(Beijing News) According to the Hong Kong media, Cai Qi, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China and secretary of the Central Secretariat, has taken over the CCP Cyber Security and Informatization Committee.Analysts pointed out that this move reflects the trend of more authority in the past year, and the party will form a new power structure.
The Hong Kong South China Morning Post on Thursday (March 28) quoted three official sources in informedness that Chinese officials had handed over the leadership of the Central Cyber Security and Information Committee to Cai Qi.
In 2014, the Communist Party of China established the Central Cyber Security and Informatization Leading Group, which was expanded into the Central Cyber Security and Information Committee in 2018.The move aims to consolidate the CCP's leadership and control of the Internet.Chinese officials have personally led the organization since 2014.
Beijing sources said that Cai Qi had taken over the committee in the first half of last year, but the official has not announced the appointment so far.This is the first time that Chinese officials have transferred their powers to other officials since 2012.
An anonymous political scholar at Tsinghua University said that Cai Qi's new character shows that he has received the "full trust" of China, because the CCP regards the fields of network security, network propaganda and digital economy as the party's "life and death problem".Essence
In 2022, Cai Qi was elected as the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (ranked fifth) and secretary of the Central Secretariat in 2022.In 2023, he was also the director of the Central Office and the secretary of the Working Committee of the Central and State Organs.
It is reported that Cai Qi's power has exceeded the former director of the previous Chinese office, and he has significant influence on party affairs, personnel and ideology.
The former deputy editor of the Party School of the CPC Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the former deputy editor, Deng Yanwen, said that the move shows that the Chinese official is continuing to decentralize his most trusting assistants and seek to form a new power structure -Chinese officials personally responsible for military, foreign and security affairs in person, foreign and security affairsAnd Li Qiang (ranked second), the most important thing in China, and Cai Qi, the key functions of the government and Cai Qi, the key functions of the government and party.