Xi Wraps up North Korea Visit - Wang Huning's Xinjiang Visit - Zhong Sheng Warning on Japan's Intelligence Reform
Here are the key reports and articles from the People’s Daily’s edition on Wednesday, June 10, 2026.
Page 1: Today’s front page also remains focussed on Xi Jinping’s visit to North Korea. There are a bunch of events that he participated in before returning to Beijing. These are featured on the front page today.
Both Xi and Peng Liyuan paid homage to the China-DPRK Friendship Tower. The report says:
“At around 10:40 a.m., Xi Jinping and Peng Liyuan arrived by car at the China-DPRK Friendship Tower at the foot of Moran Hill, where they were greeted by Kim Jong Un and Ri Sol Ju. A military band of the DPRK played the national anthems of China and the DPRK. Honor guards slowly carried a flower basket onto the platform. The ribbon on the basket bore the inscription ‘The Martyrs of the Chinese People’s Volunteer Army Are Immortal’. Xi Jinping slowly stepped forward to the platform and arranged the ribbon. Afterwards, all present paid silent tribute to the martyrs. Then Xi Jinping and Kim Jong Un watched the march-past of the honor guard. Accompanied by Kim Jong Un and his wife Ri Sol Ju, Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan then entered the exhibition hall of the China-DPRK Friendship Tower. Kim Jong Un briefed Xi Jinping on historical materials, photographs, and paintings on display, which depict the Chinese People’s Volunteer Army fighting side by side with the Korean people and jointly rebuilding their homeland. Xi Jinping paused for an extended period to observe the exhibits carefully. He also read through the Volunteer Army martyrs list and briefed Kim Jong Un on relevant details of the martyrs. Xi Jinping and Kim Jong Un agreed that the period of the 1950s, when China and the DPRK fought side by side, remains an enduring historical memory for both sides. The two sides should jointly safeguard the memorial facilities dedicated to the martyrs of the Chinese People’s Volunteer Army, and carry out distinctive education on revolutionary traditions and ideological and moral education for young people, so as to carry forward the great spirit demonstrated in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, and ensure that the traditional friendship between China and the DPRK will be passed on from generation to generation.”
Xi, along with Peng, also attended an artistic performance, had a luncheon meeting with Kim Jong Un, and visited the Central Cadres Training School.
Apart from this, the page has a report (English report) informing that Xi and Georgian President Mikheil Kavelashvili exchanged congratulatory messages to celebrate the 34th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Georgia. The key point is that they have announced the elevation of China-Georgia relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership.
Finally, there’s a report (English report) on Xi sending a message to Louise Arbour, congratulating her on her appointment as the 31st Governor General of Canada. “Xi Jinping noted that the healthy and stable development of China-Canada relations serves the common interests of both countries and also contributes to world peace, stability, development and prosperity. He attaches high importance to the development of China-Canada relations and stands ready to work with Governor General Arbour, in the spirit of mutual respect, mutual benefit and win-win outcomes and seeking common ground while shelving differences, to move forward the China-Canada new strategic partnership on a healthy, stable and sustainable track, so as to better benefit the two peoples.”
Page 2: There’s a report on Wang Huning’s visit to Xinjiang from June 5 to 9. Wang was accompanied by Li Ganjie. Wang said that:
Since the 18th Party Congress, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, Xinjiang has entered the best period of development in its history, characterized by stability and harmony across both the northern and southern regions of the Tianshan Mountains and by people of all ethnic groups living and working in peace and contentment. It is necessary to thoroughly implement the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, implement General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speeches on Xinjiang work and the Party’s strategy for governing Xinjiang in the new era, firmly grasp the overall objective of Xinjiang work, continuously carry out the fundamental, foundational, and long-term work bearing on Xinjiang’s long-term stability and enduring security, and promote solid progress in building a socialist modernized Xinjiang during the 15th FYP period. 他表示，党的十八大以来，在以习近平同志为核心的党中央坚强领导下，新疆步入历史上最好的发展时期，呈现天山南北稳定祥和、各族人民安居乐业的良好局面。要深入贯彻落实党的二十届四中全会精神，贯彻落实习近平总书记关于新疆工作的重要讲话精神和新时代党的治疆方略，牢牢扭住新疆工作总目标，持续抓好事关新疆长治久安的根本性基础性长远性工作，推动“十五五”时期建设社会主义现代化新疆迈出坚实步伐.
