Education Campaign on Correct view of Political Achievements Kicks Off - Takaichi Seeking to 'Sow Discord' Between US & China

Here are the key reports and articles from the People’s Daily’s edition on Wednesday, February 25, 2026.

Page 1: A new book with excerpts (English report) from Xi Jinping’s discourses on establishing and practicing the correct view of political achievements has been published. This has been edited by the Party History and Literature Research Institute. The report informs:

“The book, featuring seven themes, contains 253 excerpts selected from more than 150 important documents, including reports, speeches, letters, instructions and directives by Xi from November 2012 to January 2026. Some of these excerpts are published for the first time.”

And that’s not all, another book, i.e., the first volume of ‘China’s Governance Under Xi Jinping’s Leadership’ has also been published. This one has been compiled by Xinhua. The English report informs:

“Since the 18th Communist Party of China (CPC) National Congress, the CPC Central Committee with Xi at its core has, with great historical initiative, tremendous political courage and a strong sense of responsibility, secured historic achievements and brought about historic changes in the cause of the Party and the country. Amid the great practices in the new era, Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era has taken shape, serving as the scientific action guide to building a great country and advancing national rejuvenation on all fronts through Chinese modernization. Xinhua reporters have witnessed history as it unfolds, producing a wealth of news stories that reflect the profound thinking, extensive practice, deep commitment, and remarkable achievements of Xi, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, in the governance of China. The first volume includes 26 Xinhua feature stories and 41 news photos of Xi, presenting a vivid account of his visionary leadership in steering China toward national rejuvenation, as well as the power of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and its tremendous strength in practice.”

Back to the bit about having the correct view of political achievements, there’s a report on the Central Leading Group for Party Building’s meeting on Tuesday to study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speeches and instructions on establishing and practicing the correct view of political achievements, and to plan and deploy the work of establishing and practicing the correct view of political achievements. Cai Qi and Li Xi were present and spoke at the meeting. The Central Leading Group for Party Building will be taking overall responsibility for coordination of this campaign, which will be implemented by local level Party committees.

“The meeting pointed out that carrying out the Party-wide study and education campaign on establishing and practicing the correct view on political achievements is an inevitable requirement for implementing the strategic deployments of the Fourth Plenum of the 20th Central Committee and ensuring decisive progress in basically realizing socialist modernization. It is an important measure for practicing the Party’s fundamental purpose and consolidating the foundation of the Party’s governance; it is an effective pathway for consolidating and expanding the achievements of concentrated intra-Party study and education and for unswervingly advancing comprehensive and strict governance of the Party. It is of great significance both for advancing the undertakings of the Party and the state and for advancing comprehensive and strict Party governance. Since the 18th Party Congress, General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly emphasised the need to establish and practice a correct view of political achievements, and has recently given special emphasis to this again in a number of important speeches, thereby pointing out the direction for carrying out the study and education and providing important guidance.” 会议指出，在全党开展树立和践行正确政绩观学习教育，是贯彻落实党的二十届四中全会战略部署、确保基本实现社会主义现代化取得决定性进展的必然要求，是践行党的根本宗旨、夯实党的执政根基的重要举措，是巩固拓展党内集中学习教育成果、持之以恒推进全面从严治党的有效途径，对于推进党和国家事业、对于推进全面从严治党意义重大。党的十八大以来，习近平总书记反复强调要树立和践行正确政绩观，近期又在多次重要讲话中特别加以强调，为开展学习教育指明了方向、提供了重要遵循.

