Latest Articles about Ideology

AGI Has Quietly Become Central to Beijing’s AI Strategy

Executive Summary: Pursuit of artificial general intelligence (AGI) is a top-priority project within the Party’s increasingly centralized technology planning apparatus. Its success would both close the gap with U.S. firms and bind AGI models to Party-state governance, shaping how intelligent systems are aligned, deployed, and... MORE

Comprehensive National Power Part 2: Seven National Development Strategies

Executive Summary: Since 1992, the Party has enshrined seven national development strategies in the Party Charter, embedding development of “comprehensive national power” (CNP) at the heart of its approach to governance. In the first phase (1992–2008), three strategies focused on strengthening science and education, as... MORE

PRC Conceptions of Comprehensive National Power: Part 1

Executive Summary: Comprehensive national power (CNP) is a central framework through which the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) measures its progress toward key strategic objectives. The ends the CCP is pursuing through building its CNP is a dominant position in a reshaped international order in which... MORE

Experts Reminded of Central Mission at Summer Retreat

Executive Summary: This August, 62 experts from the fields of science and technology, philosophy and social sciences, and basic research were invited to take a vacation and meet with senior officials in Beidaihe as part of an annual tradition that dates back to at least... MORE

Battling Nihilism: The PRC’s Quest for Autonomy

Executive Summary: The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) frames historical nihilism an existential threat, as it could lead to ideological alienation, public distrust, and ultimately, institutional collapse resembling the experience of the Soviet Union. Since 2022, the CCP has shifted its focus to cultural nihilism, perceived... MORE