Moreover, a leading economic group was established to enforce bureaucratic compliance, as was a national security council (similar to that in the United States) to coordinate foreign policy. Previously, the military often kept the foreign ministry in the dark; and the party’s foreign-affairs office, which handled North Korea, often failed to coordinate its activities with the foreign ministry, which handled South Korea.
此外，习近平成立了一个经济领导小组迫使官僚屈服，还成立了国家安全委员会（与美国国家安全委员会类似）协调外交政策。此前，军方常常让外交部无所适从；而中共外事办公室（负责朝鲜事务）往往不能协调其与外交部（负责韩国事务）的行动。反腐行动减弱了改革的反对力量，朱镕基以英雄形象再次出现在公众视野。这些都是在为习近平的上台铺路。