（Source:《China Discipline Inspection and Supervision News》2024-04-15）
Our party is a Marxist party organized by revolutionary ideals and iron discipline. Among the various disciplines of the party, political discipline is the most important, fundamental and critical discipline. It is the general requirement for managing the direction, stance and fundamentals. In December 2023, the Party Central Committee issued the revised "Regulations on Disciplinary Punishment of the Communist Party of China", which takes the resolute maintenance of the authority and centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core as the starting point and goal, and further strengthens the party's political discipline and political rules.
General Secretary Xi Jinping requested at the third plenary session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection to take the opportunity to study and implement the newly revised disciplinary regulations to carry out a centralized disciplinary education throughout the party. The majority of party members and cadres must thoroughly study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speeches and important instructions, regard the study and implementation of the Regulations as an important political task, deeply understand the importance of political discipline and political rules, and effectively transform the profound understanding of the decisive significance of the “two establishments” into conscious actions of the “two safeguards”. They must always maintain a high degree of consistency with the Party Central Committee in terms of political stance, political direction, political principles, and political path.
Our party has always attached great importance to political discipline. The first and most important thing about strict discipline is strict political discipline
Strict discipline is the party’s glorious tradition and unique advantage. Our party is organized, developed and strengthened through continuous strengthening of discipline construction. Strict discipline, especially political discipline, has provided a strong guarantee for our party to complete different historical missions in different historical periods.
In the early days of its establishment, the party established a clear concept of "building the party with discipline" and attached special importance to the construction of discipline, especially the construction of political discipline. The first party constitution issued at the Second National Congress of the Communist Party of China in 1922 specifically stipulates party discipline in nine articles, which requires that "the district or local executive committee and each group must implement and publicize the policies set by the Central Executive Committee and shall not make their own policies." In 1927, the Fifth National Congress of the Communist Party of China passed "For "Resolution on Organizational Issues" clearly put forward the concept of political discipline and pointed out that intra-party discipline is very important and "political discipline should be taken seriously"; in October 1927, the basic discipline of the people's army - "three major disciplines and six points of attention" - was formulated. The first article clearly stated that "actions follow command"...
With the deepening of understanding and practice, our party's understanding of the regularity of strict discipline is also constantly deepening, and the requirements for political discipline have become more comprehensive and strict. Maintaining the party's unity and unity, being loyal and honest to the party, and strictly requesting instructions and reporting systems are written into the "Constitution of the Communist Party of China", "Several Guidelines on Intra-Party Political Life", "Regulations on Disciplinary Punishments of the Communist Party of China" and other intra-party regulations.
In the new era, faced with new situations, new tasks, and new requirements, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core adheres to a problem-oriented approach, puts strict political discipline and political rules in a more prominent position, creates an atmosphere of clear-cut politics, strict and tight control of discipline, and strictly investigates and punishes violations of political disciplines and political rules.
"Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, in the practice of comprehensively and strictly administering the party, we have deeply realized that many problems existing in the party are related to political issues, all because the party's political construction has not been grasped and implemented effectively." General Secretary Xi Jinping repeatedly emphasized that "political issues are fundamental and major issues at all times. To comprehensively and strictly govern the party, we must pay attention to political requirements and must strictly enforce political discipline."
When attending the first plenary session of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection after the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping highlighted political discipline and pointed out that "strict party discipline is the first and most important thing to strictly enforce political discipline." At the third plenary session of the 19th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, General Secretary Xi Jinping demanded that "political discipline must be strictly observed and in the face of major issues of principle and major issues of right and wrong, We must stand firm and have a clear-cut stand"; at the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping clearly proposed to implement the general requirements for party building in the new era, "strengthen the party's political construction, and strictly enforce political disciplines and political rules"; at the third plenary session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, General Secretary Xi Jinping once again emphasized that "persist in promoting both the turbulent and the qing, and strictly enforce political disciplines and political rules"...
General Secretary Xi Jinping not only emphasized the importance of political discipline and political rules, but also combined practical issues, guidance and teaching methods.
At the Fourth Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, "seven specific" problems that violate political discipline were listed; at the Fifth Plenary Session of the 18th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the requirement to abide by political rules was clearly stated for the first time; at the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, strict political discipline and political rules were made the party's policy It is an important content of political construction and requires the whole party to earnestly abide by it; at the First Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party, it was clearly stated that maintaining the authority of the Party Central Committee and centralized and unified leadership should be the most fundamental political discipline and political rules... Repeatedly emphasized and earnestly warned, tightening the screws of strict political discipline and political rules for the whole party.
Practical exploration comes first, and summary and refinement comes later. The Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core places strict political discipline and political rules at the top of the list of strictly managing the party and strengthening discipline construction, so that the system can keep pace with the times.
