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CGTN: Der Mensch an erster Stelle – Ein Leitprinzip der chinesischen Regierungsführung

PEKING, May 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Im Vorfeld des diesjährigen Frühlingsfestes besuchte der chinesische Präsident Xi Jinping eine Gemeinschaftskantine in einer Seniorenwohnanlage, um sich über die lokalen Bemühungen zur Verbesserung der öffentlichen Versorgungsdienste und der Seniorenbetreuung zu informieren. Außerdem unterhielt er sich herzlich mit Lieferfahrern, die in der Kantine eine Pause einlegten, und erkundigte sich nach ihrer Arbeit und ihrem Alltag.

Xi betonte, dass die Parteikomitees und Regierungen auf allen Ebenen sich um diese Menschen kümmern und bessere Dienstleistungen bereitstellen müssten, um sie in ihrem Leben, ihrer Arbeit und ihrer Bildung zu unterstützen.

Das Jahr 2026 markiert den 105. Jahrestag der Gründung der Kommunistischen Partei Chinas (KPCh). Xi wies einst darauf hin, dass das Volk die Nation repräsentiere und die Nation aus dem Volk bestehe. Er erklärte zudem, dass das Fortbestehen einer Partei von der Unterstützung ihres Volkes abhänge, und fügte hinzu: Mit dem Vertrauen und der Unterstützung des Volkes sei die KPCh allen Hindernissen zum Trotz unbesiegbar.

Seit dem 18. Parteitag der KPCh im Jahr 2012 wurden fast 100 Millionen Menschen aus der Armut befreit; China hat den Aufbau einer in jeder Hinsicht mäßig wohlhabenden Gesellschaft vollendet und die weltweit größten Systeme für Bildung, soziale Sicherheit, Gesundheitswesen sowie Unterstützung im städtischen Wohnungsbau etabliert.

Der Zugang zu Bildung auf allen Ebenen hat mittlerweile das Durchschnittsniveau von Ländern mit mittlerem und hohem Einkommen erreicht oder sogar übertroffen. Die Abdeckung durch die medizinische Grundversicherung liegt weiterhin bei über 95 Prozent, die Lebenserwartung ist auf über 79 Jahre gestiegen und die Gruppe der Menschen mit mittlerem Einkommen umfasst mittlerweile mehr als 400 Millionen Personen.

Die Priorisierung des Menschen rückt noch stärker in den Vordergrund, während sich China derzeit im ersten Jahr der Periode des 15. Fünfjahresplans (2026–2030) befindet. Mehr als ein Drittel des Plans für die nationale wirtschaftliche und soziale Entwicklung widmet sich der Lebensgrundlage der Bevölkerung und umfasst Bereiche wie Arbeitsplätze, Einkommen, Bildung, Gesundheitswesen, Altenpflege und Kinderbetreuung – Themen, die für die Öffentlichkeit von größter und unmittelbarster Bedeutung sind.

In Bezug auf Lieferfahrer, Fahrdienstfahrer und Beschäftigte im E-Commerce – die als „neue Beschäftigungsformen“ bezeichnet werden und einen rasant wachsenden Teil des chinesischen Arbeitsmarktes darstellen, der im Zuge des Aufstiegs des Internets und der digitalen Wirtschaft entstanden ist – betont der Plan die Bestrebungen, die gesunde Entwicklung flexibler und neuer Beschäftigungsformen zu fördern, Personen in diesen Bereichen bei der Teilnahme an Versicherungssystemen für Arbeitnehmer zu unterstützen sowie die Regelungen zur Übertragung von Sozialversicherungskonten weiter zu optimieren.

Zhang Linshan, Forscher an der Academy of Macroeconomic Research unter der National Development and Reform Commission Chinas, erklärte, dass der 15. Fünfjahresplan ein starkes Signal aussende: China halte weiterhin an einem menschenzentrierten Ansatz fest, bei dem eine hochwertige Entwicklung darauf ausgerichtet sei, die Lebensqualität der Menschen zu verbessern und sicherzustellen, dass die Entwicklungsergebnisse allen Menschen in breiterem und gerechterem Maße zugutekommen.

Zhang fügte hinzu, dass dies zudem Chinas Wandel in der Entwicklung widerspiegele: weg von der bloßen Verfolgung von Wachstum hin zum Streben nach hochwertigem Wachstum.

