Xi Jinping's southern tour

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Xi Jinping’s southern tour refers to the five-day trip to Guangdong and other places by Xi Jinping, the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, after taking office in December 2012. During the trip, Xi repeatedly emphasized "vigorously promoting reform and adhering to opening up" and described reform and opening up as "the key move that determines China’s fate”. The route of Xi Jinping’s Southern Tour was roughly the same as the Guangdong section of Deng Xiaoping’s southern tour in January 1992.[1] He was accompanied by Wang Yang, a Politburo member who is considered a reformist, and visited local veteran cadres from the time of Deng’s Southern Tour. It was also called the “New Southern Tour” by the media.[2][3]

Unlike his predecessor Hu Jintao, who chose Xibaipo, Hebei, the "command post" of the final stage of the Chinese Civil War, as his first destination after taking office as General Secretary in December 2002, Xi Jinping chose Shenzhen, Guangdong, a key area for reform and opening up, as his first stop, rather than Yan'an, the important revolutionary base of the CCP where he had spent six years; foreign media paid close attention to this. Xi Jinping's father, Xi Zhongxun, also served as the Party Secretary of Guangdong at the beginning of the reform and opening up.[4]

On October 22, 2018, when the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge opened, Xi Jinping visited Zhuhai, marking his second visit to Guangdong in six years.[5]

Schedule

This southern tour of Guangdong lasted 5 days, from December 7 to 11, and included Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Shunde, Guangzhou, Huizhou and other places.

Date Location Schedule Ref.
December 7-8 Shenzhen Special Economic Zone
  • Inspected the Qianhai Cooperation Zone and Tencent
  • Visited a fishing village to encourage villagers to remain steadfast in their commitment to reform and opening up.
  • Presented a flower basket to the bronze statue of Deng Xiaoping in Lianhuashan.
  • Visited his mother Qi Xin, who lives in Shenzhen
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December 8-9 Zhuhai Special Economic Zone
  • Inspected Hengqin Development Zone and listened to reports
December 9th Shunde
  • Visited Shunde Guangdong Industrial Design City
  • Visited impoverished households in Huanglong Village
December 9th afternoon Guangzhou
  • Chaired an economic work symposium, emphasizing the need to enhance awareness of potential risks.
December 10th, morning Huizhou
December 11th, morning Guangzhou
  • Inspected the comprehensive management of the Donghaoyong River in Yuexiu District

During his visit and meetings, Xi Jinping repeatedly emphasized the need to adhere to the correct direction of reform and opening up.[8]

Media reports

During this southern tour, Chinese official media focused on promoting Xi Jinping’s approachable image, such as eating with ordinary soldiers in the army,[9] getting close to citizens in Guangzhou,[10] and having only a few police cars escorting him without harassing the public.[11] During and shortly after Xi Jinping’s southern tour, mainland news websites such as Tencent News displayed reports about Chongqing, including the exoneration of Chongqing police, Wang Lijun’s record during his time in Chongqing, and an interview with Wen Qiang’s son, on their homepages.[12][13][14]

Shortly before the start of the Southern Tour, a mysterious account called "Xi Fan Group" appeared on Sina Weibo (opened on November 21, 2012, and closed on February 11, 2013, controlled by Zhang Hongming).[15] It referred to Xi Jinping as "Ping Dada" and accurately predicted and recorded every step of the Southern Tour.[16] It was always one step ahead of the official media of the CCP and even posted early photos of Xi Jinping and his family.[17] Later, according to a report from Beijing forwarded by The Washington Post, the blogger of "Xi Fan Group" was an ordinary worker. Later, a woman was arrested for leaving a mocking message on the "Xi Fan Group" account on Weibo.[18]

China News Service interviewed relevant experts in Beijing, who said that Xi's inspection of Guangdong this time was both symbolic and substantive, and its significance was no less than Deng Xiaoping's Southern Tour in 1992.[19] The official Xinhua News Agency reported on the trip for the first time on the 12th after the southern tour, saying that this was Xi Jinping’s new declaration and mobilization order to the whole of China to deepen reform and opening up.[20]

In mid-January 2013, the magazine "Blog World" published an article revealing the conversation between four veteran cadres from Guangdong who accompanied Xi Jinping on his southern tour. Liang Guangda repeatedly quoted Deng Xiaoping's conversation with him during his southern tour in 1992. He mentioned a sentence Deng Xiaoping said in 1992: "If China does not carry out reform and opening up, it will only have a dead end." Chen Kaizhi said: "Deng Xiaoping repeatedly told the leading cadres that 'whoever does not adhere to reform and opening up will not have a good end.' He also repeatedly told the masses that 'whoever does not adhere to reform and opening up, you must defeat them.' He also said to the opposition who attacked reform and opening up and attacked the special economic zones, 'They are all talking nonsense. [21]

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