Constitution of the Communist Party of China
　
(Partially modified by the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, adopted on November 14, 2002)

General outline

The Communist Party of China is the vanguard of the Chinese working class, the vanguard of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation, and the core leadership of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics. It represents the development requirements of China’s advanced productive forces, represents the direction of China’s advanced culture, and represents the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the Chinese people. The party's highest ideal and ultimate goal is to realize communism.

The Communist Party of China takes Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory and the important thought of "Three Represents" as its guide to action.

Marxism-Leninism reveals the laws of the historical development of human society. Its basic principles are correct and have strong vitality. The highest ideal of communism pursued by the Chinese Communists can only be realized on the basis of a fully developed and highly developed socialist society. The development and improvement of the socialist system is a long-term historical process. By adhering to the basic principles of Marxism-Leninism and following the path chosen voluntarily by the Chinese people that suits China's national conditions, China's socialist cause will surely achieve final victory.

The Chinese Communists, with Comrade Mao Zedong as the main representative, combined the basic principles of Marxism-Leninism with the specific practice of the Chinese revolution to create Mao Zedong Thought. Mao Zedong Thought is the application and development of Marxism-Leninism in China. It is a correct theoretical principle and experience summary of China's revolution and construction that has been proven by practice. It is the crystallization of the collective wisdom of the Communist Party of China. Under the guidance of Mao Zedong Thought, the Communist Party of China led the people of all ethnic groups in the country and, after a long period of revolutionary struggle against imperialism, feudalism, and bureaucratic capitalism, won the victory of the New Democratic Revolution and established the People's Republic of China under the people's democratic dictatorship. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, it successfully carried out socialist transformation, completed the transition from new democracy to socialism, established the basic socialist system, and developed the socialist economy, politics, and culture.

Since the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee, the Chinese Communists, with Comrade Deng Xiaoping as the main representative, have summarized the positive and negative experiences since the founding of the People's Republic of China, emancipated their minds, sought truth from facts, shifted the center of the party's work to economic construction, implemented reform and opening up, opened up a new period of development of the socialist cause, gradually formed the line, principles, and policies for building socialism with Chinese characteristics, clarified the basic issues of building socialism, consolidating and developing socialism in China, and created Deng Xiaoping Theory. Deng Xiaoping Theory is the product of the combination of the basic principles of Marxism-Leninism with contemporary Chinese practice and the characteristics of the times. It is the inheritance and development of Mao Zedong Thought under new historical conditions. It is a new stage of the development of Marxism in China. It is the Marxism of contemporary China. It is the crystallization of the collective wisdom of the Communist Party of China and guides the continuous advancement of my country's socialist modernization cause.

Since the Fourth Plenary Session of the Thirteenth Central Committee, the Chinese Communists, with Comrade Jiang Zemin as the main representative, have deepened their understanding of what socialism is, how to build socialism, what kind of party to build, and how to build the party in the practice of building socialism with Chinese characteristics. They have accumulated new valuable experience in governing the party and the country, and formed the important thought of "Three Represents." The important thought of "Three Represents" is the inheritance and development of Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, and Deng Xiaoping Theory. It reflects the new requirements of the development and changes of the contemporary world and China for the work of the party and the state. It is a powerful theoretical weapon to strengthen and improve party building and promote the self-improvement and development of socialism in our country. It is the crystallization of the collective wisdom of the Communist Party of China and a guiding ideology that the party must adhere to for a long time. Always achieving the "Three Represents" is the foundation of our party's founding, the foundation of its governance, and the source of its strength.

Our country is and will remain in the primary stage of socialism for a long time to come. This is an insurmountable historical stage in the construction of socialist modernization in China, which is economically and culturally backward, and will take hundreds of years. Our country's socialist construction must proceed from our country's national conditions and follow the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics. At the present stage, the principal contradiction in our society is the contradiction between the people's growing material and cultural needs and backward social production. Due to domestic factors and international influences, class struggle still exists for a long time to a certain extent and may intensify under certain conditions, but it is no longer the principal contradiction. The fundamental task of our country's socialist construction is to further liberate and develop productive forces and gradually realize socialist modernization. To this end, we must reform the aspects and links of the production relations and superstructure that are not suitable for the development of productive forces. We must uphold and improve the basic economic system in which public ownership is the mainstay and multiple ownership economies develop together, and the distribution system in which distribution according to work is the mainstay and multiple distribution methods coexist. We must encourage some areas and some people to get rich first, gradually eliminate poverty, achieve common prosperity, and continue to meet the people's growing material and cultural needs on the basis of production development and social wealth growth. Development is the top priority of our party in governing and rejuvenating the country. All work must be conducive to developing the productive forces of socialist society, conducive to enhancing the comprehensive national strength of the socialist country, and conducive to improving people's living standards as the general starting point and test standard. Entering the new century, our country has entered a new stage of development in building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way and accelerating socialist modernization. In the new century and new stage, the strategic goal for economic and social development is to consolidate and develop the moderately prosperous society that has been initially reached. By the centenary of the founding of the Party, the building of a higher-level moderately prosperous society will benefit more than one billion people. By the centenary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the per capita GDP will reach the level of moderately developed countries, and modernization will be basically achieved.

The basic line of the Communist Party of China in the primary stage of socialism is: to lead and unite the people of all ethnic groups in the country, focus on economic construction, adhere to the four basic principles, adhere to reform and opening up, be self-reliant, and work hard to build our country into a prosperous, democratic, and civilized modern socialist country.

In leading the cause of socialism, the Communist Party of China must adhere to economic construction as the center, and all other tasks must obey and serve this center. We must seize the opportunity, accelerate development, implement the strategy of rejuvenating the country through science and education and the strategy of sustainable development, give full play to the role of science and technology as the primary productive force, rely on scientific and technological progress, improve the quality of workers, achieve good efficiency, high quality, and fast speed, and strive to promote economic construction.

