Continuously Promote the Extension of Comprehensive and Strict Governance of the Party to the Grassroots

Grassroots Party organizations are the foundation of all the Party’s work and combat effectiveness, and also the foundation for ensuring the implementation of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party. General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered an important speech at the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, [1]1 The Four-Pronged Comprehensive Strategy is a strategic layout proposed by the CPC, comprising comprehensively building a moderately prosperous society, comprehensively deepening reform, comprehensively governing the country according to law, and comprehensively and strictly governing the Party. clearly demanding to “continuously promote the extension of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party to the grassroots.” To implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speech, it is necessary to improve the responsibility structure for governing the Party where each party bears its own responsibility and coordination is unified, deepen the reform of the grassroots supervision system and mechanism, integrate discipline inspection and supervision with grassroots inspections, coordinate it with supervision from all sides, improve the long-term mechanism for reducing burdens at the grassroots, and open up the “last kilometer” [2]2 "Five-level secretaries" refers to the secretaries of Party committees at the provincial, municipal (prefectural), county, township, and village levels, all bearing responsibility for poverty alleviation and rural revitalization work. of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party.

基层党组织是党的全部工作和战斗力的基础，也是确保全面从严治党贯彻落实的基础。习近平总书记在二十届中央纪委四次全会上发表重要讲话，明确要求“持续推动全面从严治党向基层延伸”。贯彻落实习近平总书记重要讲话精神，就要健全各负其责、统一协调的管党治党责任格局，深化基层监督体制机制改革，把纪检监察同对基层巡察结合起来、同各方面监督统筹起来，健全为基层减负长效机制，打通全面从严治党的“最后一公里”。

1. Extending to the Grassroots Is a Distinctive Feature of Comprehensive and Strict Governance of the Party in the New Era

1、向基层延伸是新时代全面从严治党的显著特点

Adhering to the unity of grasping the “key minority” and managing the “vast majority” is a valuable experience of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party in the New Era. By setting higher and stricter standards for the “key minority,” especially senior cadres, and implementing stricter management and supervision, comprehensive and strict governance of the Party can have deterrence and persuasiveness; by putting forward universal requirements for the vast majority of Party members, and managing the majority with strict education and strict discipline, comprehensive and strict governance of the Party can maintain a good atmosphere and environment. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, [3]3 "The wind rises at the tip of green duckweed" is a classical Chinese allusion from the Song Yu's "Feng Fu" (Wind Ode), meaning that small, seemingly insignificant beginnings can develop into major trends or problems. a key link in promoting the extension of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party to the grassroots has been that the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has set an example and led from the top, and

坚持抓“关键少数”和管“绝大多数”相统一，是新时代全面从严治党的一项宝贵经验。对“关键少数”特别是高级干部提出更高更严的标准，进行更严的管理和监督，全面从严治党才有震慑力和说服力；对广大党员提出普遍性要求，用严格教育、严明纪律管住大多数，全面从严治党才能保持良好氛围和环境。党的十八大以来，推进全面从严治党向基层延伸的一个关键环节，是以习近平同志为核心的党中央以身作则、以上率下，各级党组织主要负责同志推动主体责任和监督责任一级级向基层延伸，压力层层传导、责任环环相扣，推动全面从严治党落实落地。

The most solid source of strength for the Party's work lies at the grassroots, and the most prominent contradictions and problems also lie at the grassroots. A distinctive feature of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party in the New Era is extending work to the basic cells and nerve endings of the Party's organizational system. The Party Central Committee adheres to the clear orientation that all work goes to the Party branch, implementing comprehensive and strict governance of the Party in every branch and every Party member, and promoting a favorable trend across the entire Party of focusing heavily on the grassroots and on Party branches. Party committees (leading Party members groups) at all levels regard Party branch construction as the most important basic construction, establishing and improving Party organizations, pushing resources, services, and management to sink to the grassroots and solidify the grassroots, and forging grassroots Party organizations into strong fighting fortresses that propagate the Party's propositions, implement the Party's decisions, lead grassroots governance, unite and mobilize the masses, and promote reform and development. Party organizations at all levels implement the requirements for the Party to supervise itself and govern itself strictly in the management of the Party member contingent. The vast majority of Party members bravely shoulder responsibilities and dare to be pioneers, fully displaying the spiritual outlook of Communists in the New Era.

