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General Program
Chapter
I Membership
Chapter
II Organization System of the Party
Chapter
III Central Organizations of the Party
Chapter
IV Local Organizations of the Party
Chapter
V Primary Organizations of the Party
Chapter
VI Party Cadres
Chapter
VII Party Discipline
Chapter
VIII Party Organs for Discipline Inspection
Chapter IX Leading Party Members' Groups
Chapter X Relationship Between the Party and the Communist Youth League
Chapter XI Party Emblem and Flag
General Program
The Communist Party of China is the vanguard
both of the Chinese working class and of the Chinese people and the Chinese
nation. It is the core of leadership for the cause of socialism with Chinese
characteristics and represents the development trend of China's advanced
productive forces, the orientation of China's advanced culture and the
fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the Chinese people.
The realization of communism is the highest ideal and ultimate goal of the
Party.
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 brings to light the laws
governing the development of the history of human society. Its basic tenets
are correct and have tremendous vitality. The highest ideal of communism
pursued by the Chinese Communists can be realized only when the socialist
society is fully developed and very advanced. The development and
improvement of the socialist system is a long historical process. So long as
the Chinese Communists uphold the basic tenets of Marxism-Leninism and
follow the road suited to China's specific conditions and chosen by the
Chinese people of their own accord, the socialist cause in China will be
crowned with final victory.
The Chinese Communists, with Comrade Mao
Zedong as their chief representative, created Mao Zedong Thought by
integrating the basic tenets of Marxism-Leninism with the concrete practice
of the Chinese revolution. Mao Zedong Thought is Marxism-Leninism applied
and developed in China; it consists of a body of theoretical principles
concerning the revolution and construction in China and a summary of
experience therein, both of which have been proved correct by practice; it
represents the crystallized, 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 their prolonged revolutionary
struggle against imperialism, feudalism and bureaucrat-capitalism, winning
victory for the new-democratic revolution and founding the People's Republic
of China, a people's democratic dictatorship. After the founding of the
People's Republic, it led them in carrying out socialist transformation,
completing the transition from New Democracy to socialism, establishing the
basic system of socialism and developing socialism economically, politically
and culturally.
After the Third Plenary Session of the
Eleventh Party Central Committee, the Chinese Communists, with Comrade Deng
Xiaoping as the chief representative, summed up their experience, both
positive and negative, emancipated their minds, sought truth from facts,
shifted the focus of the work of the whole Party onto economic development
and carried out reform and opening to the outside world, ushering in a new
era of development in the cause of socialism, gradually formulating the
line, principles and policies concerning the building of socialism with
Chinese characteristics and expounding the basic questions concerning the
building, consolidating and developing of socialism in China, and thus
founding Deng Xiaoping Theory. Deng Xiaoping Theory is the outcome of the
integration of the basic tenets of Marxism-Leninism with the practice of
contemporary China and the features of the times, a continuation and
development of Mao Zedong Thought under new historical conditions; it
represents a new period of development of Marxism in China, it is Marxism of
contemporary China and it is the crystallized, collective wisdom of the
Communist Party of China. It is guiding the socialist modernization of our
country from victory to victory.
Since the Fourth Plenary Session of the
Thirteenth Party Central Committee and in the practice of building socialism
with Chinese characteristics, the Chinese Communists, with Comrade Jiang
Zemin as their chief representative, have acquired a deeper understanding of
what socialism is, how to build it and what kind of a party to build and how
to build it, accumulated new valuable experience in running the Party and
state and formed the important thought of Three Represents. The important
thought of Three Represents is a continuation and development of
Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought and Deng Xiaoping Theory; it reflects
new requirements for the work of the Party and state arising from the
changes in China and other parts of the world today; it serves as a powerful
theoretical weapon for strengthening and improving Party building and for
promoting self-improvement and development of socialism in China; and it is
the crystallized, collective wisdom of the Communist Party of China. It is a
guiding ideology that the Party must uphold for a long time to come.
Persistent implementation of the "Three Represents" is the foundation for
building our Party, the cornerstone for its governance and the source of its
strength.
China is at the primary stage of socialism
and will remain so for a long period of time. This is a historical stage
which cannot be skipped in socialist modernization in China that is backward
economically and culturally. It will last for over a hundred years. In
socialist construction we must proceed from our specific conditions and take
the path to socialism with Chinese characteristics. At the present stage,
the principal contradiction in Chinese society is one between the
ever-growing material and cultural needs of the people and the low level of
production. Owing to both domestic circumstances and foreign influences,
class struggle will continue to exist within a certain scope for a long time
and may possibly grow acute under certain conditions, but it is no longer
the principal contradiction. In building socialism, our basic task is to
further release and develop the productive forces and achieve socialist
modernization step by step by carrying out reform in those aspects and links
of the production relations and the superstructure that do not conform to
the development of the productive forces. We must uphold and improve the
basic economic system, with public ownership playing a dominant role and
diverse forms of ownership developing side by side as well as the system of
distribution under which distribution according to work is dominant and a
variety of modes of distribution coexist, encourage some areas and some
people to become rich first, gradually eliminate poverty and achieve common
prosperity, and continuously meet the people's ever-growing material and
cultural needs on the basis of the growth of production and social wealth.
Development is our Party's top priority in governing and rejuvenating the
country. The general starting point and criterion for judging all our work
should be how it benefits the development of the productive forces in our
socialist society, adds to the overall strength of our socialist country and
improves the people's living standards. The beginning of the new century
marks China's entry into the new stage of development of building a well-off
society in an all-round way and accelerating socialist modernization. The
strategic objectives of economic and social development at the new stage in
the new century are to consolidate and develop the well-off standard of
living initially attained, bring China into a well-off society of a higher
level to the benefit of well over one billion people by the time of the
Party's centenary and bring the per capita GDP up to the level of moderately
developed countries and realize modernization in the main by the time of the
centenary of the People's Republic of China.
The basic line of the Communist Party of
China at the primary stage of socialism is to lead the people of all our
ethnic groups in a concerted, self-reliant and pioneering effort to turn
China into a prosperous, strong, democratic and culturally advanced modern
socialist country by making economic development our central task while
adhering to the Four Cardinal Principles and persevering in the reform and
opening up.
In leading the cause of socialism, the
Communist Party of China must persist in taking economic development as the
central task, making all other work subordinated to and serve this central
task. We must lose no time in speeding up economic development, implement
the strategy of rejuvenating the country through science and education and
that of sustainable development, give full play to the role of science and
technology as the primary productive force. We must take advantage of the
advancement of science and technology to improve the quality of workers and
work hard to push forward the economy with good results, high quality and
high speed.
