Party's school offers peek inside
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July 1, 2010, Thursday
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CHINA threw open the gates of its Central Party School yesterday, offering foreign journalists a rare peek at the mystery-shrouded campus in Beijing where government officials are trained.
The tour is part of a drive by the Communist Party to show it's becoming more open.
"In recent years the Central Party School and indeed the whole Communist Party system have not had much interaction with the outside world but this is something we are trying to change," said Chen Baosheng, vice president of the school. "Our Party has nothing to hide."
The tour was on the eve of the 89th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party. Founded on July 1, 1921, it is the world's largest political party, with 78 million members as of last year.
During the four-hour visit, journalists from the Associated Press, the Agence France-Presse, the Guardian, CNN, and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, among others, got a glimpse of a lively lecture on how to manage people while fostering innovation, a gym where officials whacked at ping pong and tennis balls, and a hotel-style dormitory complete with dry cleaning and CNN.
Each room was stocked with a small library of Party classics, including the collected works of Chairman Mao Zedong, founder of the People's Republic of China. The campus bookstore offered a wider selection, including several books on the leadership style of US President Barack Obama and "Who Am I, The Autobiography of Bruce Lee."
Founded in 1933, the school is a training ground for China's middle and senior-ranking officials. Long closed to outsiders, it has opened up in recent years, welcoming guest lecturers from overseas, including a recent visit from US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.
President Hu Jintao served as the school's president and its current president is Vice President Xi Jinping.
The school's curriculum includes Marxism masterpieces and Party principles, Western political theory, economics, contemporary law, religion and military affairs.
The school has academic cooperation with government departments, research institutes and universities from nearly 30 countries.
The tour is part of a drive by the Communist Party to show it's becoming more open.
"In recent years the Central Party School and indeed the whole Communist Party system have not had much interaction with the outside world but this is something we are trying to change," said Chen Baosheng, vice president of the school. "Our Party has nothing to hide."
The tour was on the eve of the 89th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party. Founded on July 1, 1921, it is the world's largest political party, with 78 million members as of last year.
During the four-hour visit, journalists from the Associated Press, the Agence France-Presse, the Guardian, CNN, and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, among others, got a glimpse of a lively lecture on how to manage people while fostering innovation, a gym where officials whacked at ping pong and tennis balls, and a hotel-style dormitory complete with dry cleaning and CNN.
Each room was stocked with a small library of Party classics, including the collected works of Chairman Mao Zedong, founder of the People's Republic of China. The campus bookstore offered a wider selection, including several books on the leadership style of US President Barack Obama and "Who Am I, The Autobiography of Bruce Lee."
Founded in 1933, the school is a training ground for China's middle and senior-ranking officials. Long closed to outsiders, it has opened up in recent years, welcoming guest lecturers from overseas, including a recent visit from US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.
President Hu Jintao served as the school's president and its current president is Vice President Xi Jinping.
The school's curriculum includes Marxism masterpieces and Party principles, Western political theory, economics, contemporary law, religion and military affairs.
The school has academic cooperation with government departments, research institutes and universities from nearly 30 countries.
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