TheFour Consciousnesses (Chinese:四个意识) is a political concept first proposed byChinese Communist Party (CCP)General SecretaryXi Jinping in January 2016. The concept forms part of the core of the curriculum of the mandatory ideological instruction "Situation and Policy" classes in higher education.[citation needed]
The Four Consciousnesses concept was first proposed on 29 January 2016 at a meeting of theCCP Politburo.[1][2]