{
  "id": 10455408,
  "title": "Xi Jinping demands ‘safer’ China as Communist Party prepares for leadership reshuffle",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/xi-jinping-demands-safer-china-as-communist-party-prepares-for-10455408",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-28T13:30:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
    "slug": "reuters-business-via-scmp",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3369101/xi-jinping-demands-safer-china-communist-party-prepares-leadership-reshuffle"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "President Xi Jinping has directed China's security and legal systems to intensify efforts to eliminate risks and create a \"safer\" nation, just one year before the crucial 21st Communist Party congress. This directive, released by state news agency Xinhua on Monday, marks Xi's first major domestic order since his recent visit to Washington, signaling a return to domestic priorities - particularly stability. Xi's written instruction, shared during a high-level meeting, calls for the security and law enforcement agencies to further advance the \"Peaceful China Initiative\" to achieve \"steady and sustained progress\" in China's modernization. The initiative, launched in 2013, aims to reduce security risks by leveraging all available resources. Xi urges officials to enhance grassroots governance, strengthen rule-of-law systems, and utilize more technology to ensure social order and quell potential unrest. The ultimate objective, per Xi, is to see continuous and tangible improvements in four key areas: security, social order, governance effectiveness, and public satisfaction. He commends the security forces for their dedicated service since he assumed leadership at the 18th party congress in 2012, stating that under his rule, China has become one of the safest countries globally. These orders come at a crucial political moment as the Communist Party prepares for the national party congress, where a new leadership team will be announced. The party is set to hold its fifth plenary session at the end of next month to focus on bolstering party governance. The top security official, Chen Wenqing, who heads the party's Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission, has instructed his subordinates to \"unswervingly implement\" Xi's directives. He emphasizes that the security system should \"combine punishment with prevention, tackle both symptoms and causes, ensure coordination and synergy\" to meet Xi's security objectives. Public Security Minister Wang Xiaohong vows to align the ministry's efforts with Xi's new goals, stressing the importance of strengthening grassroots policing and innovating law enforcement methods to maintain stability. The meeting, attended by key figures from China's law enforcement, judicial, and security sectors, including the president of the Supreme People's Court and the head of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, underscores the government's unwavering commitment to Xi's security agenda. In recent years, China has placed a high priority on security due to complex domestic challenges, such as AI-driven economic disruptions, an aging population, and declining domestic consumption. In July, China began a year-long campaign to intensify the crackdown on organized crime and \"evil forces,\" targeting emerging crime forms that exploit online platforms.",
  "summary": "President Xi Jinping has ordered China’s security and legal apparatus to relentlessly eliminate risks and build a “safer” country a year ahead of the pivotal 21st Communist Party congress, which will usher in a major leadership reshuffle. The latest instruction, published by state news agency Xinhua on Monday night, is also the Chinese leader’s first major domestic directive since his state visit…",
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      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Xi Jinping demands ‘safer’ China as Communist Party prepares for leadership reshuffle",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/xi-jinping-demands-safer-china-as-communist-party-prepares-for",
        "published": "2026-09-28T13:30:27.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}