Wang Huning visited Hami City, Hotan Prefecture, and the 13th and 14th Divisions of the XPCC for investigation and research, going deep into towns, rural areas, enterprises, and Corps companies to learn about the situations regarding strengthening ethnic unity, developing industries with distinctive advantages, carrying out the ‘cultural nourishment of Xinjiang’ (文化润疆) initiative, deepening the integration of the Corps and local areas, advancing the strengthening of villages and enrichment of the people, and strengthening grassroots governance, and held discussions and exchanges with cadres and people of all ethnic groups. 王沪宁来到哈密市、和田地区和兵团第十三师、第十四师调研，深入城镇、农村、企业、兵团连队等，了解加强民族团结、发展特色优势产业、开展文化润疆、深化兵地融合、推进强村富民、强化基层治理等情况，并同各族干部群众座谈交流.
Wang Huning stated that the 15th FYP period is a critical period for realizing social stability and long-term security in Xinjiang, and Xinjiang’s development stands at a new starting point. Social stability must always be placed in the foremost position. It is necessary to strengthen and innovate social governance, advance the law-based and normalized conduct of counterterrorism and stability-maintenance work, and further consolidate the positive momentum toward overall social stability. We must run the main thread of forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation throughout all Xinjiang work, advance the building of the Chinese national community in ways that are tangible, perceptible, and effective, do well in the implementation of the Law on the Promotion of Ethnic Unity and Progress, strengthen the legalization of religious affairs governance, and promote ever broader and deeper interaction, communication, and integration among people of all ethnic groups. We must plan and promote Xinjiang’s high-quality development around the five strategic positionings, develop new quality productive forces in accordance with local conditions, build a modern industrial system featuring Xinjiang’s distinctive advantages, accelerate the construction of the core area of the Silk Road Economic Belt, and ensure that development better benefits people’s livelihoods, wins hearts and minds, enhances unity, and promotes stability. We must accelerate the promotion of southern Xinjiang’s development, consolidate and expand the achievements of poverty alleviation, and expand employment capacity through multiple channels. We must strengthen the ‘cultural nourishment of Xinjiang’ initiative, run well Xinjiang’s education, especially higher education, promote the integrated development of culture and tourism, and tell the story of Xinjiang in the new era well. We must uphold the principle of ‘Corps and local areas as one integrated whole’, advance the all-around and in-depth integration of the Corps and local areas, and continuously form new advantages of the Corps in maintaining stability and guarding the borders in the new era. 王沪宁表示，“十五五”时期是实现新疆社会稳定和长治久安的关键时期，新疆发展站在新的起点上。要始终把维护社会稳定摆在首位，加强和创新社会治理，推进反恐维稳法治化常态化，进一步巩固社会大局稳定向好势头。要把铸牢中华民族共同体意识主线贯穿新疆工作始终，有形有感有效推进中华民族共同体建设，抓好民族团结进步促进法贯彻实施，加强宗教事务治理法治化，促进各族群众更加广泛深入地交往交流交融。要锚定“五大战略定位”谋划推动新疆高质量发展，因地制宜发展新质生产力，构建具有新疆特色优势的现代化产业体系，加快丝绸之路经济带核心区建设，推动发展更好惠及民生、凝聚人心、增进团结、促进稳定。要加快推动南疆发展，巩固拓展脱贫攻坚成果，多渠道扩大就业容量。要加强文化润疆，办好新疆教育特别是高等教育，推动文化旅游融合发展，讲好新时代新疆故事。要坚持“兵地一盘棋”，推进兵地全方位深度融合，不断形成新时代兵团维稳戍边新优势.
Also on the page is a report on the State Council oath-taking ceremony. A total of 37 senior officials from 33 departments and units under the State Council pledged allegiance to the PRC Constitution at a ceremony on Tuesday. After the ceremony, Li Qiang delivered a speech.
