Strive to Strengthen the System for Comprehensive and Strict Governance of the Party

On the great journey of advancing the Party’s self-revolution in the New Era, improving the system for comprehensive and strict governance of the Party is the key to maintaining the Party’s advanced nature and purity and ensuring that the Party always remains the strong leading core of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics. The 15th collective study session of the Political Bureau of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China [1]1 The 20th Central Committee refers to the Central Committee elected at the 20th National Congress of the CPC in October 2022. The Political Bureau is its top executive body. conducted in-depth discussions on improving the system for comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, providing important guidance for further advancing the great new project of Party building.

在新时代推进党的自我革命伟大征程中，健全全面从严治党体系是保持党的先进性和纯洁性，确保党始终成为中国特色社会主义事业坚强领导核心的关键所在。党的二十届中央政治局第十五次集体学习围绕健全全面从严治党体系展开深入研讨，为进一步推进党的建设新的伟大工程提供了重要指引。

Consolidate the foundation of the system for comprehensive and strict governance of the Party. Ideological construction is the fundamental construction of the Party, providing strong spiritual motivation and ideological support for improving the system for comprehensive and strict governance of the Party. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC [2]2 The 18th National Congress of the CPC was held in November 2012, marking the beginning of the Xi Jinping era and the launch of the anti-corruption campaign., through a series of intra-Party centralized education campaigns, the ideological and theoretical level of the vast majority of Party cadres has been significantly enhanced. However, facing new situations and new tasks, ideological construction still needs to be continuously deepened. On the one hand, the methods of theoretical arming must be continuously innovated. Adhere to making the study and implementation of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era the primary political task, closely combining theoretical study with practical exercise. At the same time, utilize new media platforms to create a learning matrix combining online and offline, enhancing the appeal and impact of theoretical study in vivid and lively forms, and promoting the Party’s innovative theories to be deeply understood and internalized. On the other hand, strengthen the targeted nature and effectiveness of Party spirit education. Party spirit education is a compulsory course for Communists to cultivate their moral character. It should be tailored to the characteristics of Party cadres at different posts and levels, customizing Party spirit education courses.

筑牢全面从严治党体系根基。思想建设是党的基础性建设，为健全全面从严治党体系提供强大的精神动力和思想支撑。党的十八大以来，通过一系列党内集中教育，广大党员干部的思想理论水平得到显著提升，但面对新形势新任务，思想建设仍需持续深化。一方面，要持续创新理论武装方式。坚持把学习贯彻习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想作为首要政治任务，将理论学习与实践锻炼紧密结合。同时，利用新媒体平台打造线上线下相结合的学习矩阵，以生动鲜活的形式增强理论学习的吸引力和感染力，推动党的创新理论入脑入心。另一方面，要强化党性教育的针对性和实效性。党性教育是共产党人修身养性的必修课，应结合不同岗位、不同层级党员干部的特点，量身定制党性教育课程。

A tight organizational system is where the Party’s advantages and strength lie. In this regard, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “The Party’s strength comes from organization. The Party’s overall leadership and all its work must be realized through the Party’s strong organizational system.” The key to improving an organizational system that is connected from top to bottom and has strong execution lies in upholding the authority and centralized, unified leadership of the Party Central Committee. It is necessary to further improve the implementation mechanism for the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, establishing a closed-loop management system of “decision-making — execution — supervision — feedback.” Utilize information-based means, such as establishing a tracking platform for the implementation of decisions and deployments, to grasp in real time the progress and effectiveness of Party organizations at all levels in implementing the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, promptly discovering and solving problems such as “blockages in the middle,” [3]3 “Blockages in the middle” (中梗阻) is a Chinese political metaphor for the phenomenon where central policies are obstructed or distorted by middle-level or local officials. ensuring that the orders and policies of the Party Central Committee are unimpeded. Strengthening the construction of grassroots Party organizations is the foundation for consolidating the organizational system. Continuously rectify weak, lax, and dysfunctional grassroots Party organizations. By selecting and sending outstanding cadres to serve as first secretaries, increasing financial support, and other means, promote grassroots Party organizations to make comprehensive progress and become comprehensively strong. At the same time, adapt to new changes in economic and social development, and actively explore Party building work in emerging fields. In internet companies, the logistics industry, etc., innovate the methods of setting up Party organizations, adopting various forms such as independent establishment, joint establishment, and regional establishment, to achieve full coverage of the Party’s organization and work, continuously expanding the Party’s appeal, cohesion, and influence in emerging fields.

