Party fees are the funds paid by Party members to Party organizations for the Party's cause and activities. Paying party dues to party organizations in accordance with the provisions of the party constitution is the obligation of party members, a test of party spirit, and a manifestation of party members' concern for the party's cause. As of December 31, 2022, the total number of members of the Communist Party of China was 9,80410,000, where did the party dues paid by these party members go?They are spent on **?Party Building Reference" will take you to understand.
Where did you pay your party dues?
*The Provisions on the Collection, Use and Management of Party Fees of the Communist Party of China (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations") issued by the Organization Department on February 4, 2008 clearly requiresParty fees are to be managed by the organization department of the Party committee on behalf of the Party committee。The specific management of Party fees shall be undertaken by the internal institutions of the organization departments of Party committees at all levels that undertake the functions of educating and managing Party members.
A part of the party fee was given to **:
The "Regulations" make it clear that the Party committees of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, the Working Committees of the directly subordinate organs, the Working Committees of State Organs, and the Party Committees of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission shall pay 5% of the total number of party dues paid by Party members throughout the year. The party dues paid shall be remitted to the party dues account of the ** Organization Department before the end of April of the following year, and shall not be underpaid or delayed. There is no limit to the voluntary payment of party dues by party members. Voluntarily pay more than 1,000 yuan of party dues at one time, and all of them will be paid**.
Taking 2022 as an example, the income of the party fee in the current year is 125.9 billion yuan, of which 11 were paid by various regions and departments (systems).7.2 billion yuan, and individual party members voluntarily paid more than 1,000 yuan in large party dues of 4,42250,000 yuan, interest income from party fee deposits is 425380,000 yuan.
Local and grassroots can retain party dues:
The "Regulations" make it clear that the local committees and grassroots committees of the Party may retain Party dues. The specific retention units and retention ratios shall be determined by the Party committees of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, the working committees of directly subordinate organs, the working committees of state organs, and the Party committees of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, etc., according to the actual situation and work needs, and the retention ratio shall be tilted towards the grassroots level. The use of party funds should be tilted toward rural areas, neighborhood communities, and other grassroots party organizations with difficulties, which fully reflects the work requirements of putting people first and caring for the grassroots in the work of party funds.
Where did the party dues spent?
* Manage the use of party funds, strictly follow the provisions of the approval procedures, each expenditure is collectively reviewed or decided by the Ministry of the Organization Department, and the important use items are reported for approval.
Judging from the income and expenditure of the first management party fee publicized by the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee in recent years, these party fees have been mainly usedVisits and condolences, emergency rescue and disaster relief, party member education, and party commendationetc. For example, in 2023, the Organization Department will allocate 44 million yuan of special funds to Beijing, Hebei and Tianjin from the management of party fees on behalf of the organization department to support flood prevention and disaster relief workIn 2022, 20 million yuan will be allocated to Sichuan Province to support earthquake relief and post-disaster reconstructionIn 2021, 39.5 billion yuan was used to carry out visits and condolences on the eve of "July 1st".In 2020, a special fund of 108 million yuan will be allocated to 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities and relevant departments (systems) to support all regions and relevant departments (systems) to carry out the prevention and control of the pneumonia epidemic caused by the new coronavirusIn 2016, 11.6 billion yuan to support 680 poverty-stricken counties in 14 concentrated contiguous areas with special difficulties to focus on party building and poverty alleviation. In addition, visiting party members, veteran party members, and veteran cadres who are in difficulty during the New Year's Festival has become a common practice in the use of party funds in recent years.
Taking 2022 as an example, the party fee income of the central management in that year was 125.9 billion yuan, with a total expenditure of 54.7 billion yuan. Specific Expenditure Items:
1) Condolences to party members and old party members who are in difficulty in life 36.7 billion yuan, accounting for 67 percent of the total expenditure1%；
2) Party member education and other expenditures 10 billion yuan, accounting for 18 percent of the total expenditure3%；
3) Support epidemic prevention and control, subsidize disaster affected party members, etc800 million yuan, accounting for 14 percent of the total expenditure6%；
4) Other expenditures of 70,000 yuan were used to print receipts for large amounts of party dues (470,000 yuan) and the purchase of the "50 years of glory in the party" commemorative medal (230,000 yuan).
