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4 pics 1 word 5 letters 4 leaf clover3/10/2023 The second notice was sent on 4 May: ‘The current situation regarding coronavirus prevention and control is severe and complicated. All members received similar notices in January, and all gave their ‘consent’ (actively or passively). The total number of party members in China was 96.7 million in 2021 (a net increase of 3.4 million, or 3.6 per cent, over 2020), organised into 4.9 million branches across the country. My branch is one of 95,000 basic-level party branches in Beijing. In Beijing, there are 2.2 million party members, one in every ten citizens. We could call the branch office to express our consent verbally, or reply to the message with the word ‘agree’. Since this wasn’t an election we could vote in, we didn’t have to do much. Their medals included Outstanding Communist Party Member, March Eighth Red Flag Bearer (to commemorate International Women’s Day), May First Labour Medal and National Advanced Individual in Fighting against the Coronavirus Pandemic. The other candidates were the heads of a local centre for disease control, a police station, a local court, a labour dispute arbitration court and a subdistrict community. He was also the only one of the candidates without a medal. He has the highest administrative rank in our district, one of sixteen in Beijing. First on the list was the general secretary of the district party committee. Their names were unfamiliar, but we recognised their positions and titles. The Word file we received listed the six proposed representatives from our local district, with their dates of birth, current party and administrative positions, and any awards or honorary titles they may have received. If you don’t reply, your opinion will be regarded as consent.’ The branch secretary wrote: ‘Because of time constraints, please reply before 3.20 p.m. The Twentieth Party Congress will be held on 16 October and Xi Jinping is expected to break with the two-term limit and be re-elected as general secretary, guaranteeing his re-election as president. This is an essential grassroots level process conducted ahead of every party congress. The first was in January, when he posted a ‘Notice seeking opinions on representatives from the Beijing branch for the Twentieth Party Congress’. But in the first half of this year, the branch secretary sent out just three notices. Fourteen study notices were sent out last year, each containing a two to three-hour video course. M y local branch of the Communist Party of China has 34 members and is usually quite active.
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