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Beidaihe meeting

Beidaihe meeting
The Beidaihe meeting, or "summer summit" as it is known to China watchers, is held annually in the resort town in Hebei province. It is where China's leaders and elders from earlier generations meet in an informal setting for closed-door discussions that will set the tone for major domestic issues.
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Politburo member Cai Qi (seated centre) was on hand to greet dozens of prominent researchers in Beidaihe, Hebei province, on August 3. Photo: Xinhua

Video | What China’s officials discuss at discreet Beidaihe meeting

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Video | What China’s officials discuss at discreet Beidaihe meeting

Top leaders and experts in China gather every summer at the seaside resort of Beidaihe.

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State media reports that Politburo member Chen Xi passed on greetings to scholars from the president – signalling closed-door gathering has begun.

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An armed police officer is seen at a private beach in Beidaihe on Wednesday. A meeting of China’s top leaders is believed to be under way in the seaside resort town. Photo: Simon Song
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Seaside break no summer camp for China leadership at Beidaihe resort

US-China relations, unrest in Hong Kong, Taiwan elections and the economy are all expected to be discussed by past and present leaders.

Deng Xiaoping (right foreground) in the sea at Beidaihe in July 1987. Photo: Xinhua
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China’s leaders’ secretive summer HQ: a brief history of Beidaihe

Mao Zedong at Beidaihe in 1960. Photo: Xinhua

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Security has been stepped up in Beidaihe, where the Communist Party elite spend their summer retreat. Photo: Handout
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Reflection, not criticism, to dominate meeting of Communist Party elite

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Chinese leaders head to the beach for secretive gathering

Turning tides at the seaside: beach resort Beidaihe loses its place in the Chinese political sun

A security checkpoint outside a compound at Beidaihe in Qinhuangdao city in Hebei province. Photo: Simon Song

Communist Party elite head to Beidaihe for agenda-setting meetings

The section of the Beidaihe beach reserved for government officials: Photo: Josephine Ma

New | Summit season begins in Beidaihe for China's Communist Party leaders

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New | It's decision time by the sea for China's Communist Party

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China's Communist Party brings forward Beidaihe closed-door policy summit

President Jiang Zemin records an interview in Beidaihe with CBS anchor Mike Wallace in 2000. Photo: Xinhua

Xi Jinping's appearance on CCTV marks end to party conclave

A public appearance by Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping yesterday signalled the end of the annual direction-setting gathering of party elites and elders at the seaside resort of Beidaihe in Hebei.

Chinese President Xi Jinping talks with members of the Chinese Youth Olympic delegation in Nanjing. Photo: Xinhua

Communist Party leaders gather in Beidaihe for annual policy summit

China’s ruling Communist Party elites are gathering this week in the seaside resort of Beidaihe for a summer summit to work out major policy decisions.

Liu Yunshan re-emerges, suggesting Beidaihe policy talks winding down

Liu Yunshan, who ranks fifth on the Politburo's all-powerful Standing Committee, appeared in Beijing to host a meeting on the Communist Party's "mass line" education campaign, according to China Central Television.

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