Is the party fee of your party organization spent right?
The "Regulations" make it clear that party funds must be used for party activities, mainly as a supplement to the education funds of party members, and its specific scope of use includes (five basic purposes):
Training of party members. It is mainly used to train the majority of Party members in political theory, professional knowledge, practical technology, etc., as well as the expenses incurred in carrying out thematic practical education activities.
Subscribe to or purchase newspapers, periodicals, materials, audio-visual products, and equipment for the education of Party members. It must be directly used for subscribing to and purchasing newspapers and periodicals, materials, audio-visual products, and equipment with the education of Party members as the main purpose, and Party funds cannot be used for the fraudulent use of expenses for the education of Party members.
Commend advanced grass-roots party organizations, outstanding Communist Party members and outstanding party workers. It includes the cost of purchasing or producing certificates, certificates of honor, medals, medals, and prizes, the cost of printing materials for the commendation conference, the rental cost of conference rooms and transportation, etc., as well as the necessary cash award expenses. Commendation should be based on spiritual encouragement, and excessively high material rewards should not be advocated.
Subsidize party members who are living in difficulty. It includes regular living allowances for veteran Party members, one-time living allowances for Party members with living difficulties, and condolences for veteran Party members and Party members with living difficulties.
Subsidies for Party members who have suffered from serious natural disasters and repairs of educational facilities for grassroots Party members damaged by disasters. It includes the cost of directly distributing condolences and disaster relief materials to party members affected by the disaster, and repairing educational facilities such as activity venues and audio-visual education equipment damaged by the disaster of grassroots party organizations.
In 2017, the General Office of the Organization Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) detailed the use of party funds. It is pointed out that under the premise of following the five basic purposes of the use of party funds, the following specific use items can be paid from the party funds:
1) Accommodation fees, food expenses, transportation expenses, teacher fees, venue fees, material fees, ticket fees, explanation fees, etc. generated by the education and training of party members, party activists, and grassroots party workers.
2) The conference fees generated by the "three meetings and one lesson", the creation of the first and the striving for excellence, the change of the party organization, and the centralized Xi education within the party.
3) The cost of intra-party commendation.
4) Expenses related to repairs, new construction of grass-roots party organization activity venues, and configuration of necessary facilities for activity venues.
5) The cost of compiling and printing Party member education and training materials and printing the Party membership volunteer book, the letter of introduction to the Party member organization relationship, the Party member certification letter, the mobile Party member activity card, the Party fee certificate, the Party member file, etc., as well as the cost of purchasing the Party emblem and the Party flag.
6) Expenses related to the purchase of checks, transfer fees, etc., incurred in the financial management of party fees. The expenditure standards for the above items shall be implemented with reference to the relevant regulations of the Ministry of Finance. Higher-level Party organizations should guide grass-roots Party committees to allocate a certain amount of money to Party branches in the retained Party fees, mainly for subscribing to Party newspapers and periodicals, carrying out branch activities, and so forth.
The scope of use of party funds cannot be arbitrarily expanded, and those that do not meet the regulations must not be spent. It should be pointed out that the party fee is only a supplement to the education fund of party members, and it is far from enough to rely entirely on the party fee to carry out the education of party members.
At the same time, our party also stipulates that party organizations should regard the management of the collection and use of party dues as an important part of the disclosure of party affairs, and conscientiously do a good job in publicizing the income and expenditure of party dues. The organization departments of party committees at all levels should regularly carry out inspections of the work of party funds, discover problems, and correct them in a timely manner.
*: For party building, please refer to WeChat***Editor: Zhu Yunzhou.