Former teacher names Bo Xilai chairman of 'new political party' In the past, Ms Wang 's public support for Mr Bo has seen her carefully monitored by the authorities. On the last occasion that the Daily Telegraph managed to reach her, on the eve of Mr Bo's trial, she said she was unable to meet because "the police are sitting next to me." Ms Wang said she had also written to Mr Bo to inform him of his "life chairmanship," but had not received his express consent. She told the Associated Press that there are at least a dozen members of the party so far. "I can only tell you that we have more members than the number of people who attended the Communist Party's first congress after it was established," she said. Meanwhile, the leadership of the Communist party is continuing its four-day meeting to produce a blueprint for the country. In a front-page editorial, the People's Daily newspaper called for more reforms to boost the economy. "China needs to deepen reform [...] opening up on all fronts in order to forge ahead," it said, adding that the country faced an "uphill road." "In a society with rapid transformation and accumulating contradictions [...] every step we take towards the peak is a perilous climb that bears risk and even crisis," the People's Daily said.