The Four Cardinal Principles -- to keep to
the socialist road and to uphold the people's democratic dictatorship,
leadership by the Communist Party of China, and Marxism-Leninism and Mao
Zedong Thought -- are the foundation on which to build our country.
Throughout the course of socialist modernization we must adhere to the Four
Cardinal Principles and combat bourgeois liberalization.
Reform and opening up are the only way to
make our country strong. We must carry out fundamental reform of the
economic structure that hampers the development of the productive forces,
and keep and improve a socialist market economy; we must also carry out
corresponding political restructuring and reform in other fields. The
opening up means all-dimensional opening up, both externally and internally.
We must expand economic and technological exchanges and cooperation with
other countries, make more and better use of foreign capital, resources and
technologies, and assimilate and exploit the achievements of all other
cultures, including all the advanced modes of operation and methods of
management of developed countries in the West that embody the laws governing
modern socialized production. We must be bold in blazing new trails in the
practice of reform and opening up.
The Communist Party of China leads the people
in promoting socialist democracy and building socialist political
civilization. It keeps expanding socialist democracy, strengthens the
socialist legal system, rules the country by law, builds a socialist country
under the rule of law and consolidates the people's democratic dictatorship.
The system of people's congresses and the system of multiparty cooperation
and political consultation under the leadership of the Communist Party of
China should continue. The Party should encourage the people to act as the
masters of the country and take effective measures to protect the people's
right to run the affairs of the state and of society and manage economic and
cultural undertakings. It should encourage the free airing of views and
establish and improve systems and procedures of democratic decision-making
and supervision. State legislation and law enforcement should be
strengthened so as to gradually put all work of the state on a legal
footing. Comprehensive measures for keeping law and order should be taken to
maintain the long-term social stability. Efforts must be made according to
law to crack down on the criminal activities and criminals that endanger
national security and interests, social stability and economic development.
We should strictly distinguish between the two different types of
contradictions -- those between ourselves and the enemy and those among the
people, so as to handle them properly.
The Communist Party of China leads the people
in their efforts to build spiritual civilization as well as material and
political civilizations and to combine ruling the country by law and ruling
the country by virtue. Socialist spiritual civilization provides a powerful
ideological driving force and intellectual support and helps create a good
social climate for economic development, reform and opening up. It is
essential to press ahead with education, science and culture, respect
learning and talented people, raise the ideological, moral, scientific and
educational levels of the entire nation, develop the fine national
traditional culture, and develop a thriving socialist culture. It is
essential to inspire the Party members and the people with the Party's basic
line, patriotism, community spirit and socialist ideology, enhance their
sense of national dignity, self-confidence and self-reliance, imbue the
Party members with lofty ideals of communism, resist corrosion by capitalist
and feudal decadent ideas and wipe out all social evils so that our people
will have lofty ideals, moral integrity, a good education and a strong sense
of discipline.
The Communist Party of China persists in its
leadership over the People's Liberation Army and other people's armed
forces, builds up the strength of the People's Liberation Army, and gives
full play to its role in consolidating national defense, defending the
motherland and participating in the socialist modernization drive.
The Communist Party of China upholds and
promotes relations of equality, unity and mutual assistance among all ethnic
groups in the country, upholds and constantly improves the system of
regional ethnic autonomy, actively trains and promotes cadres from among
ethnic minorities, and helps them with economic and cultural development in
the areas inhabited by ethnic minorities so as to achieve common prosperity
and all-round progress for all ethnic groups.
The Communist Party of China unites with all
workers, farmers and intellectuals, and with all the democratic parties,
personages without party affiliation and the patriotic forces of all ethnic
groups in China in further expanding and fortifying the broadest possible
patriotic united front embracing all socialist workers and all patriots who
support socialism or who support the reunification of the motherland. We
should constantly work to strengthen the unity of all the Chinese people,
including our compatriots in Hong Kong and Macao special administrative
regions and in Taiwan as well as overseas Chinese. We should accomplish the
great task of reunifying the motherland in conformity with the principle of
"one country, two systems".
The Communist Party of China stands for
developing relations with other countries in order to bring about a
favorable international environment for China's reform, opening up and
modernization. In international affairs, it adheres to the independent
foreign policy of peace, safeguarding China's independence and sovereignty,
opposing hegemonism and power politics, defending world peace, and promoting
human progress. It works to develop relations between China and other
countries on the basis of the five principles of mutual respect for
sovereignty and territorial integrity, mutual non-aggression,
noninterference in each other's internal affairs, equality and mutual
benefit, and peaceful coexistence. It strives for the constant development
of good-neighborly relations between China and the surrounding countries and
for the strengthening of the unity and cooperation between China and other
developing countries. The Communist Party of China develops relations with
communist parties and other political parties in other countries in
accordance with the principles of independence, complete equality, mutual
respect and noninterference in each other's internal affairs.
In order to lead the people of all ethnic
groups in China in attaining the great goal of socialist modernization, the
Communist Party of China must adhere to the Party's basic line in
strengthening and improving Party building, persist in the principle that
the Party exercises self-discipline and is strict with its members, and
carry forward its fine tradition and style of work. It must constantly
improve its art of leadership and governance, raise its ability to resist
corruption, prevent degeneration and withstand risks, constantly strengthen
its class foundation, expand its mass base and enhance its creativity,
cohesion and combat effectiveness, so that it will stand forever in the
forefront of the times and make itself a strong nucleus that can lead all
the Chinese people in the unceasing march along the road of socialism with
Chinese characteristics. In building the Party, we must be determined to
meet the following four essential requirements:
First, adhering to the Party's basic line.
The whole Party must achieve unity in thinking and in action with Deng
Xiaoping Theory, the important thought of Three Represents and the Party's
basic line and will persevere in doing so for a long time to come. We must
integrate the reform and the open policy with the Four Cardinal Principles,
carry out the Party's basic line in all fields of endeavor, implement in an
all-round way the Party's basic program for the primary stage of socialism
and combat all "Left" or Right erroneous tendencies, maintaining vigilance
against Right tendencies, primarily against "Left" tendencies. We must
intensify the building of leading bodies at all levels, selecting and
promoting cadres who have scored outstanding achievements in their public
service and have won the trust of the masses in the reform, opening up and
the modernization drive, and train and cultivate millions of successors to
the cause of socialism, thus ensuring organizationally the implementation of
the Party's basic line and program.
Second, persevering in emancipating the mind,
seeking truth from facts and keeping pace with the times. The Party's
ideological line is to proceed from reality in handling all matters, to
integrate theory with practice, to seek truth from facts, and to verify and
develop the truth through practice. Party members must adhere to this
ideological line, explore new ways, boldly experiment with new methods, go
in for innovation, work creatively, constantly study new situations, review
new experience and solve new problems, and enrich and develop Marxism in
practice.
