Does CCP’s New United Front Work Directive Mean China’s Private Sector Is Doomed?

People walk amid skyscrapers at Lujiazui financial district in Shanghai, China, on May, 16, 2019. Aly Song/Reuters

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On Sept. 15, the General Office of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee issued a set of guidelines “for strengthening the United Front Work in the private sector.” The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) rarely publishes documents about its United Front Work that involves private enterprises in China.