The four basic principles of adhering to the socialist road, upholding the people's democratic dictatorship, upholding the leadership of the Communist Party of China, and upholding Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought are the foundation of our country. Throughout the entire process of socialist modernization, we must adhere to the four basic principles and oppose bourgeois liberalization.

Adhering to reform and opening up is the way to strengthen our country. It is necessary to fundamentally reform the economic system that restricts the development of productive forces, and uphold and improve the socialist market economic system; correspondingly, it is necessary to carry out political system reform and reforms in other fields. Opening up includes comprehensive opening up both externally and internally. It is necessary to develop foreign economic and technological exchanges and cooperation, make more and better use of foreign funds, resources and technology, and absorb and learn from all civilizational achievements created by human society, including all advanced business methods and management methods of Western developed countries that reflect the laws of modern socialized production. Reform and opening up should boldly explore and explore new ways in practice.

The Communist Party of China leads the people to develop socialist democratic politics and build socialist political civilization. We must persist in expanding socialist democracy, improve the socialist legal system, govern the country according to law, build a socialist country under the rule of law, and consolidate the people's democratic dictatorship. Adhere to the People's Congress system. Adhere to the multi-party cooperation and political consultation system under the leadership of the Communist Party. Actively support the people to be the masters of the country and effectively protect the people's rights to manage state affairs and social affairs, and manage economic and cultural undertakings. Broaden the voice and establish and improve systems and procedures for democratic decision-making and democratic supervision. Strengthen national legislation and legal implementation to gradually put all national work on the track of legalization. Strengthen comprehensive management of social security and maintain long-term social stability. Resolutely crack down on various criminal activities and criminals that endanger national security and interests, endanger social stability and economic development in accordance with the law. Strictly distinguish and correctly handle the two types of contradictions between ourselves and the enemy and the contradictions among the people.

The Communist Party of China leads the people to strive to build socialist spiritual civilization while building material civilization and political civilization, and implement the combination of governing the country according to law and governing the country with virtue. The construction of socialist spiritual civilization provides strong spiritual power and intellectual support for economic construction and reform and opening up, and creates a good social environment. We should vigorously develop education, science, and cultural undertakings, respect knowledge and talents, improve the ideological and moral quality and scientific and cultural quality of the entire nation, carry forward the nation's excellent traditional culture, and prosper and develop socialist culture. We should educate party members and the people with the party's basic line and patriotism, collectivism, and socialist ideas, enhance national self-esteem, self-confidence, and the spirit of self-improvement. We should also educate party members on the lofty ideals of communism, resist the erosion of the decadent ideas of capitalism and feudalism, eradicate all kinds of social evils, and strive to make our people a people with ideals, morality, culture, and discipline.

The Communist Party of China adheres to the leadership of the People's Liberation Army and other people's armed forces, strengthens the construction of the People's Liberation Army, and gives full play to the role of the People's Liberation Army in consolidating national defense, defending the motherland, and participating in socialist modernization.

The Communist Party of China safeguards and develops relations of equality, unity, and mutual assistance among all ethnic groups in the country, adheres to the implementation and continuous improvement of the system of regional ethnic autonomy, actively trains and selects cadres of ethnic minorities, helps ethnic minority areas develop economy and culture, and achieves common prosperity and comprehensive progress of all ethnic groups.

The Communist Party of China unites with workers, farmers, and intellectuals of all ethnic groups in the country, unites with all democratic parties, non-party personages, and patriotic forces of all ethnic groups to further develop and strengthen the broadest patriotic united front composed of all socialist workers, patriots who support socialism, and patriots who support the reunification of the motherland. Continuously strengthen the unity of the people across the country, including compatriots in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Macao Special Administrative Region, Taiwan and overseas Chinese. In accordance with the policy of "one country, two systems", we will complete the great cause of the reunification of the motherland.

The Communist Party of China advocates actively developing foreign relations and strives to strive for a favorable international environment for my country's reform, opening up, and modernization. In international affairs, we must adhere to an independent foreign policy of peace, safeguard our country's independence and sovereignty, oppose hegemonism and power politics, maintain world peace, and promote human progress. Develop my country's relations with other countries in the world on the basis of the five principles of mutual respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, mutual non-aggression, non-interference in each other's internal affairs, equality and mutual benefit, and peaceful coexistence. Continuously develop good-neighborly and friendly relations between my country and neighboring countries, and strengthen unity and cooperation with developing countries. In accordance with the principles of independence, complete equality, mutual respect, and non-interference in each other's internal affairs, our party will develop relations with communist parties and other political parties in various countries.

To lead the people of all ethnic groups in the country to achieve the grand goal of socialist modernization, the Communist Party of China must strengthen and improve party building closely around the party’s basic line. We must adhere to the Party’s need to supervise the Party and govern the Party strictly, carry forward the Party’s fine traditions and style, continuously improve the Party’s leadership and governance, improve its ability to resist corruption, prevent degeneration, and resist risks, continuously strengthen the Party’s class foundation and expand the Party’s mass foundation, and continuously improve the Party’s creativity, cohesion, and combat effectiveness, so that our Party will always be at the forefront of the times and become a strong core that leads the people of the country to continuously advance along the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics. In party building, we must resolutely achieve the following four basic requirements:

First, adhere to the party’s basic line. The whole party must use Deng Xiaoping Theory, the important thought of "Three Represents" and the party's basic line to unify our thoughts and actions, and persevere unswervingly in the long term. We must unify reform and opening up with the four basic principles, fully implement the party's basic line, fully implement the party's basic program in the primary stage of socialism, oppose all "left" and right erroneous tendencies, be vigilant about the right, but mainly prevent "left". Strengthen the construction of leadership teams at all levels, select and use cadres with outstanding achievements in reform, opening up and socialist modernization and the trust of the masses, train and educate millions of successors to the socialist cause, and ensure the implementation of the party's basic line and basic program from an organizational perspective.

Second, persist in emancipating the mind, seeking truth from facts, and advancing with the times. The party's ideological line is to proceed from reality in everything, integrate theory with practice, seek truth from facts, and test and develop the truth in practice. The whole party must adhere to this ideological line, actively explore, boldly experiment, pioneer and innovate, work creatively, constantly study new situations, summarize new experiences, solve new problems, and enrich and develop Marxism in practice.