Third, persevering in serving the people
wholeheartedly. The Party has no special interests of its own apart from the
interests of the working class and the broadest masses of the people. At all
times the Party gives top priority to the interests of the people, shares
weal and woe with them and keeps in closest contact with them, and it does
not allow any member to become divorced from the masses or place himself
above them. The Party follows the mass line in its work, doing everything
for the masses, relying on them in every task, carrying out the principle
"from the masses, to the masses", and translating its correct views into
conscious action of the masses. The biggest political advantage of our Party
lies in its close ties with the masses while the biggest potential danger
for it as a ruling party comes from its divorce from them. The Party's style
of work and its maintenance of ties with the masses of the people are a
matter of vital importance to the Party, and the Party persistently opposes
corruption, exerting great efforts to improve its style of work and make
itself clean and honest.
Fourth, upholding democratic centralism.
Democratic centralism is a combination of centralism on the basis of
democracy and democracy under centralized guidance. It is the fundamental
organizational principle of the Party and is also the mass line applied in
the Party's political activities. Within the Party, democracy and the
initiative and creativity of Party organizations at all levels as well as
the vast number of Party members must be given full play. Correct centralism
must be practiced so as to ensure concerted action in the whole Party and
prompt and effective implementation of its decisions. The sense of
organization and discipline must be strengthened, and all members are equal
before Party discipline. Supervision over leading organs of the Party and
over Party members holding leading positions must be strengthened and the
system of inner-Party supervision constantly improved. In its internal
political activities, the Party conducts criticism and self-criticism in the
correct way, waging ideological struggles over matters of principles,
upholding truth and rectifying mistakes. Diligent efforts must be made to
create a political situation in which there are both centralism and
democracy, both discipline and freedom, both unity of will and personal ease
of mind and liveliness.
Leadership by the Party means mainly
political, ideological and organizational leadership. The Party must meet
the requirements of reform, opening up and the socialist modernization drive
and strengthen and improve its leadership. Acting on the principle that the
Party commands the overall situation and coordinates the efforts of all
quarters, the Party must play the role as the core of leadership among all
other organizations at the corresponding levels. It must concentrate on
leading economic development, organize and coordinate all forces in a
concerted effort to focus on economic development. The Party must practice
democratic and scientific decision-making; formulate and implement the
correct line, principles and policies; do its organizational, publicity and
educational work well and make sure that all Party members play an exemplary
and vanguard role. The Party must conduct its activities within the
framework of the Constitution and other laws. It must see to it that the
legislative, judicial and administrative organs of the state and the
economic, cultural and people's organizations work with initiative and
independent responsibility and in harmony. The Party must strengthen its
leadership over the trade unions, the Communist Youth League organizations,
the women's federations and other mass organizations, and give full scope to
their roles. The Party must adapt itself to the march of events and changing
circumstances, improving its system and style of leadership and raising its
governing capacity. Party members must work in close cooperation with the
vast number of non-Party people in the common endeavor to build socialism
with Chinese characteristics.
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Chapter I Membership
Article 1
Any Chinese worker, farmer, member of the armed forces, intellectual or any
advanced element of other social strata who has reached the age of eighteen
and who accepts the Party's Program and Constitution and is willing to join
and work actively in one of the Party organizations, carry out the Party's
decisions and pay membership dues regularly may apply for membership in the
Communist Party of China.
Article 2
Members of the Communist Party of China are vanguard fighters of the Chinese
working class imbued with communist consciousness.
Members of the Communist Party of China must
serve the people wholeheartedly, dedicate their whole lives to the
realization of communism, and be ready to make any personal sacrifices.
Members of the Communist Party of China are
at all times ordinary members of the working people. Communist Party members
must not seek personal gain or privileges, although the relevant laws and
policies provide them with personal benefits and job-related functions and
powers.
Article 3
Party members must fulfill the following duties:
(1) 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 decisions, acquire essential knowledge concerning the Party, obtain
general, scientific and professional knowledge and work diligently to
enhance their ability to serve the people.
(2) To implement the Party's basic line,
principles and policies, take the lead in reform, opening up and socialist
modernization, encourage the people to work hard for economic development
and social progress and play an exemplary and vanguard role in production,
work, study and social activities.
(3) To adhere to the principle that the
interests of the Party and the people stand above everything else,
subordinating their personal interests to the interests of the Party and the
people, being the first to bear hardships and the last to enjoy comforts,
working selflessly for the public interests and working to contribute more.
(4) To conscientiously observe the Party
discipline, abide by the laws and regulations of the state in an exemplary
way, rigorously guard secrets of the Party and state, execute the Party's
decisions, and accept any job and actively fulfill any task assigned them by
the Party.
(5) To uphold the Party's solidarity and
unity, be loyal to and honest with the Party, match words with deeds, firmly
oppose all factions and small-clique activities and oppose double-dealing
and scheming of any kind.
(6) To earnestly engage in criticism and
self-criticism, boldly expose and correct shortcomings and mistakes in work
and resolutely combat corruption and other malpractices.
(7) To maintain close ties with the masses,
disseminate the Party's views among them, consult with them when problems
arise, keep the Party informed of their views and demands in good time and
defend their legitimate interests.
(8) To promote new socialist ways and customs
and advocate communist ethics. To step forward and fight bravely in times of
difficulty or danger, daring to make any sacrifice to defend the interests
of the country and the people.
Article 4
Party members enjoy the following rights:
(1) To attend relevant Party meetings, read
relevant Party documents, and benefit from the Party's education and
training.
(2) To participate in the discussion of
questions concerning the Party's policies at Party meetings and in Party
newspapers and journals.
(3) To make suggestions and proposals
regarding the work of the Party.
(4) To make well-grounded criticism of any
Party organization or member at Party meetings, to present information or
charges against any Party organization or member concerning violations of
discipline or the law to the Party in a responsible way, to demand
disciplinary measures against such a member, or call for dismissal or
replacement of any incompetent cadre.
(5) To participate in voting and elections
and to stand for election.
(6) To attend, with the right of
self-defense, discussions held by Party organizations to decide on
disciplinary measures to be taken against themselves or to appraise their
work and behavior; other Party members may also bear witness or argue on
their behalf.
(7) In case of disagreement with a Party
decision or policy, to make reservations and present their views to Party
organizations at higher levels even up to the Central Committee, provided
that they resolutely carry out the decision or policy while it is in force.
(8) To put forward any request, appeal, or
complaint to higher Party organizations even up to the Central Committee and
ask the organizations concerned for a responsible reply.