党的工作最坚实的力量支撑在基层，最突出的矛盾问题也在基层。新时代全面从严治党的一个鲜明特征，就是把工作延伸到党的组织体系的基本细胞、神经末梢。党中央坚持一切工作到支部的鲜明导向，把全面从严治党落实到每个支部、每名党员，推动全党形成了大抓基层、大抓支部的良好态势。各级党委（党组）把党支部建设作为最重要的基本建设，建立健全党组织，推动资源、服务、管理下沉基层、做实基层，把基层党组织打造成为宣传党的主张、贯彻党的决定、领导基层治理、团结动员群众、推动改革发展的坚强战斗堡垒。各级党组织把党要管党、从严治党的要求落实到党员队伍管理中，广大党员勇于担当、敢为先锋，充分展现了新时代共产党人的精神风貌。

Extending comprehensive and strict governance of the Party to the grassroots is a key move for winning the hearts and minds of the people. The Party Central Committee started from the prominent contradictions and problems strongly reflected by the masses, incorporated comprehensive and strict governance of the Party into the Four-Pronged Comprehensive Strategy [1]1 The Four-Pronged Comprehensive Strategy is a strategic layout proposed by the CPC, comprising comprehensively building a moderately prosperous society, comprehensively deepening reform, comprehensively governing the country according to law, and comprehensively and strictly governing the Party., and applied strict standards and strict measures throughout the entire process and all aspects of managing and governing the Party. This deeply won the hearts of the Party and the people, enhancing the masses' confidence, trust, and reliance in the Party Central Committee. For example, in the work of poverty alleviation, the Party Central Committee carried out special rectification in the fields of poverty alleviation and people's livelihoods, resolutely punishing the phenomenon of "reaching out" for poverty alleviation, people's livelihood, relief, and disaster relief funds and materials, resolutely cracking down on violations of relevant policies and embezzlement and misappropriation of compensation funds in land acquisition and demolition, and resolutely investigating and dealing with problems such as grassroots cadres demanding bribes, taking cuts, exploiting, and favoring relatives and friends, ensuring that the Party's policies benefiting the people are implemented and take effect. Our Party has always adhered to the main theme and main line of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party. In leading grassroots social governance, Party organizations at all levels and of all types resolve various disputes and difficulties, defuse internal contradictions, and crack down on various ugly phenomena according to discipline and law. The people's sense of gain, happiness, and security is continuously enhanced.

全面从严治党向基层延伸是赢得民心民意的关键一招。党中央从人民群众反映强烈的突出矛盾和问题入手，把全面从严治党纳入“四个全面”战略布局，把严的标准、严的措施贯穿管党治党全过程和各方面，深得党心民心，增强了人民群众对党中央的信心、信任和信赖。例如，在脱贫攻坚工作中，党中央开展扶贫民生领域专项整治，坚决惩治向扶贫民生、救济救灾款物“伸手”现象，坚决打击在征地拆迁中违反有关政策和侵吞挪用补偿资金等行为，坚决查处基层干部吃拿卡要、盘剥克扣、优亲厚友等问题，确保党的惠民政策落地见效。我们党始终坚持全面从严治党主题主线，各级各类党组织在引领基层社会治理中，解决各种纠纷难题、化解内部矛盾，依纪依法打击各种丑恶现象，人民群众的获得感、幸福感、安全感不断增强。

