FOREIGN AFFAIRS Institutions

CFAC meetings are rarely publicized, but the few official readouts that exist show that its membership usually consists of national leaders, including the CCP General Secretary, the Premier, and the Vice President; the Directors of the party’s International Liaison Department and Propaganda Department; the Propaganda Department Deputy who serves as Director of the State Council Information Office;. [...] Other members include the Chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) as Deputy Director; the CFAO Director as Secretary-General; a Vice Premier; a Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission; the Directors of the CCP General Office, Propaganda Department, and United Front Work Department; the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Commerce, and State Security; and the D. [...] His administrative home is the deputy ministerial-level Office of the President of the People's Republic of China, which is thought to overlap with the Office of the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, under the CCP General Office. [...] In his authoritative report to the 20th Party Congress in October 2022, Xi said that the party’s “central task” is to “build a socialist modern power” by the centenary of the People’s Republic of China in 2049 and to “use Chinese-style modernization to comprehensively advance the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.” Linking “Chinese-style modernization,” a concept implying the applicability. [...] However, Xi softened the CCP’s focus on the BRI from “pursuing the [BRI] as a priority” to “promoting the high-quality development of the [BRI]” in 2022, reflecting an evolution in the project’s development from an initial quantitative push to a qualitative refinement that addresses earlier problems and setbacks.