No Party organization, up to and including
the Central Committee, has the right to deprive any Party member of the
above-mentioned rights.
Article 5
New Party members must be admitted through a Party branch, and the principle
of individual admission must be adhered to.
An applicant for Party membership must fill
in an application form and be recommended by two full Party members. The
application must be accepted at a general membership meeting of the Party
branch concerned and approved by the next higher Party organization, and the
applicant must undergo observation for a probationary period before being
granted full membership.
Party members who recommend an applicant must
make genuine efforts to acquaint themselves with the applicant's ideology,
character, personal record and work performance and explain to each
applicant the Party's program and Constitution, qualifications for
membership and the duties and rights of members, and must make a responsible
report to the Party organization on the matter.
The Party branch committee must canvass the
opinions of persons concerned, inside and outside the Party, about an
applicant for Party membership and, after establishing the latter's
qualification following rigorous examination, submit the application to a
general membership meeting for discussion.
Before approving the admission of applicants
for Party membership, the next higher Party organization concerned must
appoint people to talk with them, in order to get to know them better and
help deepen their understanding of the Party.
In special circumstances, the Central
Committee of the Party or the Party committee of a province, autonomous
region or municipality directly under the Central Government may admit new
Party members directly.
Article 6
A probationary Party member must take an admission oath in front of the
Party flag. The oath reads: It is my will to join the Communist Party of
China, uphold the Party's program, observe the provisions of the Party
Constitution, fulfill a Party member's duties, carry out the Party's
decisions, strictly observe Party discipline, guard Party secrets, be loyal
to the Party, work hard, fight for communism throughout my life, be ready at
all times to sacrifice my all for the Party and the people, and never betray
the Party.
Article 7
The probationary period of a probationary member is one year. The Party
organization should make serious efforts to educate and observe the
probationary members.
Probationary members have the same duties as
full members. They enjoy the rights of full members except those of
participating in voting and elections and standing for election.
Upon the expiration of the probationary
period of a probationary member, the Party branch concerned should promptly
discuss whether he is qualified for full membership. A probationary member
who conscientiously performs his duties and is qualified for full membership
shall be granted full membership as scheduled; if continued observation and
education are needed, the probationary period may be extended, but by no
more than one year; if a probationary member fails to perform his duties and
is found to be unqualified for full membership, his probationary membership
shall be annulled. Any decision to grant a probationary member full
membership, extend a probationary period, or annul a probationary membership
must be made through discussion held by the general membership meeting of
the Party branch concerned and approved by the next higher Party
organization.
The probationary period of a probationary
member begins from the day the general membership meeting of the Party
branch admits him as a probationary member. The Party standing of a member
begins from the day he is granted full membership on the expiration of the
probationary period.
Article 8
Every Party member, irrespective of position, must be organized into a
branch, cell or other specific unit of the Party to participate in the
regular activities of the Party organization and accept supervision by the
masses inside and outside the Party. Leading Party cadres must attend
democratic meetings held by the Party committee or leading Party members'
groups. There shall be no privileged Party members who do not participate in
the regular activities of the Party organization and do not accept
supervision by the masses inside and outside the Party.
Article 9
Party members are free to withdraw from the Party. When a Party member asks
to withdraw, the Party branch concerned shall, after discussion by its
general membership meeting, remove his name from the Party rolls, make the
removal public and report it to the next higher Party organization for the
record.
The Party branch shall try to educate the
Party member who lacks revolutionary will, fails to fulfill the duties of a
Party member, or is not qualified for membership and require him to correct
his mistakes within the time. If he remains incorrigible after education, he
should be persuaded to withdraw from the Party. The case shall be discussed
and decided by the general membership meeting of the Party branch concerned
and submitted to the next higher Party organization for approval. If the
Party member being persuaded to withdraw refuses to do so, the case shall be
submitted to the general membership meeting of the Party branch concerned
for discussion to decide on the removal of his name from the Party rolls,
after which the decision shall be submitted to the next higher Party
organization for approval.
A Party member who fails to take part in
regular Party activities, pay membership dues or do work assigned by the
Party for six successive months without good reason is regarded as having
given up membership. The general membership meeting of the Party branch
concerned shall decide on the removal of such a person's name from the Party
rolls and report it to the next higher Party organization for approval.
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Chapter II Organization System of the Party
Article 10
The Party is an integral body organized under its program and Constitution
on the principle of democratic centralism. The basic principles of
democratic centralism as practiced by the Party are as follows:
(1) Individual Party members are subordinate
to the Party organization, the minority is subordinate to the majority, the
lower Party organizations are subordinate to the higher Party organizations,
and all the constituent organizations and members of the Party are
subordinate to the National Congress and the Central committee of the Party.
(2) The Party's leading bodies at all levels
are elected except for the representative organs dispatched by them and the
leading Party members' groups in non-Party organizations.
(3) The highest leading body of the Party is
the National Congress and the Central Committee elected by it. The leading
bodies of local Party organizations are the Party congresses at their
respective levels and the Party committees elected by them. Party committees
are responsible, and report their work, to the Party congresses at their
respective levels.
(4) Higher Party organizations shall pay
constant attention to the views of lower organizations and the rank-and-file
Party members, and solve in good time the problems they raise. Lower Party
organizations shall report on their work to, and request instructions from,
higher Party organizations; at the same time, they shall handle,
independently and in a responsible manner, matters within their
jurisdiction. Higher and lower Party organizations should exchange
information and support and supervise each other. Party organizations at all
levels should enable Party members to keep well informed of inner-Party
affairs and to have as many opportunities as possible to involve themselves
in them.
(5) Party committees at all levels function
on the principle of combining collective leadership with individual
responsibility based on division of labor. All major issues shall be decided
upon by the Party committees after discussion in accordance with the
principle of collective leadership, democratic centralism, individual
consultations and decision by meetings. The members of the Party committees
should earnestly perform their duties in accordance with the collective
decisions taken and division of labor.
(6) The Party forbids all forms of
personality cult. It is necessary to ensure that the activities of the Party
leaders are subject to the supervision of the Party and the people, and at
the same time to uphold the prestige of all the leaders who represent the
interests of the Party and the people.
Article 11
The election of delegates to Party congresses and of members of Party
committees at all levels should reflect the will of the voters. Elections
shall be held by secret ballot. The lists of candidates shall be submitted
to the Party organizations and voters for full deliberation and discussion.
The election procedure in which the number of candidates nominated is
greater than the number of persons to be elected may be used directly in a
formal election or this procedure may be used first in a preliminary
election in order to draw up a list of candidates for the formal election.