“He emphasised that having taken up new leadership posts and shouldering new missions and tasks, one must meet higher standards in being politically competent, professionally capable, and exemplary in work style. He said that it is necessary to study and thoroughly grasp Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee more resolutely and effectively, deeply understand the decisive significance of the Two Establishments, and firmly achieve the Two Safeguards. It is necessary to take the lead in respecting the rule of law, safeguarding the authority of the Constitution, strictly governing according to law, and consciously using law-based thinking and law-based methods to advance work and solve problems. It is also necessary to maintain strict self-discipline with a high degree of vigilance, build a strong line of defense against corruption, promote fine work styles, conduct oneself with integrity and handle affairs cleanly, and preserve the political character of integrity and incorruptibility.” 宣誓后，国务院总理李强作了讲话。他强调，走上新的领导岗位，肩负着新的使命任务，必须以更高标准做到政治过硬、能力过硬、作风过硬。要学深悟透习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想，更加坚决有力地贯彻落实党中央决策部署，深刻领悟“两个确立”的决定性意义，坚决做到“两个维护”。要带头尊崇法治，维护宪法权威，严格依法行政，自觉运用法治思维和法治方式推进工作、解决问题。要以高度的警醒严格自律，筑牢拒腐防线，弘扬优良作风，清白做人、干净做事，保持清正廉洁的政治本色.
“Li Qiang emphasised that the entire Party is currently carrying out in-depth study and education on establishing and practicing a correct view of political achievements. We must fully implement the overall requirements of ‘building the Party for the public good, bringing benefits to the people, making scientific decisions, and earnestly carrying out practical work’. We must persist in speaking truthfully, doing practical things, and seeking practical results; serve as executors, activists, and doers in implementing the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee; and demonstrate loyalty to the Party through concrete work and tangible achievements.
We must adhere to seeking truth from facts; conduct in-depth investigation, research, analysis and assessment; gain a comprehensive understanding of actual conditions in all respects; accurately grasp major development trends; and promptly identify nascent and tendential problems. Based on the specific circumstances of one’s department and field, work should proceed from reality and in accordance with objective laws, while continuously innovating working methods so that policies and measures correspond to actual needs and are genuinely implemented and effective.
We must persist in building the nation through practical work, always establish oneself through practical effort, carry forward the drive and pioneering spirit of not shying away from difficulties and overcoming hardships, resolve the bottlenecks and blockages in development with greater force and more substantive measures, and continuously drive high-quality development to achieve new results. We must insist on letting real achievements speak for themselves, carrying out all tasks thoroughly and meticulously, seeing them through from beginning to end, and forming a complete work cycle of deployment, execution, inspection, and feedback. With regard to deep-seated contradictions and complex problems, we must persevere relentlessly and work over the long term until results are achieved, striving to create achievements that can withstand the tests of practice, the people, and history.” 李强强调，当前全党正在深入开展树立和践行正确政绩观学习教育。我们要全面落实“立党为公、为民造福、科学决策、真抓实干”总要求，坚持说实话、办实事、求实效，当好贯彻党中央决策部署的执行者、行动派、实干家，以实干实绩践行对党的忠诚。要坚持实事求是，深入开展调查研究和分析研判，全面了解各方面实情，准确把握发展大势，及时发现苗头性、倾向性问题，立足本部门本领域具体情况，从实际出发、按规律办事，不断创新工作方式方法，使各项政策举措贴合实际需求、真正落地见效。要坚持实干兴邦，始终以实干立身，发扬事不避难、攻坚克难的干劲闯劲，以更大力度、更实举措解决发展中的卡点堵点，不断推动高质量发展取得新成效。要坚持以实绩说话，把各项工作抓实抓细，做到有始有终，形成部署、执行、检查、反馈的工作闭环，对深层次的矛盾和复杂问题，要锲而不舍、久久为功，直到抓出成效，努力创造经得起实践、人民、历史检验的实绩.
Page 10: There’s a report informing that in 2026, 22 academies across the military plan to enroll approximately 17,500 regular high school graduates.
Page 15: There’s a Zhong Sheng commentary today, warning about the changes in Japan’s intelligence architecture.