Das Ziel bestehe darin sicherzustellen, dass Wirtschaftswachstum und die Verbesserung der Lebensgrundlagen der Menschen Hand in Hand gehen; dadurch werde ein positiver Kreislauf geschaffen, der es den Menschen ermögliche, sich sicherer zu fühlen und der Zukunft mit größerer Zuversicht entgegenzublicken, fügte Zhang hinzu.

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-05-24/Putting-people-first-A-guiding-principle-in-China-s-governance-1NpJlbWbCUM/p.html


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CGTN: As pessoas em primeiro lugar: um princípio orientador na governança da China

PEQUIM, May 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Antes do Festival da Primavera deste ano, o presidente chinês Xi Jinping, visitou uma cantina comunitária em um complexo de apartamentos para idosos para conhecer o trabalho local que visa melhorar os serviços públicos de conveniência e atendimento a idosos. Ele também teve uma conversa calorosa com os entregadores que estavam descansando na cantina, perguntando sobre o seu trabalho e dia a dia.

Xi enfatizou que os comitês do Partido e os governos em todos os níveis devem cuidar deles e proporcionar melhores serviços em apoio à vida, ao trabalho e à educação deles.

O ano de 2026 marca o 105º aniversário da fundação do Partido Comunista da China (PCC). Xi disse uma vez que as pessoas representam a nação, e a nação é composta de pessoas. Ele também disse que a sobrevivência de um partido depende do apoio do seu povo, e que, com a confiança e o apoio das pessoas, o PCCh é invencível diante de quaisquer obstáculos.

Desde o 18º Congresso Nacional do PCC em 2012, quase 100 milhões de pessoas foram retiradas da pobreza, criando uma sociedade moderadamente próspera em todos os aspectos, e o país estabeleceu os maiores sistemas do mundo de educação, segurança social, saúde e apoio à habitação urbana.

O acesso à educação em todos os níveis atingiu ou superou a média dos países de renda média e alta. A cobertura de seguro médico básico continua acima de 95%, a expectativa de vida aumentou para mais de 79 anos e o grupo de renda média agora excede 400 milhões de pessoas.

A ênfase em colocar as pessoas em primeiro lugar é mais evidente, pois a China está no primeiro ano do 15º Plano Quinquenal (2026-2030). Mais de um terço do plano de desenvolvimento econômico e social nacional está relacionado aos meios de subsistência das pessoas, abrangendo emprego, renda, educação, saúde, cuidados de idosos e crianças – questões que são de maior e mais imediata preocupação para o público.

Em relação aos entregadores de comida, motoristas de aplicativos de transporte e trabalhadores de comércio eletrônico, as “novas formas de emprego” que representam uma parte em rápido crescimento do mercado de trabalho da China que surgiu com a ascensão da internet e da economia digital, o plano enfatizou os esforços para promover o desenvolvimento sólido das formas de emprego flexíveis e emergentes, bem como para apoiar os trabalhadores inseridos nessas modalidades a aderirem aos regimes de seguro destinados aos empregados, aprimorando ainda mais as políticas de transferência de contas de seguridade social.

Zhang Linshan, pesquisador da Academia de Pesquisa Macroeconômica da Comissão Nacional de Desenvolvimento e Reforma da China, disse que o 15º Plano Quinquenal envia um forte sinal de que a China continua comprometida com uma abordagem centrada nas pessoas, com o desenvolvimento de alta qualidade focado em melhorar a qualidade de vida das pessoas e garantir que os resultados do desenvolvimento beneficiem todas as pessoas de forma mais ampla e justa.

Zhang disse que isso também reflete a mudança na abordagem ao desenvolvimento da China: em vez da simples busca do crescimento para a busca do crescimento de maior qualidade.

O objetivo é garantir que o crescimento econômico e as melhorias nos meios de subsistência das pessoas avancem em conjunto, criando um ciclo virtuoso que possibilite que as pessoas se sintam mais seguras e confiantes em relação ao futuro, acrescentou Zhang.

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-05-24/Putting-people-first-A-guiding-principle-in-China-s-governance-1NpJlbWbCUM/p.html


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New US Fed Policy Deepens World Stagflation

By Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Nurina Malek
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, May 26 2026 – The Federal Reserve Bank’s turn to ‘reserve management’ exposes the limited policy options still available as the US seeks to protect itself against international stagflation stemming from President Trump’s policies.

Jomo Kwame Sundaram

Ex-Duquesne Capital chairman Stanley Druckenmiller, former George Soros ‘clone’ and right-hand man, has suggested that Fed adoption of reserve management implies it is running out of policy options.

