Inclusion of Xi thought will enrich Constitution

The second plenary session of the 19th Communist Party of China Central Committee has proposed to incorporate Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era into the Constitution, which reflects democracy and consensus building.

Supervisory commission key to effective governance

China's Constitution is the general statute for governance. The Communist Party of China Central Committee has suggested a section on supervisory commission be added to the Constitution to establish the commission's legal status.

Geely's Daimler deal is just a matter of course

It would be sad if Chinese automaker Zhejiang Geely Holding's surprise emergence on Friday as the biggest investor in Mercedes-Benz owner Daimler, with a 9.69-percent stake, becomes fuel for China phobia.

Bid to create fairer job market

With the job market entering the busy season after Spring Festival, Beijing's human resources authorities recently issued a notice urging the sponsors of job fairs to strictly scrutinize the qualifications of employers, their recruitment advertisements and promotional materials to ensure there is no discrimination against job seekers.

New rules so that only those truly mad and dangerous hospitalized

THE SUPREME PEOPLE'S PROCURATORATE has issued new rules on compulsory medical decision procedure supervision to prevent those convicted of crimes escaping punishment by pretending to be mentally ill so they bear no criminal responsibility, and people being hospitalized to shut them up. Thepaper.cn comments:

Shared onus for spick-and-span villages

THE NO 1 DOCUMENT issued by the central authorities last month emphasized the need to revitalize the countryside. Soon afterward, the central authorities published a three-year action plan to improve the living environment in rural areas. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

Benefits of pay rise for rural teachers outweigh the cost

AS THE NEW SEMESTER begins, many primary and secondary schools in rural regions are facing the now all too frequent problem of a lack of professional teaching staff. People's Daily commented on Tuesday:

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Bold anti-graft actions in the offing

China's fight against corruption in the new era has experienced notable changes, with the focus shifting from winning time for resolving the chronic graft problem in the past to making substantial institutional breakthroughs on the issue, as reflected by the leadership's decision to establish a national supervisory commission to oversee all officials exercising public power in accordance with the law, and the adoption of a series of amendments to the Constitution.

China-US confrontation not inevitable

Very recently, Yan Xuetong, one of China's leading strategic thinkers and dean of the Institute of International Relations at Tsinghua University, and also the author of Ancient Chinese Thought, Modern Chinese Power, wrote an opinion piece for The Washington Post in which he argued that US President Donald Trump "can't start a Cold War with China".

Despite Western skepticism, democracy thrives in China

Almost every year, just before the annual sessions of the National People's Congress, the country's top legislature, and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committe, the country's top political advisory body, some people have claimed the two great institutions play the role of rubber stamps, and China's democracy cannot truly represent the people.

Constitutional changes in accordance with new era

To maintain its good governance of the world's most populous country and to realize the goal of national rejuvenation in the coming decades, the Constitution must give expression to what the ruling Communist Party of China has achieved in its praxis and theory, its understanding of the reality of China and its overall planning for the country's development in the near future.