Regulations of the Communist Party of China on Disciplinary Actions
An important Party regulation issued by the CPC Central Committee on October 18, 2015, which is a revision of the “Regulations of the Communist Party of China on Disciplinary Action” issued by the CPC Central Committee in December 2003. Included in the Selection and Compilation of Important Documents since the 18th National Congress (Vol. 2).
The purpose of formulated by the “Regulations” is to uphold the Party Constitution and other intra-Party laws and regulations, enforce the Party's discipline, purify the Party's organization, safeguard the democratic rights of Party members, educate Party members to abide by the law, maintain the unity of the Party, and ensure the implementation of the Party's lines, guidelines, policies, resolutions and national laws and regulations.
The “Regulations” is divided into 3 parts, 11 chapters and 133 articles: general provisions, specific provisions and supplementary provisions. The main contents are: Guiding ideology, principles and scope of application; Discipline violation and disciplinary action; Rules for disciplinary action; Disciplinary action against Party members who break the law and commit crimes; Other provisions; Punishment for violation of political discipline; Punishment for acts violating organizational discipline; Punishment for violation of integrity discipline; Punishment for violation of mass discipline; Punishment for violation of work discipline; Punishment for violation of life discipline.
The “Regulations” stipulate that the Party Constitution is the most fundamental Party regulation and is the general rule governing the Party. Party discipline is the rules of conduct that must be observed by all levels of the Party organizations and all Party members. Party organizations and Party members must consciously abide by the Party Constitution, strictly implement and maintain the Party discipline, consciously accept the Party discipline, and exemplary compliance with national laws and regulations.
The “Regulations” adheres to the combination of governing the Party according to regulations and governing the Party according to virtue, makes a negative list around the requirements of Party discipline and discipline, focuses on the establishment of rules, is the concretization of the provisions of the Party Constitution, and draws the bottom line that Party organizations and Party members can not touch. It is of great significance for implementing the requirements of comprehensively and strictly administering the Party, putting discipline and rules in the front, earnestly maintaining the authority and seriousness of the Party Constitution and other intra-Party regulations, ensuring the implementation of the Party's line, principles, policies, resolutions and national laws and regulations, and further promoting the building of a clean and honest government and the fight against corruption. The “Regulations” came into force on January 1, 2016.