Xi Jinping is rumored to visit Kazakhstan. Is this Beijing's response to "closing the country"?

Kazakh Foreign Ministry spokesman Aibek Smadiyarov said at a press conference on September 5 that Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Kazakhstan on September 14.

Xi Jinping will meet with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and sign a number of bilateral agreements.

On September 6, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning did not confirm or deny the news. She said: "On the specific issues you are concerned about, I have no news to release at the moment."

In early August, the British "Guardian" reported that Xi Jinping would visit Saudi Arabia soon.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry's response at the time was also "no information to provide", but Xi Jinping has not visited Saudi Arabia so far.

This time, Xi Jinping's remarks about his upcoming visit to Kazakhstan are different from the rumors that Xi Jinping will visit Saudi Arabia.

The information released publicly by the Kazakh Ministry of Foreign Affairs generally confirms the itinerary, unless there is a major change.

Moreover, by September 7, Russian Ambassador to China Andrey Denisov also told the media that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping will meet during the Shanghai Organization Cooperation Summit to be held in Uzbekistan from September 15 to 16. It seems that Further confirmed the news of the visit.

Since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia, Xi Jinping has not visited the itinerary. The only time he has left mainland China is to go to Hong Kong on June 30, 2022 to attend the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland.

This hints that China's epidemic prevention and control policies may change.

According to Beijing's prevention and control policy, all relevant personnel need to be quarantined and observed for a long time after returning from overseas visits, which is very inconvenient.

The current global epidemic has not improved to the point where you can visit at any time.

If Xi Jinping visits Kazakhstan and attends the SCO Leaders Summit, Xi Jinping will have contacts and meetings with leaders of many countries, and visit abroad at a sensitive time one month before the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, which shows that China may have a new understanding of the global epidemic situation. The assessment of China has changed the governance model under the normalization of the epidemic, and it is not a long-term solution to blindly not communicate and contact.

It is of great significance to participate in foreign affairs activities on the premise of ensuring safety.

This may be the prelude to China's comprehensive restart of personnel exchanges with the international community, declaring reform and opening up with practical actions, and responding to the accusations that China has re-closed the country.

The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in October will be a milestone in the personnel change of the CCP. After the personnel change of the CCP, the two sessions in 2023 will be the moment for the overall personnel change of the new government.

After these series of personnel changes are settled, China's various political and diplomatic agendas will enter a new cycle.

Essentially, this is the last inefficient time of this administration.

At present, any major consensus reached by China and other countries will be implemented by the new government in the future.

And if Xi Jinping's trip takes place this time, in addition to China and Kazakhstan, a brand new agreement will be signed.

At this SCO summit, Iran's participation in the SCO is an important agenda.

More importantly, Xi Jinping will hold the first meeting under the Russia-Ukraine conflict with Putin and other leaders.

There will be heavy consultations and new consensus.

Xi Jinping's visit at the end of this administration's term implies that there will be a very strong continuity in the personnel aspects of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and Beijing's policies will also have a very strong continuity.

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