Third, insist on serving the people wholeheartedly. Apart from the interests of the working class and the overwhelming majority of the people, the party has no special interests of its own. The Party puts the interests of the masses first at all times, shares weal and woe with the masses, maintains the closest ties, and does not allow any party member to become divorced from the masses or place himself above them. The party implements the mass line in its own work, doing everything for the people, relying on the people in everything, coming from the people, going to the people, and turning the party's correct ideas into the conscious actions of the people. The greatest political advantage of our party is its close ties with the masses. The greatest danger after the party takes power is its separation from the masses. The issue of party style and the issue of the party's contact with the masses of the people are issues related to the life and death of the party. The party unremittingly opposes corruption and strengthens the construction of party style and clean government.

Fourth, adhere to democratic centralism. Democratic centralism is a combination of centralization on the basis of democracy and democracy under centralized guidance. It is not only the fundamental organizational principle of the party, but also the application of the mass line in the party's life. We must fully develop intra-party democracy and unleash the enthusiasm and creativity of party organizations at all levels and party members. Correct centralization must be implemented to ensure that the entire party acts in unison and that the party's decisions are implemented quickly and effectively. Strengthen organizational discipline and ensure that everyone is equal before the party's discipline. Strengthen the supervision of the party's leading organs and party members and leading cadres, and continuously improve the intra-party supervision system. The party correctly carries out criticism and self-criticism in its own political life, conducts ideological struggles on issues of principle, adheres to the truth, and corrects mistakes. Efforts should be made to create a lively and lively political situation that combines centralism and democracy, discipline and freedom, unified will and personal comfort.

The party’s leadership is mainly political, ideological and organizational leadership. The party must adapt to the requirements of reform, opening up and socialist modernization, and strengthen and improve the party's leadership. The party must follow the principle of overseeing the overall situation and coordinating all parties, and play the core role of leadership in various organizations at the same level. The party must concentrate on leading economic construction, organize and coordinate forces from all aspects, and work together to carry out work around economic construction. The party must implement democratic and scientific decision-making, formulate and implement correct lines, principles, and policies, do a good job in the party's organizational work and publicity and education work, and give full play to the vanguard and exemplary role of all party members. The party must operate within the scope of the Constitution and the law. The Party must ensure that the country's legislative, judicial and administrative organs, economic and cultural organizations and people's organizations work proactively, independently, responsibly and in a coordinated manner. The party must strengthen its leadership over mass organizations such as w88 unions, the Communist Youth League, and women's federations, and give full play to their role. The party must adapt to the development of the situation and changes in circumstances, improve the leadership system, improve leadership methods, and enhance the ability to govern. Communist Party members must work closely with the masses outside the Party and work together to build socialism with Chinese characteristics.
Chapter 1 Party Member

Article 1. Chinese workers, farmers, soldiers, intellectuals and other advanced elements of other social strata who are over 18 years old and recognize the Party's program and charter and are willing to join a Party organization and work actively in it, implement the Party's resolutions and pay party dues on time, may apply to join the Communist Party of China.

Article 2 Members of the Communist Party of China are the vanguard fighters with communist consciousness of the Chinese working class.

Members of the Communist Party of China must serve the people wholeheartedly, sacrifice everything personally, and strive for life to realize communism.

Members of the Communist Party of China are always ordinary members of the working people. Except for personal interests and work rights within the scope of laws and policies, all Communist Party members are not allowed to pursue any private interests or privileges.

Article 3 Party members must fulfill the following obligations:

(1) Seriously study Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory and the important thought of "Three Represents", study the party's line, principles, policies and resolutions, learn the party's basic knowledge, learn scientific, cultural and business knowledge, and strive to improve the ability to serve the people.

(2) Implement the party’s basic line and various principles and policies, take the lead in participating in reform, opening up and socialist modernization, drive the masses to work hard for economic development and social progress, and play a pioneering and exemplary role in production, work, study and social life.

(3) Adhere to the interests of the party and the people above all else, subordinate personal interests to the interests of the party and the people, endure hardship before enjoyment, be self-denial, serve the public, and make more contributions.

(4) Consciously abide by the party's discipline, modelly abide by national laws and regulations, strictly guard the secrets of the conservative party and the state, implement the party's decisions, obey organizational distribution, and actively complete the party's tasks.

(5) Maintain the unity and unity of the party, be loyal and honest to the party, be consistent in words and deeds, resolutely oppose all factional organizations and clique activities, and oppose double-faced behavior and all conspiracies.

(6) Practically carry out criticism and self-criticism, have the courage to expose and correct shortcomings and mistakes in work, and resolutely fight against negative corruption.

(7) Closely contact the masses, publicize the party’s ideas to the masses, discuss with the masses when encountering problems, promptly reflect the opinions and demands of the masses to the party, and safeguard the legitimate interests of the masses.

(8) Carry forward the new trend of socialism, promote communist morality, and in order to protect the interests of the country and the people, stand up in all difficult and dangerous moments, fight bravely, and not be afraid of sacrifice.

Article 4 Party members enjoy the following rights:

(1) Participate in relevant party meetings, read relevant party documents, and accept party education and training.

(2) Participate in discussions on party policy issues at party meetings and in party newspapers and periodicals.

(3) Make suggestions and initiatives on the party’s work.

(4) Criticize any Party organization and any Party member on a basis at Party meetings, responsibly expose and report to the Party the fact that any Party organization or any Party member violates laws and disciplines, demand punishment for Party members who violate laws and disciplines, and demand the removal or replacement of incompetent cadres.

(5) Exercise the right to vote, elect, and have the right to be elected.

(6) When the party organization discusses and decides on party discipline sanctions or appraisals of party members, I have the right to participate and defend myself, and other party members can testify and defend for me.

