Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for stronger Communist Party leadership in state-owned enterprises (SOEs), according to a Xinhua report from Beijing dated November 13, 2026. Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, issued the instructions recently; the report did not specify a date.
Xi said SOEs had strengthened Party building and made progress in their work since the CPC’s 18th National Congress. He called for high-quality Party building to guide enterprise development, for Party leadership to be better integrated into corporate governance, and for Party organizations’ work to be more closely linked with production and operations. He also called for stronger leadership teams, a skilled workforce and continued anti-corruption efforts. Xi linked those priorities to the decisions of the CPC Central Committee’s fifth plenary session.
The instructions were conveyed at a meeting on Party building in SOEs held in Beijing on November 13. Cai Qi, a member of the Politburo Standing Committee and secretary of the CPC Central Committee Secretariat, addressed the meeting. He called for stronger mechanisms for Party organizations to exercise leadership, better selection of senior executives and continued enforcement of the central leadership’s eight-point rules on conduct.
Shi Taifeng chaired the meeting. He Lifeng, Zhang Guoqing and Mu Hong also attended. Representatives of provincial authorities, government bodies, financial institutions and SOEs spoke or participated, according to Xinhua.