Reserve management
Successive US administrations have long refused to address the roots of the worsening fiscal and debt problems.

As the US Treasury borrows ever more to continue funding federal government spending with less tax revenue, the accumulated public debt of $39 trillion now costs over a trillion dollars a year to service, even more than 2025 defence spending!

Total Fed losses since 2022 exceed $245 billion! But how does a central bank, that literally creates its own money, lose money?

The losses are blamed on the Fed paying banks over 4% interest on reserves after 2008. However, most Treasury bonds the Fed bought to fund the COVID crisis response yield only 1–2%!

This massive ‘negative carry trade’ is booked as a ‘deferred asset’. Such creative accounting implies the US is technically insolvent. But this is not a problem as long as Wall Street shapes its own narrative.

Nurina Malek

In December 2025, Fed chair Jerome Powell announced that the Fed would purchase $40 billion in Treasury bills each month. This new mode of money creation finances government debt.

After over a decade of ‘quantitative easing’ (QE), which created money on a large scale, the Fed claimed it was reducing its balance sheet from 2022 to 2025 to curb inflation.

Risk diversification
Finance ministries and central banks worldwide increasingly worry about their vulnerability.

The US decision to freeze about $300 billion of Russian assets held in Western financial institutions is supported by its Western allies. Such actions have triggered broader concerns.

Threatened by the prospect of a softening bond market, the Fed turn to reserve management, which implies it has exhausted other options, including printing money.

Increasingly weaponised in recent years, the dollar is no longer trusted as a neutral reserve asset. Hence, central banks have been diversifying their heavily dollar-denominated reserve assets to reduce vulnerability.

Physical gold has been quietly acquired to change reserve portfolios. Over the past three years, non-US central banks have bought over 1,000 tons of gold annually.

Horns of dilemma
New Fed Chair Kevin Warsh has announced that reducing interest rates and shrinking the Fed’s balance sheet are his policy priorities. Both seem responsible and sensible.

Lowering rates benefits borrowers. But a smaller balance sheet implies less market intervention, requiring greater fiscal discipline and monetary credibility, both of which are desired by markets.

But Warsh’s two goals cannot be realised together in today’s US economy. Over $10 trillion in bonds are maturing and need refinancing over the coming year, as the Treasury borrows ever more to finance its faster-growing fiscal deficit.

The Fed balance sheet cannot be reduced while keeping rates low. The new Fed Chair will also have to choose between printing money and letting the bond market collapse. All his predecessors have chosen to print money.

In 2012, Jerome Powell was sceptical of QE, arguing it would never be enough. But by 2020, Fed chair Powell printed more dollars than ever before.

The Fed has long been expected to buy up Treasury bonds that private interests did not purchase. Increasing the money supply has kept the banking system liquid and depreciated the dollar, as desired by Trump 2.0.

As private investors and foreign central banks lose interest in US Treasury bonds, demand is at its weakest in decades.

Who will buy new US debt if the Fed does not buy Treasury bonds while rates remain low? Outgoing Fed chair Powell came to the rescue.

As ‘reserve management’ requires less market demand, he has given the dollar system an unexpected new lease of life without lowering interest rates, as Trump demanded.

However, the policy change will do little to reverse contractionary and inflationary pressures on the world economy, worsened by Trump’s various policies.

Oil accelerant
The Hormuz oil shock could accelerate this otherwise gradual transition. The slow energy transition away from fossil fuels has increased vulnerability.

In the last half-century, oil price hikes have raised energy costs, exacerbating inflation worldwide. In 1973, the OPEC embargo quadrupled petroleum prices overnight.

Over the following year, the gold price almost doubled. The 1979 Iranian revolution more than doubled crude oil prices, which in turn pushed gold prices even higher.

The conventional central bank response of raising rates to fight inflation could worsen stagflation, as inflation rises while economic growth slows.

Raising interest rates may check some sources of inflation, while increasing borrowing costs, squeezing investment and consumption, and hiking the costs of Treasury debt.

Interest payments on accumulated federal debt will exceed a trillion in 2026. As old debt issued during QE is refinanced at higher rates, fiscal and debt problems will accelerate.

Therefore, the Fed’s turn to reserve management is not merely a minor technical change in balance-sheet bookkeeping. It is trying to address worsening public finances as policy options run out.

IPS UN Bureau

 


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