The voters have the right to inquire about the candidates, demand a change
or reject one in favor of another. No organization or individual shall in
any way compel voters to elect or not to elect any candidate.
If any violation of the Party Constitution
occurs in the election of delegates to a local Party congress or to Party
congresses at the primary level, the Party committee at the next higher
level, after investigation and verification, should decide to declare the
election invalid and take appropriate measures. The decision shall be
reported to the Party committee at the next higher level for checking and
approval before it is formally announced and implemented.
Article 12
When necessary, the Central Committee of the Party and the local Party
committees at all levels will convene conferences of delegates to discuss
and decide on major problems that require timely solution. The number of
delegates to such conferences and the procedure governing their election
shall be determined by the Party committees convening them.
Article 13
The formation of a new Party organization or the dissolution of an existing
one shall be decided upon by the higher Party organizations.
The Central Committee of the Party and the
local Party committees at all levels may send out their representative
organs.
When the congress of a local Party
organization at any level or the congress of Party organization at the
primary level is not in session, the next higher Party organization may,
when it deems it necessary, transfer or appoint responsible members of that
organization.
Article 14
When making decisions on important questions affecting the lower
organizations, the leading bodies of the Party at all levels should, under
normal circumstances, solicit opinions of the lower organizations. Measures
should be taken to ensure that the lower organizations can exercise their
functions and powers normally. Except in special circumstances, higher
leading bodies should not interfere with matters that ought to be handled by
lower organizations.
Article 15
Only the Central Committee of the Party has the power to make decisions on
major policies of a nationwide character. Party organizations of various
departments and localities may make suggestions with regard to such policies
to the Central Committee, but shall not make any decisions or publicize
their views outside the Party without authorization.
Lower Party organizations must firmly
implement the decisions of higher Party organizations. If lower
organizations consider that any decisions of higher organizations do not
suit the specific conditions in their localities or departments, they may
demand modification. If the higher organizations insist on their original
decisions, the lower organizations must carry out such decisions and refrain
from publicly voicing their differences, but retain the right to report to
the next higher Party organization.
Newspapers, journals and other means of
publicity run by Party organizations at all levels must disseminate the
line, principles, policies and decisions of the Party.
Article 16
When discussing and making decisions on any matter, Party organizations must
keep to the principle of subordination of the minority to the majority. A
vote must be taken when major issues are decided on. Serious consideration
should be given to the differing views of a minority. In case of controversy
over major issues in which supporters of the two opposing views are nearly
equal in number, except in emergencies where action must betaken in
accordance with the majority view, the decision should be put off to allow
for further investigation, study and exchange of opinions followed by
another vote. Under special circumstances, the controversy may be reported
to the next higher Party organization for a ruling.
When, on behalf of the Party organization, an
individual Party member is to express views on major issues beyond the scope
of the existing decisions of the Party organizations, the content must be
referred to the Party organization for prior discussion and decision, or
referred to the next higher Party organization for instructions. No Party
member, whatever his position, is allowed to make decisions on major issues
on his own. In an emergency, when a decision by an individual is
unavoidable, the matter must be reported to the Party organization
immediately afterwards. No leader is allowed to take decisions arbitrarily
on his own or to place himself above the Party organization.
Article 17
The central, local and primary organizations of the Party must all pay great
attention to Party building. They shall regularly discuss and examine the
Party's work in publicity, education, organization and discipline
inspection, its mass work and united front work. They must carefully study
ideological and political developments inside and outside the Party.
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Chapter III Central Organizations of the
Party
Article 18
The National Congress of the Party is held once every five years and
convened by the Central Committee. It may be convened before the normally
scheduled date if the Central Committee deems it necessary or if more than
one-third of the organizations at the provincial level so request. Except
under extraordinary circumstances, the Congress may not be postponed.
The number of delegates to the National
Congress of the Party and the procedure governing their election shall be
determined by the Central Committee.
Article 19
The functions and powers of the National Congress of the Party are as
follows:
(1) To hear and examine the reports of the
Central Committee;
(2) To hear and examine the reports of the
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection;
(3) To discuss and decide on major questions
concerning the Party;
(4) To revise the Constitution of the Party;
(5) To elect the Central Committee; and
(6) To elect the Central Commission for
Discipline Inspection.
Article 20
The powers and functions of the National Conference of the Party are as
follows: to discuss and make decisions on major questions; and to replace
members and elect additional members of the Central Committee and the
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. The number of members and
alternate members of the Central Committee to be replaced or newly elected
shall not exceed one-fifth of the respective totals of members and alternate
members of the Central Committee elected by the National Congress of the
Party.
Article 21
The Central Committee of the Party is elected for a term of five years.
However, when the next National Congress is convened before or after its
normally scheduled date, the term shall be correspondingly shortened or
extended. Members and alternate members of the Central Committee must have a
Party standing of five years or more. The number of members and alternate
members of the Central Committee shall be determined by the National
Congress. Vacancies on the Central Committee shall be filled by its
alternate members in the order of the number of votes by which they were
elected.
The Central Committee of the Party meets in
plenary session at least once a year, and such sessions are convened by its
Political Bureau.
When the National Congress is not in session,
the Central Committee carries out its decisions, directs the entire work of
the Party and represents the Communist Party of China in its external
relations.
Article 22
The Political Bureau, the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau and the
General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party are elected by the
Central Committee in plenary session. The General Secretary of the Central
Committee must be a member of the Standing Committee of the Political
Bureau.
When the Central Committee is not in session,
the Political Bureau and its Standing Committee exercise the functions and
powers of the Central Committee.
The Secretariat of the Central Committee is
the working body of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee and its
Standing Committee. The members of the Secretariat are nominated by the
Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee and are
subject to endorsement by the Central Committee in plenary session.
The General Secretary of the Central
Committee is responsible for convening the meetings of the Political Bureau
and its Standing Committee and presides over the work of the Secretariat.
The members of the Military Commission of the
Central Committee are decided on by the Central Committee.
The central leading bodies and leaders
elected by each Central Committee shall, when the next National Congress is
in session, continue to preside over the Party's day-to-day work until the
new central leading bodies and leaders are elected by the next Central
Committee.
Article 23
Party organizations in the Chinese People's Liberation Army carry on their
work in accordance with the instructions of the Central Committee. The
political work organ of the Military Commission of the Central Committee is
the General Political Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army;
the General Political Department directs Party and political work in the
army. The organizational system and organs of the Party in the armed forces
are prescribed by the Military Commission of the Central Committee.
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Chapter IV Local Organizations of the Party
Article 24
The Party congress of a province, autonomous region, municipality directly
under the Central Government, city divided into districts, or autonomous
prefecture is held once every five years.