Party committees and Party leading groups at all levels must treat the study and education campaign on establishing and practicing a correct view of political achievements as an important task in Party building this year, study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speeches and instructions in depth, earnestly carry out the deployments of the Party Central Committee, carefully organise and implement the campaign, and ensure that the study and education campaign yields effective results. Deeply understand, accurately grasp, and comprehensively implement the overall requirement of ‘building the Party for the public good, benefitting the people, making scientific decisions, and truly grasping solid work’, and carry it through the entire process and all aspects of the study and education campaign. Adhere to the integrated advancement of study, inspection, and rectification, and work hard to achieve results in deep study, genuine problem-identification, and substantive correction. Make concentrated efforts to improve systems and establish sound rules, and strengthen the working mechanisms for effectively preventing and rectifying deviations in views on political achievements. In the work of leadership transitions at the provincial, municipal, county, and township levels, relevant requirements of the study and education must be conscientiously implemented. Conduct the study and education campaign with an open-door approach, address prominent problems, and ensure that the people participate, benefit, and can tangibly feel the results. 会议强调，中央办公厅已经印发《关于在全党开展树立和践行正确政绩观学习教育的通知》。各级党委（党组）要把树立和践行正确政绩观学习教育作为今年党的建设的重要任务，深入学习贯彻习近平总书记重要讲话和重要指示精神，认真落实党中央部署，精心组织实施，确保学习教育取得实效。要深刻理解、准确把握、全面落实“立党为公、为民造福、科学决策、真抓实干”的总要求，将其贯穿学习教育全过程各方面。坚持学查改一体推进，在深学、真查、实改上下功夫见成效。着力完善制度、立好规矩，健全有效防范和纠治政绩观偏差工作机制。省市县乡领导班子换届工作要认真落实学习教育有关要求。要开门抓学习教育，解决突出问题，让群众参与、受益、可感可及.

There’s also a front-page commentary today on the new study and education campaign that has been launched. It says:

The CPC Central Committee has decided to launch a Party-wide study and education campaign on establishing and practicing the correct view of political achievements; this is a key task for Party-building this year. On February 24, the Central Leading Group for Party Building convened a meeting to study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important discourses and instructions on establishing and practicing the correct view of political achievements, and to plan and deploy the work related to this campaign. Party committees (Party groups) at all levels must earnestly implement the Central Committee’s deployment, meticulously organize and implement the campaign, and ensure its effectiveness. 党中央决定，在全党开展树立和践行正确政绩观学习教育，这是今年党的建设的重要任务。2月24日，中央党的建设工作领导小组召开会议，学习贯彻习近平总书记关于树立和践行正确政绩观学习教育的重要讲话和重要指示精神，研究部署树立和践行正确政绩观学习教育工作。各级党委（党组）要认真落实党中央部署，精心组织实施，确保学习教育取得实效.

General Secretary Xi Jinping has emphasised that ‘the issue of the outlook on political achievements is a fundamental issue, concerning the Party’s commitment to serving the public and governing for the people. In the first year of the 15th FYP, launching a Party-wide campaign to study and practice the correct view of political achievements is a necessary requirement for implementing the strategic deployment of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee and ensuring decisive progress in basically realising socialist modernization. It is an important measure for upholding the Party’s fundamental purpose and consolidating the Party’s foundation of governance. It is also an effective means of consolidating and expanding the achievements of intra-Party intensive study and education campaigns, and of advancing comprehensive and strict Party governance in a sustained manner. This initiative is of great significance for advancing the cause of the Party and the state, and for advancing comprehensive and strict Party governance. 习近平总书记强调：“政绩观问题是一个根本性问题，关乎立党为公、执政为民。”“十五五”开局之年，在全党开展树立和践行正确政绩观学习教育，是贯彻落实党的二十届四中全会战略部署、确保基本实现社会主义现代化取得决定性进展的必然要求，是践行党的根本宗旨、夯实党的执政根基的重要举措，是巩固拓展党内集中学习教育成果、持之以恒推进全面从严治党的有效途径，对于推进党和国家事业、对于推进全面从严治党意义重大.

