeting chaired by President Xi Jinping, state news agency Xinhua reported.

The report did not spell out the regulations but did say they were meant to standardise the policy coordination and review process at the top.

The rules were also designed to ensure these bodies coordinated with other bureaucratic departments without overstepping their authority.

“[The rules] are of great significance for giving full play to the top-level design, overall coordination, overall promotion and supervision of the implementation of major work,” the report said.

The regulations largely apply to the various “central commissions” and “party leading groups” that have been established during Xi’s tenure under the Central Committee, a party inner circle with about 300 members.

  

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