Xi Jinping’s vision of China’s national security

The security issue in China occupied a central position in the foreign policies of the ruling Communist Party, so “security” has become one of the objectives of China’s internal and external policy. It is achieved by following preventive and remedial measures, and China aims behind it to change the surrounding environment internally, regionally and externally.  Chinese President Xi Jinping is interested in the concept of “comprehensive national security”, through Beijing’s imposition of a wide range of legislation to protect itself from expected threats, through the laws of (anti-terrorism, counter-espionage, cybersecurity, monitoring foreign non-governmental organizations, and modernizing the national intelligence system and data security).  For this reason, China and its ruling Communist Party decided to establish a State Security Commission and improve the system and strategies to ensure China’s national security, according to a statement issued after the conclusion of the (Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party) directly.  There is sensitivity in China towards everything related to national security risks for the Chinese, with a call on all Chinese people to stand with their country in the face of any external interference, so China regularly calls on all its citizens, whether through the media or through posters on buildings, to be careful in facing real or perceived harm risks to China’s national security. Here, China’s state television “CCTV”, in April 2022, Chinese authorities have published graphics asking citizens in China to beware of “potential spies”, especially people who “claim a desire to start a romantic relationship, for example”.

  In order to protect China’s national security, Chinese leader Xi Jinping called on the country’s top national security officials to think about worst-case scenarios and modernize security systems. President Xi stressed, during a meeting he held with the National Security Committee of the ruling Communist Party at the end of May 2023, that “the complexity and difficulty of national security issues that the country is now facing, therefore, efforts must be…