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2009 April 15 - 21 [JCP]

JCP-CPC theoretical exchange meeting opens

A theoretical exchange meeting between Fuwa Tetsuzo, director of the Japanese Communist Party’s Social Sciences Institute and member of the JCP Standing Executive Committee, and the Communist Party of China began on April 20 in Beijing.

Present at the discussion from the CPC were 14 officials, including Chen Fengxiang, deputy director of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, and Li Jun, head of the Policy Research Office of the International Department, and Zhou Yuyun, the office vice head.

Chen opened the discussion by welcoming Fuwa’s visit and said that, based on the results of the two previous CPC-JCP theoretical meetings concerning the issues of contemporary capitalism and socialism, this discussion will focus on the issue of the global financial crisis.

He also stated his views on the historical background and causes of the present financial crisis.

Fuwa responded to Chen by pointing out the in-depth inclination of the parasitic or decaying nature of capitalism as well as changes in global power relations due to the shrinking sphere of capitalism’s influence.

Fuwa characterized the current global economic crisis as being caused by a combination of overproduction and a financial crisis based on panic.

He said that the current crisis broke out after the burst of the global financial bubble triggered by a sub-prime loan crisis, which came after the burst of the housing bubble that had been created by a rise in fictitious market demand. The global financial crisis was caused by the burst of the financial bubble produced through securitization of bad loans, he added.

Stressing that questions of the contemporary world cannot be analyzed without applying Marx’s theory, Fuwa referred to some of Marx’s core theories of crisis and the credit system as effective analytical tools to crisis analysis.

The CPC side raised questions and views on the issues of the globalization of the economy and neo-liberalism.

JCP Fuwa holds talks with CPC Political Bureau member Li Yuanchao

On April 20, Fuwa held talks with Li Yuanchao, member of the Political Bureau, secretary, and Organization Department head of the Communist Party of China Central Committee in the People's Great Hall in Beijing.

Welcoming Fuwa and his entourage visiting China, Li stated that bilateral theoretical discussions, which began in 2005, created a new form of party-to-party exchanges and that this will have an important bearing on activities of the two parties.

Recalling that JCP-CPC relations were normalized eleven years ago, Fuwa stated that their relations have been enriched particularly since the bilateral theoretical exchanges started.

Fuwa argued that in the face of the global financial crisis, the world has reached a stage to establish a new international order that will best fit the drastic structural changes of the world. He outlined his perspective and goals for this strategic change.