“Two Studies, One Action”

Since 2016, the Party has carried out the education campaign activities of gaining a good command of the Party Constitution and Party Regulations, and related major policies which addresses the issue of maintaining Party standards among all Party members. It is an important practice to implement the requirements of the Party constitution on strengthening the educational management of Party members and deepening intra-Party education for all Party members, an important measure for promoting intra-Party education to the majority of Party members and extending it from centralized education to regular education, as well as an important deployment to strengthen the Party's ideological and political construction.

In February 2016, the General Office of the CPC Central Committee issued the “Education Campaign Plan Document on ‘Study the Party Constitution and Party Regulations, Study the Speech Series, Be a Qualified Party Member’”, which expounded on the overall requirements of the campaign, contents of study and education contents, main measures, and on how the campaign would be led organizationally. In terms of “studying the Party Constitution and Party regulations”, it is required to make clear basic standards, establish behavioral norms, read the “Constitution of the Communist Party of China” article by article, fully understand the Party's program, keep in mind the Party admission oath, the Party's purpose and Party members’ obligations and rights, and guide Party members to respect, abide by and safeguard the Party constitution, strengthen ideals and beliefs, that they will be absolutely loyal to the Party. Conscientiously study the “CPC Code of Integrity and Self-discipline”, the “CPC Regulations on Disciplinary Punishments”, the “Code of Conduct for Intra-Party Political Activities under New Circumstances”, the “CPC Regulations on the Intra-Party Supervision”, the “Regulations on CPC Inspection Work” and the “CPC Regulations on Accountability” and other intra-Party laws and regulations, and guide Party members to keep in mind Party discipline and rules and the Party's fine traditions and style, establish lofty moral pursuits, develop discipline and self-awareness, and hold the benchmark and bottom line for bearing themselves. In terms of “study the major speech series", it is required to strengthen theoretical arming, unify thoughts and actions, conscientiously study the book titled as the General Secretary Xi Jinping’s Major Speeches-Reader (2016 edition), and study the new thoughts and the new strategies of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, on governance; guide Party members to have an in-depth understanding of the rich connotation and core essence of major speeches, and strengthen their confidence in the path, theory and system of socialism with Chinese characteristics.

In terms of “meeting the Party standards”, it is required to focus on the new requirements raised by the new development of the cause of the Party and country for Party members, insist on promoting action with knowledge, and strive to be Party members with "four stresses and four possessions", namely Party members who are politically minded with faith, who are upright with discipline, who are virtuous with good behavior and who are dedicatory with achievements; guide Party members to strengthen their political consciousness and embody their ideals and beliefs as the power of action from time to time. Firmly and consciously maintain a high degree of ideological, political and operational consistency with the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, take the initiative to align with the CPC Central Committee and the Party's theory, line, principles and policies, and be politically clear; practice the Party's purpose, keep in mind that the communists are always ordinary members of the working people and serve the people wholeheartedly; strengthen Party spirit building and moral cultivation, and build a defense line against against corruption and degeneration; always maintain the entrepreneurship spirit and pioneering spirit, and be the model at ordinary times and the warrior at critical moments. To carry out the education campaign of studying the Party Constitution, Party regulations, and related major policy addresses and meeting Party standards, it is required to strengthen problem orientation, study with specific problems in mind and make correction according to specific problems, and solve the problems throughout the whole process of education campaign.

In view of the practical problems, we should make efforts to overcome the major problems demonstrating themselves as five aspects among the Party members: shaking ideals and beliefs, weakening Party consciousness, poor sense of purpose, lack of vitality and moral misconduct of some Party members. To carry out the education campaign of gaining a good command of the Party Constitution, Party Regulations, and related major policy addresses and meeting Party standards, we should ensure “Five Upholds”: upholding giving priority to positive education and arming the mind with scientific theories; upholding to combine study and application, and the unity of knowing and doing; upholding problem orientation with focus on practical results; upholding leaders taking the lead; upholding proceeding from reality and guiding by classification.

Xi Jinping pointed out at the 6th Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in 2015 that we must comprehensively strengthen Party discipline at the grassroots level. In 2016, he made important instructions on carrying out the education campaign of gaining a good grasp of the Party Constitution and Party Regulations, and related major policy addresses and meeting Party standards in the whole Party. He emphasized: “This education campaign is an important plan for enhancing the political philosophy of the Party and an effective boost to the Four-pronged Strategy. It will be particularly effective in strengthening Party discipline down to the community level. In this campaign, the prerequisite is study, and the key is action. Party organizations at all levels should shoulder the main responsibility for the campaign.” “In strengthening the Party, the priority is to enhance its political philosophy and the key is to ensure discipline among Party members and officials.”

The education campaign aims to comprehensively strengthen Party discipline at the grassroots level, consolidate and expand the achievements of the Party's mass line education and practice activities and the "three stricts and three earnests" special education, and further solve the problems existing in the Party members' thinking, organization, work style and discipline, so that the majority of Party members can achieve four "further": further strengthening ideals and beliefs and improving the consciousness of Party spirit; further enhancing the consciousness of the need to maintain political integrity, think in big-picture terms, follow the leadership core, and keep in alignment, and to uphold the correct political direction; further creating a clean political ecology and strictly abiding by political discipline and political rules; further strengthening the consciousness of purpose, embracing responsibility with passion, and playing a vanguard and exemplary role in production, work, study and social activities.

On February 21, 2017, Xi Jinping presided over the meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, which delibeated and adopted the “Opinions On Promoting Regularization and An Institutionalization of the ‘Two Studies and One Action’ Study Education” which proposed major arrangements to promote ‘Two Studies and One Action” study education.