The CPC was born for the people and has thrived because of the people. It has always regarded serving the people and delivering benefits to the people as its most important measure of performance, uniting and leading the people to press forward undaunted through hardship, and successfully steering a once impoverished and weak nation to stand up, grow rich, and become strong step by step. At present, we have entered a crucial period for consolidating the foundations for basically realizing socialist modernization and for making comprehensive efforts on all fronts. The development environment we face is even more intricate and complex. The more arduous the tasks and the more numerous the challenges, the more we must take the Party’s original aspiration as our fundamental orientation and take the Party’s mission as our very lifeblood. We must establish and practice a correct view on political achievements, carry out modernisation construction in a pragmatic and down-to-earth manner, write a new chapter of Chinese-style modernisation through real work and real achievements, and submit to history and to the people a new and outstanding answer sheet. 中国共产党为人民而生、因人民而兴，始终把为民办事、为民造福作为最重要的政绩，团结带领人民不畏艰难接续奋斗，成功推动积贫积弱的国家一步步站起来、富起来、强起来。现在，进入到基本实现社会主义现代化夯实基础、全面发力的关键时期，我们面临的发展环境更加错综复杂。越是任务艰巨、挑战重重，越要以党的初心为本心、以党的使命为生命，树立和践行正确政绩观，扎扎实实、踏踏实实地搞现代化建设，以实干实绩书写中国式现代化新篇章，向历史和人民交出新的优异答卷.

The primary task in carrying out this study and education campaign is to adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and to deeply study and fully implement General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important expositions on establishing and practicing a correct view of political achievements. We must study in a comprehensive and systematic way, keep pace with new developments, engage in deep reflection, and connect learning to realities, consciously becoming firm believers and loyal practitioners of the Party’s innovative theory in the new era, achieving a seamless integration of learning, thinking, and application, and a unity of knowledge, belief, and action. 开展好学习教育，首要的就是坚持以习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想为指导，深入学习、全面贯彻习近平总书记关于树立和践行正确政绩观的重要论述。要全面系统学、及时跟进学、深入思考学、联系实际学，自觉做新时代党的创新理论的坚定信仰者和忠实实践者，做到学、思、用贯通，知、信、行统一.

“‘Building the Party for the public good, benefitting the people, making scientific decisions, and truly grasping solid work’, Party organizations at all levels and Party members and cadres must firmly grasp the overall requirements of this study and education campaign, deeply understand its core essentials, spiritual substance, rich connotations, and practical requirements, and earnestly implement them throughout the entire process and all aspects of the campaign. It is necessary to deeply recognise that people’s support is the greatest form of politics; to uphold building the Party for the public good and benefiting the people, always place the people in the highest position in one’s heart, and take benefiting the people as the fundamental value orientation. Doing so will ensure that Chinese-style modernisation possesses the most reliable, profound, and enduring source of strength. It is also necessary to deeply recognize that seeking truth from facts is the Party’s ‘lifeline’. Only by proceeding from reality and acting in accordance with objective laws, through scientific decision-making and tangible and arduous effort, can one create achievements that can withstand the test of practice and history, that truly benefit the people, and that gain the recognition of the masses.” “立党为公、为民造福、科学决策、真抓实干”，各级党组织和党员干部要牢牢把握这次学习教育的总要求，深刻理解其核心要义、精神实质、丰富内涵、实践要求，切实贯彻落实到学习教育的全过程各方面。要深刻认识到民心是最大的政治，坚持立党为公、为民造福，始终把人民放在心中最高位置，把造福人民作为根本价值取向，中国式现代化就拥有最可靠、最深厚、最持久的力量源泉。要深刻认识到实事求是是党的“生命线”，坚持从实际出发、按规律办事，通过科学决策和实干苦干，才能创造经得起实践和历史检验、真正造福人民、得到群众公认的业绩.