2. Key Tasks for Continuously Promoting Comprehensive and Strict Governance of the Party to Extend to the Grassroots

2、持续推动全面从严治党向基层延伸的重点任务

Party committees (leading Party members groups) at all levels bear the main responsibility for comprehensive and strict governance of the Party. Whether from the basic logic of power operation or the basic requirements of governance effectiveness, as long as the "ox nose" of main responsibility is grasped and the accountability system is strictly implemented, managing and governing the Party can become strict, tight, and solid. An important reason for the significant results achieved in poverty alleviation work and rural revitalization since the New Era lies in the five-level secretaries [2]2 "Five-level secretaries" refers to the secretaries of Party committees at the provincial, municipal (prefectural), county, township, and village levels, all bearing responsibility for poverty alleviation and rural revitalization work. grasping Party building and shouldering the main responsibility. Extending comprehensive and strict governance of the Party to the grassroots requires promoting the simultaneous exertion of the main responsibility of Party committees (leading Party members groups), the supervisory responsibility of functional departments, and the oversight responsibility of discipline inspection commissions (discipline inspection groups), and improving the responsibility structure for managing and governing the Party where each bears its own responsibility and coordination is unified. In the responsibility chain of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, Party organizations at all levels and the vast majority of Party members and cadres must know their responsibilities, shoulder their responsibilities, and fulfill their responsibilities. Relevant departments should optimize the responsibility implementation assessment mechanism, conduct precise and scientific accountability for dereliction of duty, and promote the implementation of the responsibility for managing and governing the Party through the fulfillment of responsible subjects, the fulfillment of responsibility requirements, and the fulfillment of assessment and accountability.

各级党委（党组）担负起全面从严治党的主体责任。无论从权力运行的基本逻辑还是治理成效的基本要求看，只要牵住主体责任“牛鼻子”，严格执行问责制度，管党治党就能严起来、紧起来、实起来。新时代以来扶贫工作和乡村振兴取得明显成效的重要原因就在于五级书记抓党建、主体责任扛在肩。全面从严治党向基层延伸，需要推动党委（党组）主体责任、职能部门监管责任、纪委（纪检组）监督责任同向发力，健全各负其责、统一协调的管党治党责任格局。在全面从严治党的责任链条中，各级党组织和广大党员、干部要知责、担责、履责，相关部门要优化责任落实考评机制，对失职失责精准科学问责，以责任主体到位、责任要求到位、考核问责到位，推动管党治党责任落实到位。

Normalize the rectification of unhealthy tendencies and corruption issues around the masses. The wind rises at the tip of green duckweed [3]3 "The wind rises at the tip of green duckweed" is a classical Chinese allusion from the Song Yu's "Feng Fu" (Wind Ode), meaning that small, seemingly insignificant beginnings can develop into major trends or problems.. For budding and trending problems, we must hold on tightly and not yield an inch, manage them into habits, and transform customs into prevailing norms. Focusing on the present, we should categorize and persistently discover and rectify problems such as inaction, arbitrary action, coldness, hardness, and horizontal pushing by some grassroots cadres. For example, deepen the governance of prominent issues concerning the masses such as "campus meals," the management of rural collective "three assets" [4]4 "Three assets" refers to rural collective resources, assets, and funds., and the supervision of the use of rural revitalization funds; solidly advance the special action to rectify the chaotic phenomena of corruption in the funeral industry; adhere to the concept of simultaneous investigation and governance of misconduct and corruption, improve the mechanism for simultaneous investigation and governance of misconduct and corruption, prevent the spread and loss of control of unhealthy tendencies from becoming corruption problems, and analyze the sources of unhealthy tendencies from corruption cases. Based on a long-term perspective, persist in simultaneously correcting the "Four Forms of Decadence" [5]5 The "Four Forms of Decadence" (四风) refers to formalism, bureaucratism, hedonism, and extravagance, which are targets of rectification campaigns within the CPC. and fostering new practices. While severely punishing unhealthy tendencies, carry out propaganda and education on new practices of the times, vigorously promote the Party's glorious traditions and fine conduct, so that the masses can always feel that good Party conduct and government conduct are right beside them, and that new social practices and healthy atmosphere are right beside them.

