Party and public control—how the CPC disciplines its members and how it constrains PRC citizens—are converging. Party disciplinary units are ever more brought in to solve everyday local issues and grievances. This has implications for governance, social stability, and modernisation. Such integration aims for efficiency but struggles to balance control with effective practical governance, above all, given the greater frequency and scale of protests.
A major institutional reform in March 2023 created two new Commissions under the Party: the CFC (Central Financial Commission) and the CFWC (Central Financial Work Commission). The CFC soon dispatched staff to meetings of the central bank, the PBoC (People’s Bank of China), and other major commercial banks, voicing Party interest on crucial matters.
The quantum of the hit to PRC exports, a major driver of GDP, is yet to become clear amid the tariff turmoil. One sure thing is that piping cash to innovative firms will be ever more the focus. Change is afoot in scitech finance. A new round of financial tinkering was signalled in 'Opinions' on reaching Beijing’s five financial targets. Published on 7 February (before the Two Sessions, held 5–11 March 2025), the Opinions placed scitech as the top financing priority.
Digitally ordered trade from the PRC is already successful. This is thanks to a thriving CBEC (cross-border e-commerce) sector (e.g. BtoB: Alibaba.com, DHgate.com, Made-in-China.com and BtoC Shein, Temu, Aliexpress). Now accounting for some six percent of total PRC trade, the sector has doubled in value since 2019, according to customs data.
Party and public control—how the CPC disciplines its members and how it constrains PRC citizens—are converging. Party disciplinary units are ever more brought in to solve everyday local issues and grievances. This has implications for governance, social stability, and modernisation. Such integration aims for efficiency but struggles to balance control with effective practical governance, above all, given the greater frequency and scale of protests.
A major institutional reform in March 2023 created two new Commissions under the Party: the CFC (Central Financial Commission) and the CFWC (Central Financial Work Commission). The CFC soon dispatched staff to meetings of the central bank, the PBoC (People’s Bank of China), and other major commercial banks, voicing Party interest on crucial matters.
The quantum of the hit to PRC exports, a major driver of GDP, is yet to become clear amid the tariff turmoil. One sure thing is that piping cash to innovative firms will be ever more the focus. Change is afoot in scitech finance. A new round of financial tinkering was signalled in 'Opinions' on reaching Beijing’s five financial targets. Published on 7 February (before the Two Sessions, held 5–11 March 2025), the Opinions placed scitech as the top financing priority.
Digitally ordered trade from the PRC is already successful. This is thanks to a thriving CBEC (cross-border e-commerce) sector (e.g. BtoB: Alibaba.com, DHgate.com, Made-in-China.com and BtoC Shein, Temu, Aliexpress). Now accounting for some six percent of total PRC trade, the sector has doubled in value since 2019, according to customs data.
Party and public control—how the CPC disciplines its members and how it constrains PRC citizens—are converging. Party disciplinary units are ever more brought in to solve everyday local issues and grievances. This has implications for governance, social stability, and modernisation. Such integration aims for efficiency but struggles to balance control with effective practical governance, above all, given the greater frequency and scale of protests.