Inside Xi Jinping’s new guide to promoting Communist Party officials

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Chinese leader targets ‘two-faced’ officials and demands new benchmarks tailored to local needs in newly released speeches

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President Xi Jinping says that during China’s leadership transition, “we must keep our eyes peeled and promote truly loyal, reliable and responsible cadres”. Photo: Xinhua

Alcott Weiin BeijingandJun Maiin Hong Kong

For a book on performance appraisals, it contained some surprising language – especially given its author, President Xi Jinping.

The volume, published by the Central Party Literature Press, coincided with the launch of an overhaul of the Communist Party’s promotion system that will continue in the run-up to next year’s leadership transition.

Among the raft of speeches and instructions from Xi since November 2012 is a blunt warning to cadres about pursuing debt-laden white elephant projects.

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“Some officials probably didn’t even think about repaying the debt when they raised it. When will it be their turn to pay it?” Xi says in an excerpt of a speech given at the party’s annual central economic work conference in 2013.

“By the time the debt matures, these officials will no longer be in the same positions!

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“We cannot allow some officials to burden the government with an a***load of debt in order to achieve political achievements, tap their bum and walk off and then get promoted all the way up.”

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