The Party congress of a county (banner),
autonomous county, city not divided into districts, or municipal district is
held once every five years.
Local Party congresses are convened by the
Party committees at the corresponding levels. Under extraordinary
circumstances, they may be held before or after their normally scheduled
dates upon approval by the next higher Party committees.
The number of delegates to the local Party
congresses at any level and the procedure governing their election are
determined by the Party committees at the corresponding levels and should be
reported to the next higher Party committees for approval.
Article 25
The functions and powers of the local Party congresses at all levels are as
follows:
(1) To hear and examine the reports of the
Party committees at the corresponding levels;
(2) To hear and examine the reports of the
commissions for discipline inspection at the corresponding levels;
(3) To discuss and decide on major issues in
the given areas; and
(4) To elect the Party committees and
commissions for discipline inspection at the corresponding levels.
Article 26
The Party committee of a province, autonomous region, municipality directly
under the Central Government, city divided into districts, or autonomous
prefecture is elected for a term of five years. The members and alternate
members of such a committee must have a Party standing of five years or
more.
The Party committee of a county (banner),
autonomous county, city not divided into districts, or municipal district is
elected for a term of five years. The members and alternate members of such
a committee must have a Party standing of three years or more.
When local Party congresses at various levels
are convened before or after their normally scheduled dates, the terms of
the committees elected by the previous congresses shall be correspondingly
shortened or extended.
The number of members and alternate members
of the local Party committees at various levels shall be determined by the
next higher committees. Vacancies on the local Party committees at various
levels shall be filled by their alternate members in the order of the number
of votes by which they were elected.
The local Party committees at various levels
meet in plenary session at least twice a year.
Local Party committees at various levels
shall, when the Party congresses of the given areas are not in session,
carry out the directives of the next higher Party organizations and the
decisions of the Party.
Congresses at the corresponding levels,
direct work in their own areas and report on it to the next higher Party
committees at regular intervals.
Article 27
Local Party committees at various levels elect, at their plenary sessions,
their standing committees, secretaries and deputy secretaries and report the
results to the higher Party committees for approval. The standing committees
of local Party committees at various levels exercise the powers and
functions of local Party committees when the latter are not in session. They
continue to handle the day-to-day work when the next Party congresses at
their levels are in session, until the new standing committees are elected.
Article 28
A prefectural Party committee, or an organization analogous to it, is the
representative organ dispatched by a provincial or an autonomous regional
Party committee to a prefecture covering several counties, autonomous
counties or cities. It exercises leadership over the work in the given
region as authorized by the provincial or autonomous regional Party
committee.
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Chapter V Primary Organizations of the Party
Article 29
Primary Party organizations are formed in enterprises, rural areas,
government departments, schools, scientific research institutes,
communities, mass organizations, intermediaries, companies of the People's
Liberation Army and other basic units, where there are at least three full
Party members.
In primary organizations, primary Party
committees and committees of general Party branches or Party branches are
set up as the work requires and according to the number of Party members,
subject to approval by the higher Party organizations. A primary Party
committee is elected by a general membership meeting or a delegate meeting.
The committee of a general Party branch or a Party branch is elected by a
general membership meeting.
Article 30
A Primary Party committee is elected for a term of three to five years,
while a general Party branch committee or a Party branch committee is
elected for a term of two or three years. Results of the election of a
secretary and deputy secretaries by a primary Party committee, general
branch committee or branch committee shall be reported to the higher Party
organizations for approval.
Article 31
The primary Party organizations are militant bastions of the Party in the
basic units of society, where all the Party's work proceeds and they serve
as the foundation of its fighting capacity. Their main tasks are:
(1) To disseminate and carry out the Party's
line, principles and policies, the decisions of the Central Committee of the
Party and other higher Party organizations, and their own decisions; to give
full play to the exemplary, vanguard role of Party members, and to unite and
organize the cadres and the rank of file inside and outside the Party to
fulfill the tasks of their own units.
(2) To organize Party members to
conscientiously study Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping
Theory, the important thought of Three Represents, the Party's line,
principles, policies and decisions, acquire essential knowledge concerning
the Party and obtain general, scientific and professional knowledge.
(3) To educate and supervise Party members,
raise the overall quality of the Party membership, cultivate their Party
spirit, ensure their regular participation in the activities of the Party
organizations, make criticism and self-criticism, maintain and observe Party
discipline, see that Party members truly fulfill their duties and protect
their rights from encroachment.
(4) To maintain close ties with the masses,
constantly seek their criticisms and opinions regarding Party members and
the Party's work, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the
masses and do effective ideological and political work among them.
(5) To give full scope to the initiative and
creativeness of Party members and the masses and to discover, nurture and
recommend fine, talented people from among Party members and the masses and
encourage them to contribute their skills and learning to the reform,
opening up and the socialist modernization drive.
(6) To educate and train the activists who
apply for Party membership, attend to the routine work concerning the
recruitment of new members and attach great importance to recruiting Party
members from among those in the forefront of production and work and from
among young people.
(7) To see to it that Party and non-Party
cadres strictly observe the law and administrative discipline and the
financial and economic statutes and personnel regulations of the state and
that none of them infringe on the interests of the state, the collective or
the masses.
(8) To encourage Party members and the masses
to conscientiously resist unhealthy practices and wage resolute struggles
against all illegal and criminal activities.
Article 32
The primary Party committees in communities, townships and towns and the
Party organizations in villages and communities provide leadership for the
work in their localities and assist administrative departments, economic
institutions and self-governing mass organizations in fully exercising their
functions and powers.
In a state-owned or collective enterprise,
the primary Party organization acts as the political nucleus and works for
the operation of the enterprise. The primary Party organization guarantees
and supervises the implementation of the principles and policies of the
Party and the state in its own enterprise and backs the meeting of
shareholders, board of directors, board of supervisors and manager (factory
director) in the exercise of their functions and powers according to law. It
relies wholeheartedly on the workers and office staff, supports the work of
the congresses of representatives of workers and office staff and
participates in making final decisions on major questions in the enterprise.
It works to improve its own organization and provides leadership over
ideological and political work, efforts for cultural and ethical progress
and the trade unions, the Communist Youth League and other mass
organizations.
In a non-public economic institution, the
primary Party organization carries out the Party's principles and policies,
provides guidance to and supervises the enterprise in observing the laws and
regulations of the state, exercises leadership over the trade union, the
Communist Youth League organization and other mass organizations, rallies
the workers and office staff around it, safeguards the legitimate rights and
interests of all quarters and stimulates the healthy development of the
enterprise.