常态化整治群众身边不正之风和腐败问题。风起于青萍之末。针对苗头性、倾向性问题，要扭住不放、寸步不让，管出习惯、化风成俗。着眼当前，应分门别类、坚持不懈发现和整治一些基层干部不作为、乱作为、冷硬横推等问题。例如，深化群众关心的“校园餐”、农村集体“三资”管理、乡村振兴资金使用监管等方面突出问题治理，扎实推进整治殡葬领域腐败乱象专项行动；坚持风腐同查同治理念、健全风腐同查同治机制，防止不正之风蔓延失控成为腐败问题，从腐败案件中分析不正之风的源头。立足长远，坚持纠“四风”与树新风并举，在严厉惩治不正之风的同时，开展时代新风宣传教育，大力弘扬党的光荣传统和优良作风，让人民群众时时感受到良好党风政风就在身边、社会新风正气就在身边。

Taking deepening the reform of the grassroots oversight system and mechanism as the starting point, promote the integration and utilization of oversight forces on a larger scale. Promote the coordination and linkage between disciplinary inspection and supervision oversight and various types of oversight such as dispatched oversight, inspection, auditing, and financial and accounting oversight; promote the extension of city and county inspections to the grassroots; and strengthen inspections of villages (communities). Focus on establishing rules and regulations, strengthen the coordination and matching of various grassroots oversight systems, enhance overall effectiveness, focus on the operation of grassroots micro-power, and dynamically improve the negative list for clean performance of grassroots cadres and the oversight list for key matters. Coordinate county and township oversight forces, tilt personnel forces towards the front line of oversight, discipline enforcement, and law enforcement, form strong oversight effectiveness, ensure that oversight tasks can be taken on and power is used well. Focus on means innovation and technological empowerment, actively use big data and information technology means, and promote the deep integration of oversight with modern information technology. Smooth channels for social oversight, improve the system of openness in handling affairs in various fields, improve systems and mechanisms such as grassroots special research and special inspections, and promptly respond to the concerns of the masses.

以深化基层监督体制机制改革为抓手，推动监督力量在更大范围内整合运用。促进纪检监察监督与派驻、巡察、审计、财会等各类监督贯通协调，推动市县巡察向基层延伸，加强对村（社区）巡察。注重建章立制、加强各项基层监督制度的协调配套，增强整体效能，聚焦基层小微权力运行，动态完善基层干部廉洁履职负面清单和重点事项监督清单。统筹县乡监督力量，将人员力量向监督执纪执法一线倾斜，形成强大监督效能，确保监督任务接得住、权力用得好。注重手段创新、科技赋能，积极运用大数据和信息技术手段，推动监督与现代信息技术深度融合。畅通社会监督渠道，完善各领域办事公开制度，健全基层专题调研、专项督查等制度机制，及时回应群众关切。

Implement the long-term mechanism for rectifying formalism to reduce burdens at the grassroots. The Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the CPC [6]6 The Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the CPC was held in July 2024, focusing on further comprehensively deepening reform and advancing Chinese-path modernization. made arrangements for continuously deepening and expanding the rectification of formalism to reduce burdens at the grassroots, clearly proposing to improve the long-term mechanism for reducing burdens at the grassroots. In 2024, the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council issued the "Several Provisions on Rectifying Formalism to Reduce Burdens at the Grassroots," making institutional arrangements for deepening and expanding the work of reducing burdens at the grassroots, responding to the concerns and expectations of grassroots cadres and the masses. For problems strongly reflected by the grassroots, such as the proliferation of documents, cumbersome supervision, inspection, and assessment issues, and "formalism at the fingertips" [7]7 "Formalism at the fingertips" refers to the phenomenon where digital tools and online platforms, intended to improve efficiency, instead create excessive administrative burdens and superficial compliance tasks for grassroots cadres., a series of "hard constraints" have been set. Leading organs and leading cadres should play a demonstrative and leading role. Party committees (leading Party members groups) should fulfill their main responsibilities, implement the provisions in all lines, fields, and links, ensure that burden-reducing policies and measures go directly to the grassroots, and allow grassroots cadres to have more time and energy to grasp implementation and do practical work.

