Party and State

Party and State

Having it both ways – Third Plenum promises reforms and doubles down on Xi’s grand vision

Rebecca Arcesati

Katja Drinhausen

Max J. Zenglein

Comment

Aug 02, 2024

Research

Party and State

Geopolitics

China in 2025

MERICS Briefs

Dec 05, 2024

In this April 7, 2017, file photo President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk together after their meetings at Mar-a-Lago.

Stimulus package + Northvolt + Pension system

MERICS Briefs

Sep 26, 2024

Ahead of the Third Plenum, diverging visions for China’s private sector

Christina Sadeler

Comment

Jul 12, 2024

The Third Plenum gathers to decide China's economic path - what to expect

MERICS Briefs

Jul 11, 2024

Whispering advice, roaring praises: The role of Chinese think tanks under Xi Jinping

Nis Grünberg

Grzegorz Stec

Report

May 08, 2024

China's National People's Congress 2024

MERICS Briefs

Mar 14, 2024

Following the party line: A calendar of key Chinese government and Communist Party meetings

Alexander Davey

Comment

Feb 19, 2024

The increasing challenge of obtaining information from Xi's China

Kai von Carnap

Report

Feb 15, 2024

Evergrande + UN human-rights review + Dual-use tech exports

MERICS Briefs

Feb 01, 2024

Plateau China: Reform in the ten years after the Third Plenum of 2013 (Council on Geostrategy)

Charles Parton

External publication

Nov 09, 2023

Central Financial Work Conference + US-China military communications + AI summit

MERICS Briefs

Nov 09, 2023

The party knows best: Aligning economic actors with China's strategic goals

Max J. Zenglein

Jacob Gunter

Report

Oct 12, 2023

Image control: How China struggles for discourse power

Katja Drinhausen

Grzegorz Stec

Mareike Ohlberg

Ivana Karásková

Report

Sep 27, 2023

Beijing prioritizes security over economic growth + G20 minus Xi + Huawei’s new phone

MERICS Briefs

Sep 14, 2023

Shaky China: Five scenarios for Xi Jinping's third term

Bernhard Bartsch

Report

Jun 28, 2023

Amended anti-espionage law aims to curate China’s own narrative

Kai von Carnap

Comment

May 25, 2023

National People’s Congress Digest

MERICS Briefs

Mar 16, 2023

National People's Congress + Beijing sanctions two US companies + Basic research

MERICS Briefs

Mar 02, 2023

Xi’s Chinese-style modernization: tactical flexibility and ideological steadfastness

Johnny Erling

Comment

Feb 20, 2023

Demographic change + Export controls + Global Gateway

MERICS Briefs

Feb 02, 2023

Covid protests + Vaccines + Michel's visit to Beijing

MERICS Briefs

Dec 01, 2022

Economic reform challenges for Xi’s 3rd term

François Chimits

Gregor Sebastian

Jacob Gunter

Max J. Zenglein

Comment

Nov 01, 2022

Key takeaways from Xi's report to the party congress

MERICS Briefs

Oct 20, 2022

Who is the CCP? China's Communist Party in infographics

Nis Grünberg

Comment

Oct 12, 2022

Preview: The 20th Party Congress

MERICS Briefs

Oct 06, 2022

Xi’s Control Room: The Commission for Comprehensively Deepening Reform

Nis Grünberg

Comment

Sep 28, 2022

"Comprehensive National Security" unleashed: How Xi's approach shapes China's policies at home and abroad

Katja Drinhausen

Helena Legarda

Report

Sep 15, 2022

Challenges mount ahead of Party Congress + Xi's return to the global stage + US stock-market listings

MERICS Briefs

Sep 08, 2022

The Party cements central control over China’s regional and local administrations

Valarie Tan

Comment

Jul 18, 2022

Is China facing a period of uncertainty?

MERICS Briefs

Jun 02, 2022

China's Communist Youth League: Eternally young at a hundred

Charles Parton

Comment

May 18, 2022

China's economy under pressure + Ukraine + Covid outbreaks

MERICS Briefs

Mar 24, 2022

Forecasts 2022: China alone at home and decoupling?

Roderick Kefferpütz

Comment

Feb 15, 2022

China in 2022 – a look ahead

MERICS Briefs

Dec 09, 2021

6th plenum + COP26 + Singles' Day

MERICS Briefs

Nov 11, 2021

Xi Jinping cements his power with resolution on history

Valarie Tan

Comment

Nov 10, 2021

Common prosperity did not fall from the sky

Bert Hofman

Comment

Oct 05, 2021

Xi’s call for common prosperity signals a new period of populism, state regulation and interventionism

Comment

Sep 09, 2021

Beijing increasingly tolerant of economic damage for political gain

Comment

Aug 12, 2021

The CCP’s nerve center

Nis Grünberg

Comment

Jul 01, 2021

The CCP's next century: expanding economic control, digital governance and national security

Nis Grünberg

Katja Drinhausen

Mikko Huotari

John Lee

Helena Legarda

Report

Jun 15, 2021

Alternatives to China’s Tech Authoritarianism a Priority for Transatlantic Action (CEPA)

External publication

Jun 11, 2021

From rags to riches: How the CCP came to power and expanded its influence

Valarie Tan

Comment

Jun 04, 2021

Women hold up half the sky, but men rule the party

Valarie Tan

Comment

Jun 03, 2021

China’s 14th Five-Year Plan – strengthening the domestic base to become a superpower

Nis Grünberg

Comment

Apr 09, 2021

The powerful centenarian: China's Communist Party turns 100

Nis Grünberg

Claudia Wessling

Comment

Mar 16, 2021

China faces social challenges according to the NPC

MERICS Briefs

Mar 11, 2021

The National People's Congress + China as a global power + Economic reforms

MERICS Briefs

Mar 11, 2021

The National People's Congress + Sustainable development + State-owned enterprises

MERICS Briefs

Feb 25, 2021

Xi signals unshaken commitment to state’s role in Chinese economy

MERICS Briefs

Aug 27, 2020

Xi’s one-party state is smothering what made China successful

Nis Grünberg

Comment

Dec 19, 2019

Propaganda beyond the Great Firewall

Chinese party-state media on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube

Mareike Ohlberg

Comment

Dec 05, 2019

Social control or a fix for a non-law-abiding society?

