Several Norms of Intra-Party Political Life under New Conditions

Important norms on intra-Party political life adopted at the Sixth Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee on October 27, 2016. The formulation and publication of the “Norms” is the need to improve the strategic layout of the "Four Comprehensives", to deepen the comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, and to solve the salient contradictions and problems within the Party.

The “Norms” consists of 3 main sections and 12 parts. The first section is the preamble, which explains the significant role and historical experience of the intra-Party political life, the outstanding problems, the situation and tasks faced, and the importance and urgency of strengthening and regulating political life within the Party under the new situation, and puts forward the target requirements for strengthening and regulating intra-Party political life. The second section is the main part, which puts forward clear requirements and makes concrete provisions on strengthening and regulating the intra-Party political life from 12 aspects. The third section is the conclusion, which is mainly about strengthening organizational leadership and supervision and inspection, and senior cadres taking the lead in demonstration and ensure that the tasks are put into practice.

The “Norms” clearly points out that the key to managing affairs well in China is the Party – having the Party manage itself well and discipline itself strictly. If the Party wants to manage the Party, it must start from the intra-Party political life, and to govern the Party strictly, it must start from the intra-Party political life. In order to better carry out the great struggle with many new historical characteristics, promote the new great project of Party building, promote the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics, withstand the "Four Tests" and overcome the "Four Dangers", it is necessary to formulate norms for the intra-Party political life under new conditions.

To strengthen and regulate the intra-Party political life under new conditions, we must take the Party Constitution as the fundamental guideline and adhere to the Party's political line, ideological line, organizational line and mass line. The focus is on leading organs and leading cadres at all levels, and the key is the senior cadres, especially the members of the Central Committee, the Central Political Bureau and the Standing Committee of the Central Political Bureau.

The formulation of the “Norms” inherits and carries forward the Party's fine tradition and valuable experience, focuses on implementing the new concepts, new ideas and new strategies put forward by the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, highlights the theme of strict governance of the Party, adheres to the Party Constitution as the fundamental basis, highlights problem-orientation, focuses on enhancing the political, principled, contemporary and combatant nature of the intra-Party political life, and makes systematic regulation of the intra-Party political life under new conditions.