To carry out the study and education well, it is necessary to adhere to focusing on the theme and maintaining simplicity and pragmatism. Do not divide into batches or break into phases, and conscientiously implement work arrangements such as study and discussion, identifying and laying out problems, rectification and remediation, establishing rules and systems, and open-door education. It is necessary to take the integrated advancement of study, inspection, and rectification as the key approach, i.e, study deeply and comprehend thoroughly General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important expositions on establishing and practicing the correct view of political achievements, thoroughly search for problems that exist with respect to the view of political achievements, and identify gaps, examine root causes, and strengthen self-cultivation from the standpoint of Party spirit. It is necessary to adhere to a problem-oriented approach, correcting issues as they are identified and acting immediately, carrying out focused rectification of prominent problems, and continuously promoting the implementation of rectification It is necessary to combine ‘immediate correction’ with ‘long-term institution-building’, thoroughly identifying provisions in existing systems and mechanisms that are inconsistent with the requirements of the correct view of political achievements, abolishing those that should be abolished and revising those that should be revised. It is necessary to adhere to ‘open-door education’, i.e., listen to the public when identifying problems, accept public supervision during rectification, subject outcomes to public evaluation, and do more practical things for the people so that the results are tangible and felt by the people. 开展好学习教育，要坚持聚焦主题、简约务实，不分批次、不划阶段，认真落实学习研讨、查摆问题、整改整治、建章立制、开门教育等工作安排。要以一体推进学查改为抓手，学深悟透习近平总书记关于树立和践行正确政绩观的重要论述，深入查找政绩观方面存在的问题，从党性上找差距、查根源、强修养。要坚持问题导向，边查边改、立行立改，对突出问题开展集中整治，持续推动整改落实。要坚持“当下改”与“长久立”相结合，深入查找现行制度机制中不符合正确政绩观要求的规定，该废止的废止，该修订的修订。要坚持开门教育，查摆问题听取群众意见，整改整治接受群众监督，检验成效接受群众评判，为群众多办实事，让群众可感可及.

Next, there’s a report (English report) on the State Council’s executive meeting. The report says:

“This year marks the beginning of the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030), and all departments under the State Council must remain focused on annual goals and tasks, and ensure that the government’s arrangements are fully in place, the meeting said. It said that efforts should be made to support local authorities and enterprises in fostering new growth drivers, and to introduce more targeted policy measures to invigorate market vitality continuously and enhance the people’s well-being.”

On the silver economy, the meeting said:

“To further unleash the consumption demand of the elderly, enhance their spending power, leverage the guiding role of policies such as consumption subsidies, and create a number of new consumption scenarios and new business models for the elderly. To drive improvements in the quality and expansion in coverage of inclusive elderly care services, improve the tiered and categorised, inclusive and accessible, urban and rural integrated, and sustainably developed system, and better ensure that the elderly are well cared for. Safety management of elderly care institutions should be strengthened, risks and hidden dangers should be promptly investigated and resolved, and false advertising, illegal fundraising, and elderly care fraud should be severely cracked down on to effectively safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the elderly.” 要进一步释放银发消费需求，提升消费能力，发挥消费补贴等政策牵引作用，打造一批银发消费新场景新业态。要推动普惠养老服务供给提质扩面，健全分级分类、普惠可及、覆盖城乡、持续发展的养老服务体系，更好保障老有所养。要加强养老机构安全管理，及时排查化解风险隐患，严厉打击虚假宣传、非法集资和养老诈骗等行为，切实维护老年群体合法权益.

The meeting reviewed and adopted a guideline on strengthening firefighting work in local communities, and the draft revision of law on water was approved in principle; IT will be submitted to the NPC.

Page 3: There’s a commentary criticising Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi, arguing that her “hyping up” the Taiwan issue is a tactic “to divert domestic attention and shift domestic contradictions.” The piece is written by Tang Yongliang from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences’ Institute of Japanese Studies.

This is an interesting article. It is primarily critical of Takaichi and the Japanese right than the US government. The underlying view appears to be that Takaichi’s views on Taiwan are likely to become obstacles in the engagement process that is underway between the US and China. The idea is that she is deliberately talking about hypothetical scenarios in order to scuttle whatever deal may be brewing. I wonder if this implies that there is a genuine belief in Beijing that the Trump administration is willing to concede something on Taiwan as part of the April summit?

