Will CCP Leader Hu Jintao Resign All Positions?

A month before the Chinese Communist Party(CCP)'s 18th
National People's Congress, a rumor spreads in Beijing's
political field that, Hu Jintao will resign from all positions,
on the basis that Jiang totally disappears from public actions.
But before Jiang Zemin steps down, Hu will remain
chairman of the Central Military Commission.

October 8—overseas Chinese media
quoted Beijing sources saying,
Hu Jintao will resign from all positions at the CCP's
18th National People's Congress (NPC), under 3 conditions.
1. Former supreme leader Jiang Zemin must completely
withdraw from public life;
2. Hu will keep all positions until then, reserving the right to
speak on international issues including on Taiwan and Tibet;
3. Wen Jiabao will reserve the right to speak on domestic
issues, like 'June 4th' and other sensitive historical topics.

Chen Pokong, political analyst and
former visiting scholar of U.S. Columbia University, said
the Hu-Wen Reform ended before,
because of Jiang Zemin's interference.
Chen says, if Hu Jintao did not want to
repeat Jiang Zemin's mistakes,
he must leave infamy in the past and let the world
mock him; it would be best policy to resign from all posts.

[Chen Pokong, Political analyst]:
"If Hu Jintao's resignation is to force Jiang Zemin to quit the stage of history—neither will influence policies again.
Then, I think it's good for China's political reform, which will
only be made possible by terminating the ruling of elders."

But political commentator Jason Ma believes that Hu Jintao's
news of resignation was released by his political opponents.
Jiang does not hold any current positions and disappeared
from official media long ago, so cannot make a deal with Hu.
So the news on Hu was likely released by Jiang’s faction
to reduce Hu's prestige, according to Ma.

[Jason Ma, Political Commentator]: "Jiang's faction
is throwing smoke bombs, because it has no actual power.
All messages are false—it's trying to convince others that Hu
will resign, without any evidence; it's absurd and ridiculous."

Jiang Weiping, former director of Hong Kong
Wen Wei Po's northeast office,
says Hu Jintao's remaining Chairman of the
Central Military Commission is favorable to China's reform.

Media reported Jiang Weiping noting that,

Hu has remained Chairman of the Central Military
Commission for at least 2 years after ordering Bo Xilai's case.
Looking at the current political situation, it must have been
conducive to the succession of Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang.
It must have also been conducive to the development of
the relatively liberal reformists,
by blocking interference from the leftists'
「2nd Cultural Revolution」, which may have in turn, began an unprecedented scale of political reform.
It may have also led to vindicating the "June Fourth" event.

The Financial Times (UK) said in March that, in recent years,
Wen Jiabao had proposed secret CCP leadership meetings 3 times,
to verdict 'June 4th', but some officials opposed Hu
each time, with Bo Xilai opposing him most strongly.

Outsiders widely believed the disclosed coup plans of Bo Xilai
which totally changed the trend of China's political situation.
On February 6, Wang Lijun, former vice mayor of Chongqing,
fled to the U.S. Consulate in Chengdu with confidential information,
setting off a coup plan of Bo Xilai and Zhou Yongkang,
the secretary of CCP Politics and Law Committee.

During vice President Xi Jinping's visit to the United States,
U.S. media exposed Bo and Zhou's political coup plans.
It was reported that Bo and Zhou had developed a complete
plan on how to attack Xi Jinping after the New Year.
That is, by releasing all kinds of accusations and criticism
against Xi through overseas media, to weaken Xi's power,
and then help Bo take over as secretary of the Politics
and Law Committee.
When Bo had taken charge of the armed police and public
security system, they would force Xi to hand over power.

On October 28, the Communist regime announced the 6 sins
of Bo Xilai, dismissed him from the CCP and public positions, and transferred him to judicial organs.
Hong Kong's Apple Daily and Ming Pao, among many others,
believe it was achieved through joint efforts by Hu and Xi.

Analysts say, since Hu and Xi are closely allied, it's not
important whether Hu Jintao will resign nominally, as it will not affect Chinese politics much.