落实整治形式主义为基层减负长效机制。党的二十届三中全会对持续深化拓展整治形式主义为基层减负作出部署，明确提出要健全为基层减负长效机制。2024年，中办、国办印发《整治形式主义为基层减负若干规定》，对深化拓展基层减负工作作出制度性安排，回应基层干部群众关切与期盼，针对基层反映强烈的文件繁多问题，督查、检查、考核繁琐问题，“指尖上的形式主义”等“小切口”问题都设定了一系列“硬约束”。领导机关和领导干部应发挥示范带动作用，党委（党组）履行好主体责任，把规定落实到各条线各领域各环节，确保减负政策措施直通基层，让基层干部有更多时间精力抓落实、干实事。

3. Consolidating the Foundation for the Party's Long-term Governance with the Actual Results of Comprehensive and Strict Governance of the Party

3、以全面从严治党实效筑牢党长期执政的根基

Extend the requirements of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party to every link of grassroots governance. The grassroots are the foundation of the Party's governance and the source of its strength. To build grassroots Party organizations into strong battle fortresses that effectively realize the Party's leadership, it is necessary to focus on political functions and organizational functions, guide various types of grassroots organizations to consciously implement the Party's propositions, and ensure the correct direction of grassroots governance. Improve the rural governance system led by Party organizations, combining autonomy, rule of law, and rule of virtue [8]8 The combination of autonomy, rule of law, and rule of virtue refers to the integration of villagers' self-governance, statutory legal frameworks, and moral cultivation in rural governance, a policy framework promoted under the broader strategy of rural revitalization., integrate the Party's leadership throughout the entire process of social governance, coordinate and balance various governance subjects, effectively integrate social resources, enhance the overall, systematic, and coordinated nature of governance, and strengthen the construction of key and weak links in grassroots governance. Establish and improve a township (subdistrict) management system led by Party committees, with unified Party and government coordination, and simplicity and efficiency; by optimizing organizational structures and operational mechanisms, boost the quality and efficiency of grassroots governance. Party organizations should better fulfill their responsibilities of organizing, propagating, gathering, and serving the masses, improve the system of social participation led by Party building for mass organizations and social organizations, expand the participation of the masses in grassroots social governance, and take serving the people and benefiting the masses as the starting point and ultimate goal of grassroots governance.

将全面从严治党的要求延伸到基层治理的各个环节。基层是党的执政之基、力量之源。把基层党组织建设成为有效实现党的领导的坚强战斗堡垒，就要聚焦政治功能和组织功能，引领基层各类组织自觉贯彻党的主张，确保基层治理正确方向。健全党组织领导的自治、法治、德治相结合的乡村治理体系，把党的领导贯穿社会治理全过程，统筹协调各治理主体，有效整合社会资源，提升治理的整体性、系统性与协同性，加强基层治理关键环节和薄弱环节建设。建立完善党委领导、党政统筹、简约高效的乡镇（街道）管理体制，通过优化组织架构和运行机制，助推基层治理提质增效。党组织要更好履行组织、宣传、凝聚、服务群众职责，完善党建引领群团组织、社会组织的社会参与制度，扩大群众参与基层社会治理力度，把为民服务、造福群众作为基层治理的出发点和落脚点。

