Beijing, December 28 (Xinhua) -- Recently, the Communist Party of China (CPC) issued the revised Regulations on Disciplinary Actions of the Communist Party of China (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations"). Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the "Regulations" have been revised three times to continuously improve discipline and rules. What are the contents of the "Regulations" revised and what signals have been released?
Data map: In Taiyuan, Shanxi, people went to visit the exhibition of the Communist Party of China's anti-corruption and clean government campaign. Photo by China News Service reporter Wei Liang.
Strictly enforce political discipline and rules.
Add a provision on the punishment of "making friends with political **".
In terms of ensuring the smooth implementation of government decrees, the "Regulations" further improve the disciplinary provisions. Among them, Article 56 adds provisions on the punishment of acts of ignoring the overall situation of the Party and the state and engaging in departmental or local protectionism, and adjusts the behavior of "implementing the best decision-making and deployment only to express one's stance and not implementing it", from violating work discipline to violating political discipline.
In the General Provisions, the "Regulations" require Party organizations and Party members to "earnestly practice the correct outlook on power, political achievements, and undertakings", and Article 57 regulates the conduct of engaging in "image projects" and "government performance projects" that work hard for the people and hurt money, from violating mass discipline to violating political discipline.
It is worth noting that the "Regulations" have added the punishment of "making friends with political **". Article 55 of the "Regulations" stipulates that those who engage in speculation and drilling, make friends with political ** or are used by political **, shall be given a serious warning or removed from their positions within the party;where the circumstances are serious, they are to be placed on Party probation or expelled from the Party.
Strengthen all-round management and regular supervision.
Anyone who behaves inappropriately in cyberspace will be punished.
The "Regulations" further enrich the punishment clause for the behavior of "new officials ignoring old accounts", requiring party members and leading cadres to be truly responsible for the problems that already exist before taking office and fall within the scope of their duties, and must not passively evade or shirk responsibility.
At the same time, improve the provisions on the punishment of Party members and cadres who have left or retired from their posts in violation of regulations, or used their former authority or the influence of their positions to seek benefits for their relatives and friends.
The "Regulations" also effectively regulate and restrain the words and deeds of Party members online. Add provisions on sanctions for violations of public order and good customs and inappropriate words and deeds in cyberspace, and promote Party members to be the same online and offline, and tighten the string that the Internet is not a place outside the law.
Article 153 of the "Regulations" stipulates that those who violate social public order and good customs, have inappropriate words and deeds in public places or cyberspace, causing a negative impact, shall be given a warning or serious warning;where the circumstances are more serious, they are to be removed from internal Party positions or placed on Party probation;where the circumstances are serious, they are to be expelled from the Party.
Guide and encourage party members and cadres to dare to take responsibility and act actively.
Provisions for accountability for abuse have been added.
For those who dare not struggle in their work, are unwilling to take responsibility, and retreat in the face of major contradictions, conflicts, crises and difficulties, the "Regulations" have added punishment provisions, and if they cause adverse effects or serious consequences, they shall be given warnings or serious warnings;where the circumstances are serious, sanctions of removal from internal Party positions, Party probation, or expulsion from the Party are to be given.
The "Regulations" also add provisions on the punishment of doing a good job in the work of being able to go up and down, and avoiding the important and ignoring the light. For example, if one of these acts is used to circumvent organizational adjustments, organizational adjustments are used to replace sanctions such as Party discipline and government affairs, or other conduct that avoids the important and lightens the punishment, one of these acts will be punished.
The Regulations also add provisions on sanctions for abuse of accountability or serious irresponsibility in accountability efforts. The "Regulations" stipulate that if the accountability is abused, or the accountability work is seriously irresponsible, causing a negative impact, the person directly responsible and the leader responsible shall be given a warning or serious warning;where the circumstances are serious, a sanction of removal from internal Party positions is to be given.
Adhere to the party spirit, party style, and party discipline together.
Provisions on the punishment of layers of additional weight and excessive traces have been added.
In view of the "four winds" latent growth and mutation, the "Regulations" improve the punishment provisions for violations of the spirit of the eight provisions, enrich the punishment provisions for illegal reception, indiscriminate distribution of benefits, renting and borrowing office space without approval, as well as holding demonstration activities without authorization, violating the regulations on the management of conference activities, etc., and add punishment provisions for disguised gifts in the name of lecture fees, project fees, consulting fees, etc.
In view of the stubborn diseases of formalism and bureaucracy that party members and cadres strongly resent, the "Regulations" have added the requirement that they are divorced from reality, do not conduct in-depth investigation and study, and engage in arbitrary decision-making and mechanical implementationViolating the relevant provisions of the Jingwen Reduction Association to engage in the collection of mountains and seas;In the work of supervision, inspection, and assessment, there are punishment provisions such as adding layers of weight, leaving excessive traces, and increasing the burden of grassroots work.
Promote the integration of discipline and law enforcement.
Party members involved in pornography and drugs shall be expelled from the Party.
The Regulations improve the provisions on the convergence of discipline and law. Article 30 stipulates that party members who undermine the order of the socialist market economy, violate the administration of public security, and violate state financial and economic discipline shall be punished according to the severity of the circumstances.
Where Party members have **, or who have the conditions to lose Party membership, such as ingesting or injecting drugs, and seriously tarnish the Party's image, they shall be expelled from the Party.
In addition, the "Regulations" make it clear that if a Party member who holds a position in an organization outside the Party is removed from his or her position within the Party, he or she shall be recommended that the organization outside the Party remove him from his or her position outside the PartyWhere it is requested that Party members receive a sanction of removal from office or higher in accordance with law, they shall be given a sanction of removal from internal Party positions or higher in accordance with the provisions of the regulations. (ENDS).