(7) If you have different opinions on the party's resolutions and policies, you can declare your reservations on the premise of resolute implementation, and you can put forward your opinions to the party's higher-level organizations and even the central committee.

(8) Submit requests, complaints and accusations to the party’s higher-level organizations and up to the central government, and require relevant organizations to give responsible replies.

No party organization at any level up to the central government has the right to deprive party members of the above rights.

Article 5 To develop party members, we must go through the party branch and adhere to the principle of individual recruitment.

Those who apply to join the party must fill out a voluntary form for joining the party, must have two official party members as introducers, must be approved by the branch meeting and approved by the superior party organization, and must undergo a preparatory period of inspection before they can become a formal party member.

The introducer must carefully understand the applicant’s thoughts, qualities, experience and work performance, explain to him the party’s program and charter, explain the conditions, obligations and rights of party members, and make a responsible report to the party organization.

The party branch committee must pay attention to soliciting the opinions of relevant people inside and outside the party for those who apply to join the party, conduct a strict review, and then submit the application to the branch meeting for discussion if it is deemed qualified.

Before approving an applicant to join the party, the superior party organization must send someone to talk to him to gain further understanding and help him improve his understanding of the party.

Under special circumstances, the Party Central Committee and committees of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government may directly accept party members.

Article 6 Prospective party members must face the party flag and take the oath of joining the party. The oath is as follows: I volunteer to join the Communist Party of China, support the party's program, abide by the party's charter, fulfill the obligations of a party member, implement the party's decisions, strictly abide by the party's disciplines, the secrets of the conservative party, be loyal to the party, work actively, fight for communism throughout my life, be ready to sacrifice everything for the party and the people, and never betray the party.

Article 7 The preparatory period for probationary party members is one year. Party organizations should carefully educate and inspect prospective party members.

The obligations of probationary party members are the same as those of full party members. The rights of probationary party members are the same as those of formal party members, except that they do not have the right to vote, elect or be elected.

When the probationary period of a probationary party member expires, the party branch shall promptly discuss whether he can become a formal party member. Those who conscientiously fulfill their obligations as party members and meet the conditions for party membership should be converted to official party members on time; if they need continued inspection and education, the preparatory period can be extended, but not more than one year; those who fail to fulfill their obligations as party members and do not meet the conditions for party membership should be revoked as probationary party members. To convert a probationary party member into a formal party member, or to extend the preparatory period, or to cancel the qualification of a probationary party member, all must be discussed and approved by the branch meeting and approved by the superior party organization.

The preliminary period of a probationary party member shall be calculated from the date when the branch meeting approves him as a probationary party member. The party membership of a party member is calculated from the date when he becomes a formal party member upon expiration of the preparatory period.

Article 8 Every party member, regardless of his or her position, must be incorporated into a branch, group or other specific organization of the party, participate in the organizational life of the party, and accept the supervision of the masses inside and outside the party. Party members and leading cadres must also participate in the democratic life meetings of the party committee and party group. No special party members are allowed who do not participate in the party's organizational life and do not accept supervision from the masses inside and outside the party.

Article 9 Party members have the freedom to quit the party. If a party member requests to withdraw from the party, he or she must be delisted after discussion at the branch meeting and report to the superior party organization for record.

If a party member lacks revolutionary will, fails to fulfill his obligations as a party member, and does not meet the conditions for party membership, the party branch shall educate him and require him to make corrections within a time limit; if he still does not change after education, he shall be persuaded to withdraw from the party. Advising party members to quit the party must be discussed and decided at the branch meeting and reported to the superior party organization for approval. If a party member who has been advised to quit the party insists on quitting, it should be submitted to the branch meeting for discussion, and a decision should be made to remove him from the party and report to the higher-level party organization for approval.

If a party member fails to participate in the party's organizational life for six consecutive months without legitimate reasons, or fails to pay party dues, or fails to do the work assigned by the party, he is considered to have left the party on his own initiative. The branch meeting should decide to remove such party members and report them to the superior party organization for approval.

Chapter 2 The Party’s Organizational System

Article 10 The party is a unified whole organized according to its own program and charter and in accordance with democratic centralism. The basic principles of the party’s democratic centralism are:

(1) Individual party members obey the party organization, the minority obeys the majority, lower-level organizations obey higher-level organizations, and all party organizations and all party members obey the party’s National Congress and Central Committee.

(2) The party’s leading organs at all levels, except for the representative organs sent by them and the party groups in non-party organizations, are all elected.

(3) The highest leadership organ of the party is the party’s National Congress and the Central Committee that it produces. The Party’s local leading organs at all levels are the Party’s local congresses and the committees they produce. Party committees at all levels are responsible for and report on their work to the congress at the same level.

(4) The party’s higher-level organizations must always listen to the opinions of lower-level organizations and party members and solve the problems raised by them in a timely manner. Lower-level Party organizations must not only request instructions and report work to higher-level organizations, but also independently and responsibly solve problems within their own responsibilities. Upper- and lower-level organizations must exchange information, support and supervise each other. Party organizations at all levels should enable party members to have a better understanding of and participate in intra-party affairs.

(5) Party committees at all levels implement a system that combines collective leadership with individual division of labor and responsibility. All major issues must be collectively discussed and decided by the party committee in accordance with the principles of collective leadership, democratic centralization, individual deliberation and meeting decision; committee members must effectively perform their duties based on collective decisions and division of labor.

(6) The Party prohibits any form of personality worship. It is necessary to ensure that the activities of party leaders are under the supervision of the party and the people, and at the same time maintain the prestige of all leaders who represent the interests of the party and the people.

Article 11 The election of deputies and committees to the Party’s congresses at all levels must reflect the will of the electors. The election shall be by secret ballot. The list of candidates must be fully discussed by party organizations and electors. Formal elections can be conducted directly by using a margin election method in which the number of candidates is greater than the number of candidates. It is also possible to first use the differential election method to conduct pre-selection, generate a list of candidates, and then conduct a formal election. Electors have the right to learn about candidates, request a change of candidates, not elect any candidate, or elect another. No organization or individual may force electors to elect or not elect someone in any way.