Formulate "Several Guidelines on Intra-Party Political Life under the New Situation", taking strict political discipline as an important part of strengthening and standardizing intra-party political life under the new situation; revising the "Regulations on Inner-Party Supervision of the Communist Party of China" will implement the responsibility of comprehensively and strictly governing the party, and strictly enforce party discipline, especially political discipline and politics According to the rules, promoting the construction of party style and clean government and anti-corruption work are clearly one of the main contents of intra-party supervision; the "Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Strengthening the Supervision of "Top Leaders" and Leadership Teams" were issued, requiring leading cadres at all levels, especially senior cadres, to take the lead in observing political disciplines and political rules, and proactively request instructions from party organizations to report work...
Strengthening discipline construction is the fundamental strategy for comprehensively and strictly administering the party. Since the new era, the Party Central Committee has tightened its grip on discipline construction, emphasized strict political discipline and political rules, and promoted party organizations and party members at all levels to always consciously maintain a high degree of consistency with the Party Central Committee, ensuring that the whole party's orders and prohibitions are implemented, and that the Party Central Committee has the final word and is determined by one person.
The "Regulations" take resolutely safeguarding the authority and centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core as the starting point and goal, and further enrich and improve the requirements of disciplines and rules
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee has revised the disciplinary regulations three times, taking resolutely safeguarding the authority and centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core as the starting point and goal, and further enriching and improving the disciplines and rules that party organizations at all levels and all party members must abide by in terms of political direction, political stance, political speech, and political behavior.
The "Regulations" were revised in 2015 to institutionalize the theoretical innovations and practical innovations in party management since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and integrate the disciplinary requirements of the Party Constitution, the Party Central Committee and other intra-party laws and regulations into political discipline, organizational discipline, integrity discipline, mass discipline, and work discipline. Six disciplines of law and life discipline; highlight political discipline and political rules, emphasizing that political discipline is the most important discipline among the six disciplines; enrich and improve the provisions on "Punishments for Violations of Political Disciplines", and clarify that party disciplinary sanctions will be imposed on behaviors such as arbitrarily discussing the central government's policies and undermining the party's centralization and unity.
The "Regulations" were revised in 2018, focusing on improving the political nature, contemporary nature and pertinence of discipline construction. Increased disciplinary provisions for behavior that is consistent with the Party Central Committee on major issues of principle, increased disciplinary provisions for behaviors that endanger the unity and unity of the party, such as engaging in hillbillyism, creating and spreading political rumors, and increasing disciplinary provisions for behaviors that are disloyal and unfaithful to the party, such as being two-faced and two-faced... A series of important revisions have been added to and improved the "negative list" of political discipline, and more targeted provisions have been made for outstanding issues in party management, especially the "seven certain things" issue.
In December 2023, the Party Central Committee issued the revised "Regulations", adhering to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, fully implementing the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Party, further tightening the party's political discipline and political rules, and driving all disciplines to be strictly enforced.
——Firmly grasp the political attributes and characteristics of the times in the party’s discipline construction. As the basic regulations for the party's discipline construction, the "Regulations" insist on guiding the discipline construction work with positions, views and methods that run through the party's innovative theory. To implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, especially the important thought of the Party’s self-revolution, and to implement General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important exposition on comprehensively strengthening the Party’s discipline construction and the “three musts” requirements of the 20th National Congress report, the Regulations added content such as “persisting in self-revolution” and “providing a strong disciplinary guarantee for comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation with Chinese-style modernization” in the general principles, and reflected them in the specific provisions of the sub-provisions.
——Resolutely safeguard the authority of the Party Central Committee and ensure the smooth flow of the Party Central Committee’s decrees. "Two safeguards" are the party's highest political principles and fundamental political rules, which must be guaranteed by strict discipline. The "Regulations" improve the disciplinary provisions to ensure the smooth flow of the Party Central Committee's decrees. Article 56 adds disciplinary provisions for those who disregard the overall interests of the Party and the country and engage in departmental or local protectionism. The violation of work disciplines for only expressing opinions and not implementing the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee has been adjusted to a violation of political disciplines.
——Promote the complete, accurate and comprehensive implementation of the new development concept and promote high-quality development. The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China deployed to accelerate the construction of a new development pattern and strive to promote high-quality development. The "Regulations" add Article 57 to enrich the disciplinary provisions for party members and leading cadres who have misaligned views on political performance, violate new development concepts, and deviate from the requirements of high-quality development, and adjust the behavior of "image projects" and "performance projects" that waste people and money from violating mass discipline to violating political discipline. By clarifying disciplinary requirements, party members and leading cadres are encouraged to conscientiously practice the correct view of political performance and implement the requirements for high-quality development.
——Promote loyalty and honesty to the party and safeguard the unity and unity of the party. The "Regulations" added disciplinary provisions for political clinging to Article 54, and added Article 55 to clarify the disciplinary provisions for those who engage in speculation, associate with political swindlers or be used by political swindlers, and act as political swindlers, in order to resolutely crack down on such behaviors that have serious political harm, promote party members to be loyal and honest to the party, and promote the creation of a good political environment.
——Standardize political words and deeds, and strengthen ideals and beliefs. In response to the problems discovered during discipline enforcement supervision, the "Regulations" added to Article 52 the disciplinary provisions for privately reading, browsing, and listening to materials with serious political issues and the circumstances are serious; in Article 69, it further improved the handling and disciplinary provisions for party members' religious beliefs; and to Article 70, the "Regulations" added disciplinary provisions for individuals who engage in superstitious activities.
