People's Bank of China honors outstanding Communist Party members and calls for deeper integration of party building into central bank work

The People's Bank of China held a Communist Party commendation meeting to recognize outstanding Party members, Party affairs workers and grassroots Party organizations, and to award 50-year Party service medals to veteran members. At the event, Governor Pan Gongsheng, who is also the bank's Party secretary, framed the recognitions as part of the bank's wider Party-building agenda and called on officials across the system to benchmark themselves against the award recipients and carry out the central bank's work with stronger execution. Pan said Party-building work should be fully embedded in the People's Bank of China's performance of its duties. He called for officials to study and apply Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building, align the bank's work with the broader priorities of the Party and the state, assess economic and financial issues through a political lens, and implement central Party decisions without discount. He also said the bank should better meet the diverse financial needs of the public and the real economy, and use performance assessment and personnel selection to strengthen the role of Party organizations and Party members. The meeting was held by video, with attendees including Party leadership from the People's Bank of China and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, officials from departments, branches and affiliated units, disciplinary inspection representatives and selected Party member delegates.