00:00Hello, he is an associate professor at Renmin University of China.
00:03Professor, welcome, good to see you.
00:05To Westernize, this gathering might look rather opaque.
00:09What's its significance?
00:13Thank you, thank you very much for having me here.
00:15Well, I think this full and rigorous party self-governance,
00:19if I may use the word party governance or party kind of a building,
00:23is a very important fundamental channel
00:26for the implementation of China's social development
00:30and even economic progress.
00:31For example, the 15th five-year plan,
00:33well, that would be kind of conducted under the leadership of the party.
00:37So if the party cannot figure out what is wrong,
00:41then the implementation would be unlikely.
00:45If party self-reform and governments are key issues of this plenum,
00:51what might that look like for ordinary people
00:54if its work is successful and things change?
01:00Yes, because, you know, the Communist Party of China,
01:03the ruling party of China, always, you know, stand with the people
01:06because it is a leftist party, if we may say so.
01:08In terms of the political spectrum, it is a leftist party.
01:11And this is a governance standard, not a slogan.
01:14So it means officials are judged not by, you know,
01:17how impressive their report looks,
01:19but by whether the livelihood of the people can really be an improvement.
01:23For example, the job seeking, for example, the medical care,
01:26for example, the education and housing, the rural revitalization,
01:30and even the environmental protection,
01:32and even those kind of, you know, the city garden and city parks improvement.
01:35So these are all the standard or the criterion to be judged by the people.
01:41So I think this party building is not only for, you know,
01:44anti-corruption or those kind of slogans,
01:46but for the improvement and the better and better of the people's livelihood.
01:50What's the significance of the timing then?
01:52I mean, why is this important now, China beginning its 15th five-year plan?
01:59Yes, like I mentioned in the first question,
02:02the 15th five-year plan just starts this year
02:05and for the next five years consecutively.
02:08And I think this 15th five-year plan,
02:10it will cover almost everything of China.
02:13For example, the re-industrialization, the technological innovation,
02:17and even the green transition to a common prosperity and even the national security.
02:22So I think how to turn the blueprint into reality,
02:25into the real thing requires a political system and a political process
02:29that can coordinate, that can discipline, and that can be trustworthy.
02:34So that is why the party building, this meeting,
02:37this plenary session places the full and the rigorous party governors at the center
02:41because it is the institutional guarantee for all this kind of the 15th five-year plan
02:46to be succeeded and to be implemented.
02:49Shialo, lovely to see you and thank you so much for your analysis.
02:52Shialo, the associate professor at Renmin University of...
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