If there is a violation of the Party Constitution in the election of the Party’s local congresses at all levels and grassroots congresses, the party committee at the higher level shall, after investigation and verification, make a decision to invalidate the election and take corresponding measures, and report it to the party committee at the next higher level for review and approval, and formally announce its implementation.

Article 12 The Party Central Committee and local committees at all levels shall convene representative meetings when necessary to discuss and decide on major issues that need to be resolved in a timely manner. The number of representatives and the method for selecting representatives to the Representative Conference shall be determined by the committee convening the Representative Conference.

Article 13 Any establishment of a new party organization or the cancellation of an original party organization must be decided by the superior party organization.

The Party Central Committee and local committees at all levels may send representative bodies.

When the party’s local congresses at all levels and grassroots congresses are not in session, the higher-level party organization may transfer or assign the person in charge of the lower-level party organization if it deems it necessary.

Article 14 When the party’s leading organs at all levels make decisions on important issues related to lower-level organizations, under normal circumstances, they must solicit the opinions of lower-level organizations. It is necessary to ensure that subordinate organizations can properly exercise their powers. For issues that should be handled by lower-level organizations, superior leadership agencies should not intervene unless there are special circumstances.

Article 15 Regarding major national policy issues, only the Party Central Committee has the authority to make decisions. Party organizations in various departments and localities may make suggestions to the Central Committee, but they are not allowed to make decisions or express opinions to the outside world without authorization.

The party’s lower-level organizations must resolutely implement the decisions of the higher-level organizations. If the lower-level organization believes that the decision of the higher-level organization is not in line with the actual situation of the region and department, it can request a change; if the higher-level organization insists on the original decision, the lower-level organization must implement it and is not allowed to publicly express different opinions, but has the right to report to the higher-level organization.

The newspapers, periodicals and other propaganda tools of the party organizations at all levels must publicize the party’s line, principles, policies and resolutions.

Article 16 When party organizations discuss and decide issues, they must implement the principle of the minority obeying the majority. To decide important issues, a vote is required. The different opinions of a minority should be seriously considered. If there is a dispute over an important issue and the number of people on both sides is close, except in emergency situations where the majority opinion must be followed, the decision should be suspended for further investigation and study, exchange of opinions, and voting next time; under special circumstances, the dispute can also be reported to the superior organization and requested for a ruling.

If an individual party member expresses important opinions on behalf of the party organization, if it exceeds the scope of the party organization's decision, he or she must submit it to the party organization where he or she is located for discussion and decision, or ask for instructions from the higher-level party organization. No party member, regardless of his or her position, can personally decide on major issues; in the event of an emergency and a decision must be made by an individual, he or she must promptly report to the party organization afterwards. No leader is allowed to exercise personal arbitrariness and put individuals above the organization.

Article 17 The Party’s central, local and grassroots organizations must all attach importance to Party building, regularly discuss and inspect the Party’s propaganda work, educational work, organizational work, disciplinary inspection work, mass work, united front work, etc., and pay attention to the ideological and political situation inside and outside the Party.

Chapter 3 The Party’s Central Organization

Article 18 The National Congress of the Party shall be held every five years and shall be convened by the Central Committee. If the Central Committee deems it necessary, or if more than one-third of provincial-level organizations request it, the National Congress can be held in advance; unless there are extraordinary circumstances, it may not be postponed.

The number of deputies to the National Congress and the election methods shall be determined by the Central Committee.
　　
Article 19 The functions and powers of the Party’s National Congress are:

(1) Hear and review the report of the Central Committee;

(2) Hear and review the report of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection;

(3) Discuss and decide on major issues of the party;

(4) Amend the Party’s Constitution;

(5) Election of the Central Committee;

(6) Election of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.

Article 20 The functions and powers of the National Congress of the Party are: to discuss and decide on major issues; to adjust and select additional members of the Central Committee and the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. The number of adjustment and additional election of Central Committee members and alternate Central Committee members shall not exceed one-fifth of the total number of Central Committee members and alternate Central Committee members elected by the Party's National Congress.

Article 21 The term of each Party Central Committee shall be five years. If the National Congress is held in advance or postponed, its term will be changed accordingly. Members and alternate members of the Central Committee must have more than five years of party experience. The number of members and alternate members of the Central Committee shall be determined by the National Congress. When a member of the Central Committee becomes vacant, he or she will be filled by alternate members of the Central Committee in sequence according to the number of votes received.

The plenary session of the Central Committee is convened by the Political Bureau of the Central Committee and held at least once a year.

When the National Congress is not in session, the Central Committee implements the resolutions of the National Congress, leads all the work of the party, and represents the Communist Party of China to the outside world.

Article 22 The Political Bureau of the Party Central Committee, the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Party Central Committee and the General Secretary of the Central Committee shall be elected by the plenary session of the Central Committee. The General Secretary of the Central Committee must be selected from among the members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee.

The Political Bureau of the Central Committee and its Standing Committee shall exercise the functions and powers of the Central Committee when the plenary session of the Central Committee is not in session.

The Secretariat of the Central Committee is the administrative agency of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee and its Standing Committee; members are nominated by the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee and approved by the plenary session of the Central Committee.

The General Secretary of the Central Committee is responsible for convening meetings of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee and the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, and presides over the work of the Secretariat of the Central Committee.

The members of the Party’s Central Military Commission shall be determined by the Central Committee.

The central leadership body and central leaders elected by each Central Committee will continue to preside over the regular work of the Party during the session of the next National Congress until the next Central Committee produces new central leadership bodies and central leaders.

Article 23 The party organization of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army shall carry out its work in accordance with the instructions of the Central Committee. The political work organ of the Central Military Commission is the General Political Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. The General Political Department is responsible for managing the party's work and political work in the army. The organizational structure and institutions of the Party in the military shall be stipulated by the Central Military Commission.

Chapter 4 Local Organizations of the Party

Article 24 The Congress of the Party’s provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, cities divided into districts and autonomous prefectures shall be held once every five years.