In an institution where the administrative
leaders assume full responsibility, the primary Party organization acts as
the political nucleus. In an institution where the administrative leaders
assume full responsibility under the leadership of the Party committee, the
primary Party organization discusses and decides on major issues and at the
same time ensures that the administrative leaders are able to fully exercise
their functions and powers.
In offices of the Party or the state at all
levels, the primary Party organizations assist the chief administrators in
fulfilling their tasks and improving their work. They exercise supervision
over all Party members, including the chief administrators who are Party
members, but do not direct the work of their units.
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Chapter VI Party Cadres
Article 33
Party cadres are the backbone of the Party's cause and public servants of
the people. The Party selects its cadres according to the principle that
they should possess both political integrity and professional competence,
adheres to the practice of appointing people on their merits and opposes
favoritism; it exerts genuine efforts to make the ranks of the cadres more
revolutionary, younger in average age, better educated and more
professionally competent.
The Party attaches great importance to
education, training, selection and assessment of cadres, especially to the
training and selection of outstanding young cadres. The Party actively
promotes the reform of the cadre system.
The Party attaches great importance to the
training and promotion of women cadres and cadres from among the ethnic
minorities.
Article 34
Leading Party cadres at all levels must show exemplary performance in
carrying out their duties as Party members prescribed in Article 3 of this
Constitution and must meet the following basic requirements:
(1) Know Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought
and Deng Xiaoping Theory well enough to perform their duties, earnestly put
the important thought of Three Represents into practice, try hard to analyze
and solve practical problems with the stand, viewpoint and methods of
Marxism, keep stressing study, political awareness and integrity, and be
able to stand the test of all trials and tribulations.
(2) Have the grand ideal of communism and
firm conviction in socialism with Chinese characteristics, firmly implement
the Party's basic line, principles and policies, be determined to carry out
the reform and opening to the outside world, devote themselves to the cause
of modernization and work hard to start undertakings and make solid
achievements in socialist construction.
(3) Persist in emancipating their minds,
seeking truth from facts, keeping pace with the times and blazing new trails
in a pioneering spirit; conduct earnest investigations and studies so as to
be able to integrate the Party's principles and policies with the actual
conditions in their localities or departments and work efficiently; tell the
truth, do practical work, seek tangible results and oppose formalism.
(4) Be fervently dedicated to the
revolutionary cause and imbued with a strong sense of political
responsibility, have practical experience, and be qualified for leading
posts in organizational ability, general education and vocational knowledge.
(5) Properly exercise the power invested in
them by the people, handle matters according to law, be upright and clean
and work diligently for the people, set an example by their own actions,
work hard and live simply, maintain close ties with the masses, uphold the
Party's mass line, conscientiously accept the criticism and supervision of
the Party and the masses, exercise self-respect, self-examination,
self-caution and self-motivation, combat bureaucratism, and fight against
malpractices such as abuse of power for personal gain.
(6) Uphold the Party's system of democratic
centralism, maintain a democratic style of work, take the overall situation
into consideration, and be good at uniting and working with other comrades,
including those who hold differing opinions.
Article 35
Party cadres should be able to cooperate with non-Party cadres, respect them
and be open-minded in learning from their strong points.
Party organizations at all levels must be
good at discovering and recommending talented non-Party cadres with
practical learning for leading posts, and ensure that the latter enjoy
authority commensurate with their posts and can fully play their roles.
Article 36
Leading Party cadres at all levels, whether elected through democratic
procedure or appointed by a leading body, are not entitled to lifelong
tenure, and they can be transferred from or relieved of their posts.
Cadres no longer fit to continue working due
to old age or poor health should retire according to the regulations of the
state.
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Chapter VII Party Discipline
Article 37
Party discipline refers to the rules of conduct that must be observed by
Party organizations at all levels and by all Party members. It is the
guarantee that the unity and solidarity of the Party are safeguarded and
that the tasks of the Party are accomplished. Party organizations must
strictly observe and maintain Party discipline. A Communist Party member
must conscientiously act within the bounds of Party discipline.
Article 38
Party organizations should criticize, educate or take disciplinary measures
against members who violate Party discipline, depending on the nature and
seriousness of their mistakes and in the spirit of "learning from past
mistakes to avoid future ones, and curing the sickness to save the patient".
Party members who have seriously violated
criminal law shall be expelled from the Party.
It is strictly forbidden in the Party to take
any measures against a member that contravene the Party Constitution or the
laws of the state, or to retaliate against or frame a member. Any offending
organization or individual must be dealt with according to Party discipline
and the laws of the state.
Article 39
There are five measures for enforcing Party discipline: warning, serious
warning, removal from Party posts, probation within the Party, and expulsion
from the Party.
The period for which a Party member is placed
on probation shall not exceed two years. During that period, the Party
member concerned has no right to participate in voting or elections or stand
for election. A Party member who during that time truly rectifies his
mistake shall have his rights as a Party member restored. Party members who
refuse to mend their ways shall be expelled from the Party.
Expulsion is the ultimate Party disciplinary
measure. In deciding on or approving an expulsion, Party organizations at
all levels should study all the relevant facts and opinions and exercise
extreme caution.
Article 40
Any disciplinary measure to be taken against a Party member must be
discussed and decided on at a general membership meeting of the Party branch
concerned, and reported to the primary Party committee concerned for
approval. If the case is relatively important or complicated, or involves
the expulsion of a member, it shall be reported to a Party commission for
discipline inspection at or above the county level for examination and
approval, in accordance with the specific situation. Under special
circumstances, a Party committee or a commission for discipline inspection
at or above the county level has the authority to decide directly on
disciplinary measures to be taken against a Party member.
Any decision to remove a member or alternate
member of the Central Committee or a local committee at any level from his
posts within the Party, to place such a person on probation within the Party
or to expel him from the Party must be approved by a two-thirds majority
vote at a plenary meeting of the Party committee to which he belongs. In
special circumstances, the decision may betaken first by the Standing
Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee or the standing
committee of a local Party committee, pending confirmation at the plenary
meeting of the Party committee. Such a disciplinary measure against a member
or alternate member of a local Party committee is subject to approval by the
higher Party committee.
A member or alternate member of the Central
Committee who has seriously violated the criminal law shall be expelled from
the Party on decision by the Political Bureau of the Central Committee; a
member or alternate member of a local Party committee who has seriously
violated criminal law shall be expelled from the Party on decision by the
standing committee of the Party committee at the corresponding level.
Article 41
When a Party organization is deciding on a disciplinary measure against a
Party member, it should investigate and verify the facts in an objective
way. The Party member in question must be informed of a decision regarding
any disciplinary measure to be taken and of the facts on which it is based.