Lavender Au

Mats Kuuskemaa

Comment

Nov 01, 2019

Celebrate the people, not the party

Comment

Oct 01, 2019

The Party leads on everything

China’s changing governance in Xi Jinping’s new era

Nis Grünberg

Katja Drinhausen

Report

Sep 24, 2019

Get yourself a job: Beijing’s measures to tackle rising youth unemployment

Max J. Zenglein

Comment

Jul 22, 2019

Recalibrating the price of "Made in China"

Michelle Tsai

Comment

Jul 17, 2019

The great silence

Comment

Jun 03, 2019

Is ageing China facing a Japanese-style “lost decade”?

Lauren A. Johnston

Comment

Apr 30, 2019

China is wary of energy transition undermining social stability

Nis Grünberg

Comment

Apr 18, 2019

China’s space program is about more than soft power

Rebecca Arcesati

Comment

Feb 21, 2019

Manufacturing creativity and maintaining control

China’s schools struggle to balance innovation and safeguard conformity

Didi Kirsten Tatlow

Report

Feb 14, 2019

Charting a risky course: The People’s Bank of China further eases monetary policy

Maximilian Kärnfelt

Comment

Jan 25, 2019

Where did the one million figure for detentions in Xinjiang’s camps come from?

Jessica Batke

Comment

Jan 17, 2019

The Party does not yet rule over everything

Assessing the state of online plurality in Xi Jinping’s “new era”

Mareike Ohlberg

Report

Nov 29, 2018

China’s social credit systems are highly popular – for now

Genia Kostka

Comment

Sep 17, 2018

Chinese experts challenge Western generalists in diplomacy

Sabine Mokry

Comment

Aug 14, 2018

In Xi’s China, the center takes control of foreign affairs

Helena Legarda

Comment

Aug 01, 2018

China’s new foreign policy setup

Thomas S. Eder

Comment

Aug 01, 2018

China's cosmological Communism: a challenge to liberal democracies

Imperial philosophy meets Marxist orthodoxy in Beijing’s global ambitions

Didi Kirsten Tatlow

Report

Jul 18, 2018

Debunking three myths about the end of presidential term limits in China

Lea Shih

Comment

Apr 06, 2018

In Xi’s China, the party morphs into the state

Sabine Muscat

Comment

Mar 07, 2018

Anti-corruption bill exposes Achilles’ heel of China's legal reforms

George G. Chen

Comment

Jan 08, 2018

Financial instability in China

Possible pathways and their likelihood

Victor Shih

Report

Oct 20, 2017

Ideas and ideologies competing for China's political future

How online pluralism challenges official orthodoxy

Mareike Ohlberg

Simon Lang

Bertram Lang

Report

Oct 05, 2017

China's center of power

The Politburo brings together the key figures of party, state and military

Nabil Alsabah

Comment

Aug 23, 2017

Centralized leadership – Heterogeneous party base

Changes in the membership structure of the Chinese Communist Party

Lea Shih

Kerstin Lohse-Friedrich

Report

Aug 16, 2017

Hardening the Party line

The 19th CCP Congress will boost strongman politics

Report

Aug 16, 2017

China's Social Credit System

A big-data enabled approach to market regulation with broad implications for doing business in China

Mirjam Meissner

Report

May 24, 2017

China's 19th Party Congress

Setting the Agenda and Choosing the Team

Comment

May 04, 2017

Activating The National People’s Congress

Law making on Behalf of the Party Center

George G. Chen

Report

Mar 01, 2017

Insights

Party and State

Beijing’s politics of history, with Daniel Leese

Podcast

Dec 20, 2024

Han Dongfang: Labour relations are key to reforms in China

Podcast

Jun 06, 2016

Merics Experts 16 - Han Dongfang.MP3

Daniel Leese: "The Legacy of the Cultural Revolution"

Podcast

May 13, 2016

Merics Experts 13 - Daniel Leese.MP3

Kai Strittmatter: Authoritarian governance vs. dynamic development

Podcast

Dec 07, 2015

Merics Experts 3 - Kai Strittmatter.mp3

Sebastian Heilmann: Das politische System Chinas unter Xi Jinping

Podcast

Dec 04, 2015

Merics Experts 1 - Sebastian Heilmann.mp3

Events

Party and State

Chinapolitisches Werkstattgespräch mit Johnny Erling und Nis Grünberg

Apr. 28, 2023

Members only

Party and State

Xi’s new team: Understanding elite politics in China’s leadership

Mar. 17, 2023

Berlin

Members only

Experts on Party and State

Katja Drinhausen

Head of Program

Alexander Davey

Analyst

Nis Grünberg

Lead Analyst

Christina Sadeler

Senior Analyst