Implement the requirements of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party in every Party branch and every Party member. Improve the organizational system that is vertically connected and horizontally coordinated with strong execution, adhere to the principle that wherever the Party's cause develops, organizational construction follows, making organizations the home of Party members and uniting the masses around the organizations. Strengthen Party member education, make every organization a school for Party member education, persistently use Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to consolidate souls and inspire minds [9]9 "Consolidate souls and inspire minds" (凝心铸魂) is a standard Party phrase meaning to unify ideological commitment and strengthen theoretical conviction, often used in the context of political education campaigns., ensuring that Party members are unified in thought and aligned in direction with the Party Central Committee. Strengthen Party member supervision and management; every grassroots Party organization must strictly manage standards, extend the management chain, and implement management responsibilities, so that every Party member and cadre is promptly included in organizational management, and the Party organization has a clear understanding of the situation, problems, and measures for each Party member and cadre. Strictly enforce the organizational life and political life of Party branches, promote the standardization, normalization, and institutionalization of Party branch construction. Enhance Party member awareness, so that every Party member and cadre loves the Party within the Party, speaks for the Party within the Party, worries about the Party within the Party, and works for the Party within the Party, implementing love for the Party, concern for the Party, revitalization of the Party, and protection of the Party in every aspect of work and life, daring to struggle against phenomena that violate the requirements of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party.

把全面从严治党要求落实到每个支部、每名党员。健全上下贯通、执行有力的组织体系，坚持党的事业发展到哪里、组织建设就跟进到哪里，让组织成为党员之家，把群众团结在组织周围。加强党员教育，让每一个组织都成为党员教育的学校，坚持不懈用习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想凝心铸魂，确保党员与党中央思想统一、方向一致。加强党员监督和管理，每个基层党组织都要严格管理标准、延伸管理链条、落实管理责任，使每个党员、干部都及时纳入组织管理，使党组织对每个党员、干部都做到情况明、问题清、措施实。严肃党支部的组织生活、政治生活，推进党支部标准化、规范化、制度化建设。增强党员意识，使每个党员、干部都在党爱党、在党言党、在党忧党、在党为党，把爱党、忧党、兴党、护党落实到工作生活各个环节，敢于同违背全面从严治党要求的现象做斗争。

Let the achievements of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party more broadly benefit the people. The people's hearts are the greatest politics; to continuously promote comprehensive and strict governance of the Party to extend to the grassroots, it is necessary to take conforming to the people's thoughts, wishes, concerns, and expectations, and solving prominent issues strongly reflected by the people, as the test standard. The work style of cadres is a barometer for the people to observe and evaluate the Party's conduct; the quality, ability, and work style of Party members and cadres around the masses directly affect the effectiveness of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party. Party organizations at all levels should always establish the concept that work style construction is always on the road, always adhere to the principle of resolutely preventing and correcting whatever the people oppose and hate, establish and improve mechanisms for feedback on public sentiment, systems for direct contact between leading Party cadres and the masses, etc., promptly reflect the people's urgent concerns and difficulties, and do their utmost to solve problems for the people. Party organizations at all levels should strengthen education and training for grassroots cadres, effectively improve their theoretical level and practical ability, and guide them to be good practitioners of innovative theories, servants of the people, and executors of decisions and deployments.

让全面从严治党的成效更广泛惠及人民群众。民心是最大的政治，持续推动全面从严治党向基层延伸，就要把顺应群众所思所想所忧所盼、解决好群众反映强烈的突出问题作为检验标准。干部作风是人民群众观察评价党风的晴雨表，群众身边党员干部的素质高低、能力强弱、作风好坏，直接关乎全面从严治党成效。各级党组织应始终树立作风建设永远在路上的理念，始终坚持人民群众反对什么、痛恨什么，就坚决防范和纠正什么的原则，建立健全民情反馈机制、党员领导干部直接联系群众等制度，及时反映群众急难愁盼、尽心尽力为群众排忧解难。各级党组织要加强基层干部教育培训，切实提高基层干部理论水平和实践能力，引导他们当好创新理论的实践者、人民群众的服务员、决策部署的执行者。

(Author: Li Junwei, Researcher at the Research Center for Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and Professor of the Department of Party Building, Central Party School [National Academy of Governance])

（作者：李俊伟，系中央党校〔国家行政学院〕习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想研究中心研究员、党的建设教研部教授）

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