The congresses of the Party’s counties (banners), autonomous counties, cities without districts and municipal districts shall be held every five years.

The local party congresses at various levels are convened by the party committees at the same level. Under special circumstances, the meeting may be held in advance or postponed with the approval of the superior committee.

The number of deputies and election methods for local party congresses at various levels shall be decided by the party committee at the same level and reported to the party committee at the next higher level for approval.

Article 25 The functions and powers of the Party’s local congresses at all levels are:

(1) Hear and review reports of committees at the same level;

(2) Hear and review the report of the disciplinary inspection committee at the same level;

(3) Discuss and make resolutions on major issues within the region;

(4) Elect party committees at the same level and elect discipline inspection committees at the same level.

Article 26 The Party committees of provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, cities divided into districts and autonomous prefectures shall be elected for a term of five years. Members and alternate members of these committees must have more than five years of party experience.

The committees of the Party’s counties (banners), autonomous counties, cities without districts and municipal districts have a five-year term. Members and alternate members of these committees must have more than three years of party experience.

If the local Party congresses at various levels are held in advance or postponed, the terms of the committees elected by it will be changed accordingly.

The number of members and alternate members of local Party committees at various levels shall be determined by the committee at the next higher level. When members of local party committees at various levels become vacant, they will be filled by alternate members in order according to the number of votes they receive.

Plenary meetings of local Party committees at all levels shall be held at least twice a year.

When the Party Congress is not in session, local Party committees at all levels implement the instructions of the higher-level Party organization and the resolutions of the Party Congress at the same level, lead the work of the local area, and regularly report their work to the Party committee at the higher level.

Article 27 The plenary meetings of local Party committees at all levels shall elect the standing committee, secretary and deputy secretaries, and shall report to the higher-level Party committee for approval. The standing committees of the local Party committees at all levels shall exercise the functions and powers of the committee when the plenary session of the committee is not in session; during the session of the next congress, they will continue to preside over regular work until a new standing committee is formed.

Article 28 The Party’s regional committees and organizations equivalent to regional committees are representative organs dispatched by the Party’s provincial and autonomous region committees within several counties, autonomous counties and cities. It leads the work of the region in accordance with the authorization of the provincial and autonomous region committees.

Chapter 5 The Party’s Grassroots Organization

Article 29 Enterprises, rural areas, government agencies, schools, scientific research institutes, street communities, social groups, social intermediary organizations, People's Liberation Army companies and other grassroots units, as long as there are three or more formal party members, shall establish grassroots party organizations.

The party's grassroots organization shall, based on work needs and the number of party members, and with the approval of the superior party organization, establish the party's grassroots committee, general branch committee, and branch committee. Grassroots committees are elected by party members’ congresses or congresses, and general branch committees and branch committees are elected by party members’ congresses.

Article 30 The term of each grass-roots committee of the Party is three to five years, and the term of each general branch committee and branch committee is two or three years. The secretaries and deputy secretaries elected by grassroots committees, general branch committees, and branch committees must be reported to the higher-level party organization for approval.

Article 31 The Party’s grassroots organizations are the Party’s fighting fortress among the grassroots organizations of society and are the foundation of all the Party’s work and combat effectiveness. Its basic tasks are:

(1) Promote and implement the party’s line, principles, and policies, publicize and implement the resolutions of the Party Central Committee, higher-level organizations, and the organization, give full play to the vanguard and exemplary role of party members, unite and organize cadres and the masses inside and outside the party, and strive to complete the tasks assigned by the unit.

(2) Organize party members to conscientiously study Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory and the important thought of "Three Represents", study the party's line, principles, policies and resolutions, learn basic knowledge of the party, and learn scientific, cultural and business knowledge.

(3) Educate, manage and supervise party members, improve the quality of party members, strengthen party spirit, tighten the party's organizational life, carry out criticism and self-criticism, maintain and enforce party discipline, supervise party members to effectively perform their obligations, and ensure that the rights of party members are not infringed.

(4) Keep close contact with the masses, often understand the masses’ criticisms and opinions on party members and the party’s work, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the masses, and do a good job in ideological and political work among the masses.

(5) Give full play to the enthusiasm and creativity of party members and the masses, discover, cultivate and recommend outstanding talents among them, encourage and support them to contribute their talents and talents in reform, opening up and socialist modernization.

(6) Educate and train activists who request to join the party, do a good job in developing party members on a regular basis, and pay attention to the development of party members in production, on the front line of work and among young people.

(7) Supervise party members and cadres and any other staff to strictly abide by national laws and regulations, strictly abide by the country's financial and economic regulations and personnel systems, and shall not infringe on the interests of the country, the collective and the masses.

(8) Educate party members and the masses to consciously resist bad tendencies and resolutely fight against all kinds of illegal and criminal activities.

Article 32 The grassroots party committees of streets, townships and towns and party organizations in villages and communities shall lead the work in their respective regions and support and ensure that administrative organizations, economic organizations and mass self-governing organizations fully exercise their powers.

The grassroots party organizations in state-owned enterprises and collective enterprises play a core political role and carry out work around the production and operation of the enterprise. Ensure and supervise the implementation of the party and the country's principles and policies in the enterprise; support the shareholders' meeting, board of directors, board of supervisors and managers (factory directors) in exercising their powers in accordance with the law; rely wholeheartedly on the employees and support the workers' congress to carry out its work; participate in the decision-making of major corporate issues; strengthen the self-construction of the party organization, and lead ideological and political work, spiritual civilization construction and mass organizations such as w88 unions and the Communist Youth League.

The party’s grassroots organization in non-public economic organizations implements the party’s principles and policies, guides and supervises enterprises to comply with national laws and regulations, leads mass organizations such as w88 unions and the Communist Youth League, unites and unites employees, safeguards the legitimate rights and interests of all parties, and promotes the healthy development of enterprises.

