IN-DEPTH: China’s New Patriotic Education Law Meant to Snuff Out Social Unrest, Anti-CCP Sentiment: Experts

Experts believe the law is an attempt by the CCP to reinforce its ideology of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and it also highlights the Party’s increasing fears of a civilian upheaval.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping presses a voting button during the opening of the fifth plenary session of China's rubber-stamp legislature, the National People's Congress, in Beijing on March 12, 2023. Lintao Zhang/Getty Images

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) introduced a draft of its new patriotic education law for first reading to its rubber-stamp legislature, the National People’s Congress, last month. When passed, the law with 37 clauses will be applicable across various institutions and the Chinese diaspora.

Experts believe the law is an attempt by the CCP to reinforce its ideology of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and it also highlights the Party’s increasing fears of a civilian upheaval, which it aims to curtail through this law.