“Recently, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi once again made provocative remarks on the Taiwan issue during a television program, claiming that if a crisis were to occur in Taiwan, Japan and the United States would jointly rescue the citizens of the two countries. Her remarks attempted to link the Taiwan issue with the US-Japan alliance, using ‘citizen rescue’ as a pretext to pressure the US to deepen its military involvement in the Taiwan Strait. This move exposes the sinister intention of Japan’s right-wing forces to deliberately create tensions in the Taiwan Strait and to attempt to act in concert with the US in using force to interfere in China’s internal affairs. It violates international law and the basic norms of international relations, and will inevitably be condemned by the international community and firmly countered by the Chinese people. 近期，日本首相高市早苗在电视节目中再度就台湾问题发表挑衅性言论，声称一旦台湾发生危机，日美将联合救助两国公民。其言论企图将台湾问题与美日同盟捆绑，以“救援公民”为借口，促使美国加深对台海的军事介入。此举暴露了日本右翼势力蓄意制造台海紧张局势，企图联合美国武力干涉中国内政的险恶用心，有违国际法和国际关系基本准则，必然遭到国际社会的谴责和中国人民的坚决反击.

“From the perspective of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan, China’s Taiwan region does not fall within the scope of application of the US–Japan alliance. In 1960, Japan and the US signed the new US–Japan Security Treaty. Article 1 clearly commits the two parties, in accordance with the provisions of the United Nations Charter, to settle any international disputes that may involve the two countries by peaceful means and in a manner that does not endanger international peace, security or justice. It also stipulates that, in their international relations, they shall refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or from taking any other action inconsistent with the purposes of the UN. United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758 has already confirmed that the government of the People’s Republic of China is the sole legitimate representative of the whole of China, including Taiwan, and that Taiwan is a part of China. Therefore, Japan and the US have no right, under any pretext, to use force to interfere in China’s internal affairs.” 从《日美安保条约》看，中国台湾地区不属于美日同盟的适用范围。1960年日美两国签署新《日美安保条约》，其中第一条明确承诺按照《联合国宪章》规定，以和平手段并以不致危及国际和平、安全及正义的方法，解决可能涉及两国的任何国际争端，且在两国国际关系方面，对任何国家领土完整或政治独立，都避免以武力相威胁或行使武力，或采取任何同联合国宗旨不符的其他方法。联合国大会第2758号决议已确认中华人民共和国政府是代表包括台湾在内全中国的唯一合法代表，台湾是中国的一部分，因此日美两国无权以任何借口武力干涉中国内政.

“China’s Taiwan region does not fall within the scope of Japan’s obligations to provide assistance to the US. Under the revised Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement between Japan and the US, if Japan faces a ‘survival-threatening situation’ or a ‘situation of important influence’, it may provide support to US forces including ammunition replenishment even without being directly attacked. Even so, Japan has no right to invoke this agreement to provide assistance to the US on the Taiwan question. A ‘survival-threatening situation’ refers to a situation in which another country with close ties to Japan comes under armed attack, thereby posing a threat to Japan’s survival and creating a clear and imminent danger of fundamentally overturning the rights of the Japanese people to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. In accordance with the spirit of the four China-Japan political documents, the one-China principle is the political foundation of China-Japan relations. Japan has on multiple occasions pledged that it fully understands and respects the position that Taiwan is an inalienable part of Chinese territory, that it will maintain only non-governmental and regional contacts with Taiwan, and that it will not pursue ‘two Chinas’ or ‘one China, one Taiwan’. Taiwan is not a country and falls entirely outside the scope of what the Japan-US agreement designates as a ‘survival-threatening situation’. Whether viewed from a historical or a legal perspective, Japan has no standing to weigh in on the Taiwan question, let alone any basis whatsoever for involvement in it.” 中国台湾地区并不在日本对美援助的作用范围内。按照日美两国修订的《物资劳务相互提供协定》规定，日本如面临“存亡危机事态”或“重要影响事态”，即使未受到直接攻击，也可向美军提供弹药补给等支援。即便如此，日本无权据此在台湾问题上对美提供援助。所谓“存亡危机事态”是指：与日本有密切关系的他国遭到武力攻击，因此威胁到日本的生存，从根本上颠覆了日本国民的生命、自由和追求幸福的权利的明确的危险事态。按照中日四个政治文件精神，一个中国原则是中日关系的政治基础。日本多次承诺，充分理解和尊重关于台湾是中国领土不可分割的一部分的立场，只同台湾维持民间和地区性往来，不搞“两个中国”或“一中一台”。台湾不是一个国家，完全不构成日美协定中所谓“存亡危机事态”的适用范围。无论在历史上、法律上，日本都不具有置喙台湾问题的资格，更没有任何介入台湾问题的立场.