The person concerned must be given a chance to account for himself and speak
in his own defense. If the member does not accept the decision, he can
appeal, and the Party organization concerned must promptly deal with or
forward his appeal, and must not withhold or suppress it. Those who cling to
erroneous views and unjustifiable demands shall be educated by criticism.
Article 42
If a Party organization fails to uphold Party discipline, it must be
investigated. In case a Party
organization seriously violates Party discipline and is unable to rectify
the mistake on its own, the next higher Party committee should, after
verifying the facts and considering the seriousness of the case, decide on
the reorganization or dissolution of the organization, report the decision
to the Party committee at the next higher level for examination and
approval, and then formally announce and carry out the decision.
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Chapter VIII Party Organs for Discipline
Inspection
Article 43
The Party's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection functions under the
leadership of the Central Committee of the Party. The Party's local
commissions for discipline inspection at all levels and primary commissions
for discipline inspection function under the dual leadership of the Party
committees at the corresponding levels and the next higher commissions for
discipline inspection.
The Party's commissions for discipline
inspection at all levels serve a term of the same duration as the Party
committees at the corresponding levels.
The Party's Central Commission for Discipline
Inspection elects, in plenary session, its standing committee, secretary and
deputy secretaries and reports the results to the Central Committee for
approval. Local commissions for discipline inspection at all levels elect,
at their plenary sessions, their respective standing committees, secretaries
and deputy secretaries. The results of the elections are subject to
endorsement by the Party committees at the corresponding levels and should
be reported to the next higher Party committees for approval. The question
of whether a primary Party committee should set up a commission for
discipline inspection or simply appoint a discipline inspection commissioner
shall be determined by the next higher Party organization in light of the
specific circumstances. The committees of general Party branches and Party
branches shall have discipline inspection commissioners.
The Party's Central Commission for Discipline
Inspection shall, when its work so requires, accredit discipline inspection
groups or commissioners to Party or state organs at the central level.
Leaders of the discipline inspection groups or discipline inspection
commissioners may attend relevant meetings of the leading Party
organizations in the said organs as non-voting participants. The leading
Party organizations in the organs concerned must support their work.
Article 44
The main tasks of the Party's commissions for discipline inspection at all
levels are as follows: to uphold the Constitution and other statutes of the
Party, to check up on the implementation of the line, principles, policies
and decisions of the Party and to assist the respective Party committees in
improving the Party's style of work and in organizing and coordinating the
work against corruption.
The commissions for discipline inspection at
all levels shall frequently provide education for Party members on their
duty to observe Party discipline and adopt decisions for the upholding of
Party discipline; they shall supervise Party members holding leading
positions in exercising their power; they shall examine and deal with
relatively important or complicated cases of violation of the Constitution
or other statutes of the Party by Party organizations or Party members and
decide on or rescind disciplinary measures against Party members involved in
such cases; they shall deal with complaints and appeals made by Party
members; and they shall guarantee the rights of Party members.
The commissions for discipline inspection at
all levels shall report to the Party committees at the corresponding levels
on the results of their handling of cases of special importance or
complexity, as well as on the problems encountered. The local commissions
for discipline inspection at all levels and primary commissions for
discipline inspection shall also present such reports to the higher
commissions.
If a commission for discipline inspection at
any level discovers any violation of Party discipline by a member of the
Party committee at the corresponding level, it may take the initial step of
verifying the facts and, if it is necessary to put a case on file, it should
report to the Party committee at the corresponding level for approval, and
if a member of the standing committee of the Party committee is involved, it
should first report to the Party committee at the corresponding level and
then to the commission for discipline inspection at the next higher level
for approval.
Article 45
Higher commissions for discipline inspection have the power to examine the
work of the lower commissions and to approve or modify their decisions on
any case. If decisions so modified have already been ratified by the Party
committee at the corresponding level, the modification must be approved by
the next higher Party committee.
If a local commission for discipline
inspection or a primary commission for discipline inspection does not agree
with a decision made by the Party committee at the corresponding level in
dealing with a case, it may demand the commission at the next higher level
to reexamine the case; if a local or primary commission discovers cases of
violation of Party discipline by the Party committee at the corresponding
level or by its members, and if that Party committee fails to deal with them
properly or at all, it has the right to appeal to the higher commission for
assistance in dealing with such cases.
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Chapter IX Leading Party Members' Groups
Article 46
A leading Party members' group may be formed in the leading body of a
central or local state organ, people's organization, economic or cultural
institution or other non-Party unit. The group plays the role of the core of
leadership. Its main tasks are: to see to it that the Party's line,
principles and policies are implemented, to discuss and decide on matters of
major importance in its unit, to do well in managing affairs concerning
cadres, to unite with the non-Party cadres and the masses in fulfilling the
tasks assigned by the Party and the state and to guide the work of the Party
organization of the unit and those directly under it.
Article 47
The composition of a leading Party members' group is decided by the Party
organization that approves its establishment. The group shall have a
secretary and, if necessary, deputy secretaries.
A leading Party members' group must accept
the leadership of the Party organization that approves its establishment.
Article 48
Party committees may be set up in state organs which exercise centralized
leadership over their subordinate units. The Central Committee of the Party
shall provide the specific procedure for their establishment and define
their functions, powers and tasks.
Chapter X Relationship Between the Party and
the Communist Youth League
Article 49
The Communist Youth League of China is a mass organization of advanced young
people under the leadership of the Communist Party of China; it is a school
where a large number of young people learn about socialism with Chinese
characteristics and about communism through practice; it is the Party's
assistant and reserve force. The Central Committee of the Communist Youth
League functions under the leadership of the Central Committee of the Party.
The local chapters of the Communist Youth League are under the leadership of
the Party committees at the corresponding levels and of the higher
organizations of the League itself.
Article 50
Party committees at all levels must strengthen their leadership over the
Communist Youth League organizations and pay attention to selecting and
training League cadres. The Party must firmly support the Communist Youth
League in the lively and creative performance of its work to suit the
characteristics and needs of young people, and give full play to the
League's role as a shock force and as a bridge linking the Party with great
numbers of young people.
Those secretaries of League committees at or
below the county level or in enterprises and institutions who are Party
members may attend meetings of Party committees at the corresponding levels
and meetings of their standing committees as non-voting participants.
Chapter XI Party Emblem and Flag
Article 51
The emblem of the Communist Party of China is a design of sickle and hammer.
Article 52
The flag of the Communist Party of China is a red flag highlighted by a
golden Party emblem on it.
Article 53
The Party emblem and flag are the symbol and sign of the Communist Party of
China. Party organizations at all levels and all Party members shall
safeguard the sanctity of the Party emblem and flag. Party emblems and flags
should be made and used according to regulations.
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