As a basic intra-party regulation that regulates the behavior of more than 5 million grassroots party organizations and more than 98 million party members, the "Regulations" play an important role in strictly enforcing party discipline, maintaining the authority of the Party Central Committee and centralized and unified leadership. On the basis of summarizing practical experience, advancing with the times to improve disciplinary norms and further tightening political disciplines and political rules will help give full play to the role of discipline construction as a weapon to address both the symptoms and root causes, ensuring that party organizations at all levels and all party members are of one heart and one mind with the Party Central Committee, truly love the party, always worry about the party, resolutely protect the party, and go all out to develop the party, and unite into "a hard piece of steel" under the party's banner.
Strictly implement the party's political disciplines and political rules, and drive all disciplines to be strictly strict and strict to the end
Observing political disciplines and rules is an important basis for observing all party disciplines. When reviewing the newly revised disciplinary regulations, the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee emphasized the need to further tighten political disciplines and political rules, and to use strict political disciplines to drive all disciplines to be strictly enforced. Party organizations at all levels and party members should take the study and implementation of the newly revised regulations as an important political task, combine it with the party discipline study and education carried out throughout the party, and consciously internalize the disciplinary requirements in their hearts and externalize them in their actions.
If you don’t do it, punish it without teaching, and promote the formation of “conscious discipline”. General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly stressed the need to develop discipline consciousness and transform disciplinary requirements into inner pursuits. To make good use of the "ruler" of discipline, we must first let party members clarify the "strict" standards. It is necessary to pay attention to deepening discipline education, and strive to solve the problems of not paying attention to, not understanding, and not mastering party rules and regulations, especially political disciplines, so as to encourage party members to enhance their awareness of discipline and develop discipline consciousness.
Party organizations at all levels should promote the normalization of discipline education, increase the publicity and education of the "Regulations" through organizing collective learning, individual self-study, special training and other forms, and create a strong atmosphere of learning, knowing, observing and observing discipline. In order to make the majority of party members deeply aware of the political hazards of speculation, misalignment of political performance and other behaviors; the "Regulations" will be included in the compulsory training courses for party members and cadres, and typical cases of violations of political disciplines and political rules will be combined to guide everyone to ingrain compliance with rules and regulations in their hearts. The majority of party members, especially party members and leading cadres, must deeply understand that strengthening discipline construction is the fundamental strategy for comprehensive and strict governance of the party, consciously abide by political disciplines and political rules, adhere to the party's leadership unwaveringly, implement the party's line, principles, and policies without ambiguity, and always maintain a high degree of consistency with the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core in terms of political stance, political direction, political principles, and political path.
The vitality of laws and regulations lies in their execution. We must make great efforts to build systems and establish rules, and we must make greater efforts to implement and enforce them. As the party's "disciplinary force", the disciplinary inspection and supervision agencies must, while modeling their own compliance with rules and regulations, earnestly assume the important responsibility of maintaining party discipline, strengthen supervision and discipline enforcement, and ensure that the party's political discipline and political rules are strictly implemented.
Strengthen political supervision around the Party’s mission and tasks in the new era and new journey to ensure that the Party Central Committee’s decisions and deployments are implemented and implemented consistently. Consciously integrate political supervision into the formulation and implementation of major development strategies, important policy initiatives, and key project tasks, promote political supervision to be concrete, precise, and regular, and ensure that wherever the Party Central Committee’s major decisions are deployed, political supervision will be followed up. Focusing closely on the important instructions and instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping and the major policies of the Party Central Committee, we will "look back" on the implementation of regular implementation and urge the whole party to unify our thinking, unify our will, and move forward in a coordinated manner.
Resolutely correct political deviations and eliminate political hidden dangers in a timely manner. We must adhere to both stimulating the turbid and promoting the qing, and strictly enforce political disciplines and rules. Focus on political loyalty, timely discover and solve the "seven specific" problems, and resolutely correct "low-level reds" and "high-level blacks"; focus on political security, and show no mercy to those who form political gangs, cliques, and interest groups within the party; focus on political responsibility, and focus supervision on promoting party committees (party groups) at all levels and Leading cadres, especially "top leaders", assume leadership responsibilities; focus on political stance, urge party members and cadres to firmly stand firm on the party's stance and the people's stance, always fulfill their responsibilities for the party and benefit the people; focus on intra-party political life, urge party organizations at all levels to implement democratic centralism, and further enhance political and organizational functions.
Strict discipline is an important guarantee for our party to continuously move from victory to victory. Party organizations at all levels and party members must fully and accurately understand the rich connotations of the "Regulations", strictly implement and maintain the party's political discipline and political rules, and use strict discipline to ensure that the entire party consciously maintains a high degree of consistency with the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, unify thoughts and actions, know what to do and what to do, and what to do to form a strong driving force and joint force to promote Chinese-style modernization.
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