Recently, the bill to establish a ‘National Intelligence Council’ promoted by the Sanae Takaichi government of Japan was passed in the House of Councillors amid widespread controversy. Although the Japanese side has packaged this reform of the intelligence system as a “routine adjustment” suited to a complex security situation, it is not difficult to see through the filter of official rhetoric that this institutional restructuring is by no means a simple optimization of agencies. Rather, it is a key step in Japan’s tightening of social control, loosening of the postwar security bottom line, and acceleration of military expansion, exposing the increasingly swelling militarist ambitions of Japan’s right-wing forces. Countries in Asia and the international community must maintain a high degree of vigilance toward this. 日前，日本高市早苗政府主推的“国家情报会议”设立法案，于一片争议声中在国会参议院通过。尽管日方将这场情报体系改革包装成适配复杂安全局势的“常规调整”，但透过官方话术的滤镜不难发现，此番制度重构绝非简单的机构优化，而是日本收紧社会管控、松动战后安保底线、加速军事扩张的关键一步，暴露出日本右翼势力日益膨胀的军国主义野心。亚洲各国和国际社会对此必须保持高度警惕.
The core of the bill is the construction of a centralized intelligence system absolutely dominated by the Prime Minister’s Office, which will break down departmental barriers, coordinate and integrate intelligence resources across all domains, and significantly increase the scheduling authority of intelligence agencies. The bill deliberately blurs the boundaries of the exercise of power. It neither clarifies the compliance scope of intelligence collection, nor delineates red lines for the protection of citizens’ personal information, and there are no rigid accountability provisions for overstepping surveillance authority. Particularly dangerous is the complete absence throughout the system of checks-and-balances mechanisms such as parliamentary review and third-party oversight, creating a regulatory vacuum over intelligence power. This means that massive amounts of sensitive resources—including Japanese government data, citizens’ personal movement records, and confidential information relating to the Self-Defense Forces—could be accessed and reused across domains at the discretion of intelligence agencies. 该法案的核心，是搭建一个由首相官邸绝对主导的集权化情报体系，将打破部门壁垒、统筹整合全域情报资源，大幅提高情报机构的调度权限。法案刻意模糊权力运行边界，既未明确情报搜集的合规范围，也未划定公民个人信息保护红线，更无越权监控的刚性追责条款。尤为危险的是，整套体系彻底缺失国会审议、第三方监督等制衡机制，制造出情报权力的监管真空。这意味着，日本政务数据、公民个人轨迹、自卫队涉密信息等海量敏感资源，可被情报机构随意调取、跨界复用. (Note: It’s really ironic to read the People’s Daily lamenting the lack of checks and balances and need for parliamentary oversight.)
This unbounded centralization of intelligence power has caused concerns about the revival of ‘rule by secret police’ to continue fermenting in Japanese society. Viewed from the historical perspective, the strengthening of Japan’s intelligence capabilities has often gone hand-in-hand with external aggression and adventurism. ‘Intelligence blazes the trail, spies infiltrate’—this is the tried-and-tested trick of Japan’s external expansion. From the First Sino-Japanese War to the Second World War, Japan’s intelligence agencies played the role of vanguard units in every premeditated military aggression operation, charging at the forefront to provoke wars and invade other countries. During World War II, the notorious ‘Tokkō’, relying on a centralized intelligence system, implemented high-pressure control, surveilling the populace, suppressing anti-war forces, purging dissenting voices, and dragooning the entire society into service of militarist external expansion, bringing deep disaster upon the Japanese people and leaving historical wounds on Asian neighboring countries that are difficult to heal. 这种无边界的情报集权，让日本社会对“特务统治”复辟的担忧持续发酵。从历史脉络看，日本情报能力的强化，往往与其对外侵略冒险相伴相生。“情报开路，间谍渗透”，是日本对外扩张的惯用伎俩。从中日甲午战争到第二次世界大战，日本情报机构在历次有预谋的军事侵略行动中，都扮演了先头部队的角色，为挑起战端、侵略他国冲锋陷阵。二战时期，臭名昭著的“特高课”，正是依托集权情报体系实施高压管控——监视民众、镇压反战力量、肃清异见声音，裹挟整个社会服务于军国主义对外扩张，给日本民众带来深重灾难，也给亚洲邻国留下难以愈合的历史创伤.