The grassroots party organizations in public institutions that implement the administrative leader responsibility system play a core political role. The party's grassroots organizations in public institutions that implement the system of administrative leader responsibility under the leadership of the party committee discuss and make decisions on major issues while ensuring that administrative leaders fully exercise their powers. The party's grassroots organizations in party and state agencies at all levels assist administrative leaders in completing tasks, improving work, supervising every party member including administrative leaders, and do not lead the business work of their own units.
Chapter 6 Party Cadres

Article 33 Party cadres are the backbone of the party’s cause and public servants of the people. The party selects cadres based on the principle of having both ability and political integrity, insists on appointing people on their merits, opposes nepotism, and strives to make the cadre team more revolutionary, younger, knowledgeable, and professional.

The party attaches great importance to education, training, selection and assessment of cadres, especially the cultivation and selection of outstanding young cadres. Actively promote the reform of the cadre system. The party attaches great importance to cultivating and selecting female cadres and cadres from ethnic minorities.
　　
Article 34 The party’s leading cadres at all levels must exemplaryly perform the obligations of party members stipulated in Article 3 of this Article, and must meet the following basic conditions:

(1) Have the level of Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, and Deng Xiaoping Theory required to perform their duties, earnestly practice the important thought of "Three Represents", strive to use Marxist positions, viewpoints, and methods to analyze and solve practical problems, persist in learning, politics, and integrity, and withstand the test of various storms.

(2) Have the lofty ideals of communism and a firm belief in socialism with Chinese characteristics, resolutely implement the party's basic line and various principles and policies, be determined to reform and open up, dedicate themselves to the cause of modernization, work hard and make achievements in socialist construction.

(3) Persist in emancipating the mind, seeking truth from facts, advancing with the times, pioneering and innovative, serious investigation and research, being able to combine the party's principles and policies with the reality of the region and department, carry out work effectively, tell the truth, do practical things, seek practical results, and oppose formalism.

(4) Have a strong sense of revolutionary ambition and political responsibility, have practical experience, and have the organizational ability, cultural level and professional knowledge to be qualified for leadership work.

(5) Correctly exercise the power granted by the people, act in accordance with the law, be honest and honest, serve the people diligently, lead by example, work hard and plainly, keep close contact with the masses, adhere to the party's mass line, consciously accept criticism and supervision from the party and the masses, be self-respecting, self-examination, self-policing, self-motivated, oppose bureaucracy, and oppose any unhealthy trends of abusing power and seeking personal gain.

(6) Uphold and maintain the party's democratic centralism, have a democratic style, have an overall concept, and be good at uniting comrades, including uniting comrades with whom you have different opinions to work together.

Article 35 Party members and cadres must be good at cooperating and working with non-party cadres, respect them, and learn from their strengths with an open mind.

Party organizations at all levels must be good at discovering and recommending non-party cadres with real talents and knowledge to assume leadership positions, ensuring that they have the authority and authority to give full play to their roles.

Article 36. Whether the Party’s leading cadres at all levels are democratically elected or appointed by leading organs, their positions are not lifelong and can be changed or dismissed.

Cadres whose age and health are not suitable for continuing to serve shall retire or retire in accordance with state regulations.

Chapter 7 Party Discipline

Article 37 Party discipline is the behavioral rules that party organizations at all levels and all party members must abide by. It is the guarantee for maintaining the unity and unity of the party and completing the party's tasks. Party organizations must strictly implement and maintain the Party's discipline, and Communist Party members must consciously accept the constraints of the Party's discipline.

Article 38 Party organizations shall, in the spirit of learning from past mistakes and learning from future mistakes, treating illnesses and saving lives, criticize and educate Party members who violate Party disciplines, and subject them to disciplinary sanctions based on the nature of the error and the severity of the circumstances.

Party members who seriously violate criminal laws must be expelled from the party.

It is strictly prohibited within the party to treat party members by means that violate the party constitution and national laws, and retaliation and false accusations and frame-ups are strictly prohibited. Organizations or individuals that violate these regulations must be held accountable by party discipline and national laws.

Article 39 There are five types of Party disciplinary sanctions: warning, serious warning, removal from party position, party probation, and expulsion from the party.

The longest stay on party probation shall not exceed two years. Party members do not have the right to vote, elect or be elected while on probation. If a Party member has indeed corrected his mistakes after being kept on probation, his rights as a Party member shall be restored; if he persists in refusing to correct his mistakes, he shall be expelled from the Party.

Expulsion from the party is the highest punishment within the party. When party organizations at all levels decide or approve the expulsion of party members, they should comprehensively study the relevant materials and opinions and adopt a very cautious attitude.
　　
Article 40 Disciplinary sanctions against party members must be discussed and decided at the branch conference and reported to the party's grassroots committee for approval; if the issues involved are relatively important or complex, or a party member is to be expelled from the party, different circumstances must be reported to the party's discipline inspection committee at or above the county level for review and approval. Under special circumstances, party committees and disciplinary inspection committees at and above the county level have the power to directly decide on disciplinary sanctions against party members.

The sanctions of removal from party positions, probation, or expulsion from the party for members and alternate members of the Party Central Committee and local committees at all levels must be decided by a two-thirds majority of the plenary meeting of the committee to which they belong. Under special circumstances, the decision may be made first by the Political Bureau of the Central Committee and the Standing Committee of local committees at all levels, and ratified when a plenary meeting of the committee is convened. The above-mentioned sanctions against members and alternate members of local committees at various levels must be approved by the party committee at the higher level.

Members and alternate members of the Central Committee who seriously violate criminal laws shall be expelled from the Party by decision of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee; members and alternate members of local committees at all levels who seriously violate criminal laws shall be expelled from the Party by the decision of the Standing Committee of the committee at the same level.

Article 41 When making disciplinary decisions against party members, the party organization shall seek truth from facts and ascertain the facts. The factual materials and the disciplinary decision based on which the disciplinary decision is based must be met with the person, and the person's explanation of the situation and defense must be heard. If an individual is dissatisfied with the disciplinary decision, he or she may file a complaint, and the relevant party organization must be responsible for handling it or transmit it quickly, and must not withhold it. Those who really insist on wrong opinions and unreasonable demands must be criticized and educated.