Japan knows full well that it cannot achieve its scheme of military intervention in the Taiwan question by its own strength alone, and therefore actively stirs up tensions in the Taiwan Strait, using the pretext of a joint civilian evacuation to draw the United States into the fray. Even if the US does not respond, this will still serve to some extent to sow discord/drive a wedge between China and the US, revealing its sinister intentions. Sanae Takaichi’s repeated hyping of the Taiwan Strait issue is a calculated attempt to divert domestic attention and deflect domestic contradictions, inciting populism to serve her own political interests. Currently, many voices in international and Japanese public opinion have pointed out that Japan is facing a power imbalance and a lack of ‘brakes’. Where Takaichi will lead Japan in the future, and whether it will repeat the mistakes of militarism, is a source of deep concern for neighbouring countries and the people of Asia who suffered greatly under Japanese militarism. 日本自知，仅凭其自身力量无法实现武力干预台湾问题的图谋，故主动制造台海紧张局势，以联合撤侨为幌子邀美入局；即便美国不回应，也可在一定程度上达到离间中美关系的目的，其险恶用心昭然若揭。高市早苗一再炒作台海议题，有转嫁国内矛盾、转移国内视线的算计，以煽动国内民粹主义服务自身政治私利。当前，国际舆论和日本国内舆论都有不少声音指出，日本正面临权力失衡、缺乏“刹车片”的困境。未来，高市早苗将把日本引向何处、是否会重蹈军国主义覆辙，令周边国家和曾经饱受日本军国主义伤害的亚洲人民深感忧虑.

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There’s a report informing that the Ministry of Commerce has added 20 Japanese entities, including Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Shipbuilding Co., to its export control list to safeguard national security and interests and fulfill international obligations such as non-proliferation. Export operators are prohibited from exporting dual-use items to the entities, which are involved in enhancing Japan’s military capabilities. Overseas organizations and individuals are prohibited from transferring or providing dual-use items originating in China to the entities. Any related activities currently underway shall be halted immediately, according to an announcement released by the ministry.”

“Also on Tuesday, the ministry placed 20 Japanese entities, including SUBARU Corporation, on a watch list, as their end-users and end-uses of dual-use items cannot be verified. The Ministry of Commerce will implement stricter reviews of end-users and end-uses for exports of dual-use items to entities on the watch list, and will not approve any exports involving Japanese military end-users, military end-uses, or any other end-users and end-use that contribute to enhancing Japan’s military capabilities. A spokesperson for the ministry stated that the aforementioned measures were taken in accordance with relevant laws and regulations, including the country’s export control law and the export control regulation for dual-use items. The objective is to stop Japan’s remilitarization and its attempts to possess nuclear weapons, said the spokesperson in response to a media inquiry, stressing that the measures are completely justified, reasonable and lawful. China’s lawful listing actions target only a minority of Japanese entities, and the relevant measures apply solely to dual-use items, said the spokesperson. This will not affect normal economic and trade exchanges between China and Japan, and Japanese entities that act in good faith and comply with the law have absolutely no cause for concern, the spokesperson said.”