Today, Japan, disregarding the lessons of history, is weakening intelligence oversight, relaxing surveillance authority, and tightening social control. This is something that much public opinion has directly pointed to as a veiled return to the control methods of the old era, providing right-wing forces with an institutional weapon to suppress peaceful forces and silence opposing voices. Even more worthy of vigilance is the fact that this bill is by no means an isolated institutional adjustment; rather, it is an important piece in Japan’s reconstruction of its national security system. Against the backdrop of Japan’s right-wing forces attempting to completely shed the constraints of the post-war international order, the centralization and integration of the intelligence system will provide support for its continuous pushing of the security policy shift, military expansion and armament, and external military intervention, and its danger must not be underestimated. 如今，日本无视历史教训，弱化情报监管、放宽监控权限、收紧社会管控，被不少舆论直指为旧时代管控套路的变相回归，为右翼势力打压和平力量、封杀反对声音提供了制度武器。更需警惕的是，该法案绝非孤立的制度调整，而是日本重构国家安全体系的一块重要拼图。在日本右翼势力企图彻底摆脱战后国际秩序约束的背景下，情报体系集权化、集成化将为其持续推动安保政策转向、扩军备武和对外军事介入提供支撑，其危险性不容低估.
According to the Japanese government’s overall plan, the new intelligence system will officially begin operation in July of this year. Subsequently, an Anti-Espionage Law and a Foreign Agents Registration Law will also be introduced, while a dedicated foreign intelligence agency will be established—an all-directional, no-blind-spot intelligence control network is rapidly taking shape. At that point, civilian anti-war gatherings, legitimate social questioning of public authority, and friendly exchanges among people across national borders could all be arbitrarily labeled as ‘security risks’. 按照日本政府的完整布局，全新情报体制将于今年7月正式启动，后续还将推出“防止间谍法”“外国代理人登记法”，筹建专属对外情报机构，一张全方位、无死角的情报管控网络正加速成形。届时，民间反战集会、社会对公权力的合理质疑、跨国民间友好往来，都可能被随意贴上“安全风险”的标签.
Japan’s intelligence system is veering in the direction of external expansion and is drifting further and further from the path of pacifist development, continuously arousing concerns among various circles within Japan and in the international community. Some experts within Japan believe that this move may blur the boundaries of ‘national security’ and be used to build a comprehensive war-preparedness system. On the day the bill passed, protests continued in front of the Diet building in Tokyo, with citizens spontaneously gathering to make their voices heard, giving true expression to the unease and resistance of ordinary people, and also confirming that this radical security reform runs against the tide and has failed to win the hearts of the people. 日本情报体系正朝着对外扩张的方向偏转，与和平主义发展道路渐行渐远，持续引发日本各界和国际社会的担忧。日本国内有专家认为，此举可能模糊“国家安全”边界，被用于构建全方位备战体系。法案通过当日，位于东京的国会议事堂前抗议声不断，民众自发聚集发声，真切道出了普通民众的不安与抵触，也印证了这场激进安保改革逆势而行、不得民心.
Since the Takaichi government came to power, Japan’s ambitions for ‘re-militarization’ have expanded even further. From deploying missiles possessing the capability to attack enemy bases, to dispatching large numbers of combat personnel to participate in joint military exercises, and approving through cabinet decisions the export of lethal weapons abroad, a series of dangerous developments has long pierced through its self-proclaimed image as a ‘peaceful nation’ and its policy of ‘exclusively defense-oriented defense’. Now, the Takaichi government has once again picked up the historical script of strengthening intelligence agencies, accelerating the dangerous trend of Japan becoming a ‘source of disaster’ in East Asia. Countries in the region must remain highly vigilant. Japan should immediately stop all dangerous actions that undermine regional peace and stability and truly return to the correct path of peaceful development.高市早苗政府上台后，日本“再军事化”野心更加膨胀，从部署具备“对敌基地攻击能力”的导弹，到派遣大规模战斗人员参加联合军演，再到通过内阁决议允许杀伤性武器对外出口，一系列危险动向早已戳穿其“和平国家”和“专守防卫”的自我标榜。如今，高市早苗政府重拾强化情报机构的历史剧本，加速日本成为东亚“祸源”的危险态势，地区国家必须高度警惕。日本应立即停止一切破坏地区和平稳定的危险行径，真正回到和平发展的正确轨道上来。