Article 42 If a party organization fails to maintain party discipline, it must be held accountable.

For party organizations that seriously violate party discipline and cannot be corrected, the party committee at the next higher level shall, after investigation and verification, make a decision to reorganize or disband according to the seriousness of the case, and report it to the party committee at the next higher level for review and approval, and formally announce its implementation.
Chapter 8 The Party’s Discipline Inspection Organ

Article 43 The Party’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection shall work under the leadership of the Party’s Central Committee. The Party's local commissions for discipline inspection at all levels and grassroots commissions for discipline inspection work under the dual leadership of the party committees at the same level and the superior commissions for discipline inspection.

The term of each Party discipline inspection committee at all levels is the same as that of the Party committee at the same level.

The plenary meeting of the Party’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection shall elect the Standing Committee, Secretary and Deputy Secretary, and shall report to the Party’s Central Committee for approval. The plenary meetings of local Party discipline inspection committees at all levels elect standing committees and secretaries and deputy secretaries, which shall be approved by the Party committee at the same level and reported to the Party committee at the higher level for approval. Whether a grass-roots Party committee shall establish a disciplinary inspection committee or a disciplinary inspection committee shall be decided by its superior party organization based on specific circumstances. The party's general branch committee and branch committee shall set up discipline inspection committees.

Based on work needs, the Party’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection may dispatch Party discipline inspection teams or disciplinary inspectors to central party and state organs. The leader of the disciplinary inspection team or the disciplinary inspector may attend relevant meetings of the Party leadership organization of the agency. Their work must be supported by the party's leadership organization in the institution.

The main tasks of the Party’s discipline inspection committees at all levels are: to maintain the Party’s charter and other intra-Party regulations, inspect the implementation of the Party’s line, principles, policies and resolutions, assist the Party committees in strengthening the party’s work style and organize and coordinate anti-corruption work.

Discipline inspection committees at all levels must regularly educate party members on observing discipline and make decisions on maintaining party discipline; supervise the exercise of power by party members and leading cadres; inspect and handle relatively important or complex cases in which party organizations and party members violate the party's charter and other intra-party regulations, decide or cancel the punishment of party members in these cases; accept complaints and complaints from party members; and protect the rights of party members.

Discipline inspection committees at all levels must report the issues and results of handling particularly important or complex cases to the party committee at the same level. The Party's local disciplinary inspection committees at all levels and grassroots disciplinary inspection committees must report to the higher-level disciplinary inspection committee at the same time.

If the disciplinary inspection committee at any level finds that a member of the party committee at the same level has violated the party's discipline, it can first conduct preliminary verification. If a case needs to be filed for inspection, it should be reported to the party committee at the same level for approval. If a standing member is involved, it should be reported to the party committee at the same level and then reported to the disciplinary inspection committee at the next higher level for approval.

Article 45 The higher-level disciplinary inspection committee has the right to inspect the work of the lower-level disciplinary inspection committee, and has the power to approve and change the decisions of the lower-level disciplinary inspection committee on cases. If the decision of the lower-level disciplinary inspection committee to be changed has been approved by the party committee at the same level, such change must be approved by the party committee at the higher level.

If local Party committees for discipline inspection at all levels and grass-roots discipline inspection committees have different opinions on the decision of the Party committee at the same level to handle a case, they may request the Discipline Inspection Committee at the higher level to review it; if they find that the Party committee at the same level or its members have violated Party discipline, and the Party committee at the same level does not resolve it or does not provide a correct solution, they have the right to lodge a complaint with the Discipline Inspection Committee at the higher level and request assistance in handling it.
Chapter 9 Party Group

Article 46 Party groups may be established in the leading organs of central and local state agencies, people's organizations, economic organizations, cultural organizations and other non-party organizations. The party group plays the core role of leadership. The tasks of the party group are mainly responsible for implementing the party's line, principles and policies; discussing and deciding on major issues of the unit; doing a good job in cadre management; uniting non-party cadres and the masses to complete the tasks assigned by the party and the state; guiding the work of the party organizations of the agencies and directly affiliated units.

Article 47 The members of the party group shall be determined by the party organization that approved the establishment of the party group. The party group shall have a secretary and, if necessary, a deputy secretary.

The party group must obey the leadership of the party organization that approved its establishment.

Article 48: National work departments that exercise centralized and unified leadership over subordinate units may establish party committees. The formation method, powers and work tasks of the party committee shall be separately stipulated by the central government.
Chapter 10 The relationship between the Party and the Communist Youth League

Article 49 The Chinese Communist Youth League is a mass organization of advanced youth led by the Communist Party of China. It is a w88 casino for young people to learn socialism and communism with Chinese characteristics in practice. It is the party’s assistant and reserve army. The Central Committee of the Communist Youth League is under the leadership of the Central Committee of the Party. The local organizations of the Communist Youth League at all levels are under the leadership of the party committee at the same level and at the same time under the leadership of the superior organization of the Communist Youth League.

Article 50 Party committees at all levels must strengthen the leadership of the Communist Youth League and pay attention to the selection and training of cadres of the League. The Party must firmly support the Communist Youth League in carrying out its work lively and creatively according to the characteristics and needs of the youth, and give full play to the League's role as a commando and as a bridge connecting the youth.

The secretaries of the Youth League committees at the county level and at all levels below the county level, and the secretaries of the Youth League committees of enterprises and institutions, who are party members, may attend meetings of the party committees and standing committees at the same level.

Chapter 11 Party Emblem and Flag

Article 51 The emblem of the Communist Party of China is a pattern composed of a sickle and a hammer.

Article 52 The flag of the Communist Party of China is a red flag with a golden party emblem on the flag surface.

Article 53 The emblem and flag of the Communist Party of China are the symbols and symbols of the Communist Party of China. Party organizations at all levels and every Party member must safeguard the dignity of the Party emblem and flag. Party emblems and flags must be made and used in accordance with regulations.