严密的组织体系是党的优势所在、力量所在。对此，习近平总书记指出：“党的力量来自组织。党的全面领导、党的全部工作要靠党的坚强组织体系去实现。”健全上下贯通、执行有力的组织体系，关键在于坚持党中央权威和集中统一领导。要进一步完善党中央重大决策部署落实机制，建立“决策— 执行 — 监督 —反馈” 的闭环管理系统。利用信息化手段，如建立决策部署落实跟踪平台，实时掌握各级党组织对党中央决策部署的执行进度和效果，及时发现并解决“中梗阻”等问题，确保党中央政令畅通无阻。加强基层党组织建设是夯实组织体系的根基。持续整顿软弱涣散基层党组织，通过选派优秀干部担任第一书记、加大资金支持力度等方式，推动基层党组织全面进步、全面过硬。同时，适应经济社会发展新变化，积极探索新兴领域党建工作。在互联网企业、物流行业等，创新党组织设置方式，采取单独建、联合建、区域建等多种形式，实现党的组织和工作全覆盖，不断扩大党在新兴领域的号召力、凝聚力和影响力。

Enhance the effectiveness of the system for comprehensive and strict governance of the Party. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “Improve the supervision system under the unified leadership of the Party, with comprehensive coverage, authority, and efficiency; perfect the mechanism for restricting and supervising the exercise of power; take intra-Party supervision as the leading factor, and promote the coordination and connection of various types of supervision.” Facing the many problems existing within the Party, it is necessary to adhere to a problem-oriented approach, improving a supervision system that precisely targets problems, addresses both symptoms and root causes, and achieves comprehensive results. In terms of supervision content, highlight political supervision, focus on the Two Upholds, and strengthen the supervision and inspection of the implementation of the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee by Party organizations at all levels. At the same time, strengthen supervision over leading bodies, especially the “first in command,” [4]4 “First in command” (一把手) is a Chinese term for the top leader of a Party or government unit, such as a Party secretary or minister. establish and improve the power list and responsibility list for the “first in command,” and regulate the exercise of power. Strictly implement the collective decision-making system for “three important and one major” [5]5 “Three important and one major” (三重一大) refers to major decisions, important personnel appointments and removals, major project arrangements, and large amounts of fund use, which must be decided collectively by the leading body. matters, and strengthen whole-process supervision. In key areas, such as engineering construction, financial credit, resource development, etc., increase supervision efforts. Through conducting special audits, clean governance risk investigations, and other means, promptly discover and investigate corruption issues. In terms of supervision methods, adhere to the combination of the Party’s self-supervision and people’s supervision. On the one hand, give full play to the leading role of intra-Party supervision, integrating the forces of discipline inspection and supervision, organization and personnel, inspection and patrol supervision, etc., to form a joint supervision force. On the other hand, broaden the channels for people’s supervision, encouraging the masses to participate in supervision through methods such as letters and visits reporting and online supervision. Utilize big data to analyze information from mass reports, accurately identify problem clues, leaving no place for corrupt behavior to hide.

提升全面从严治党体系效能。习近平总书记指出：“健全党统一领导、全面覆盖、权威高效的监督体系，完善权力监督制约机制，以党内监督为主导，促进各类监督贯通协调。”面对党内存在的诸多问题，必须坚持问题导向，健全精准发力、标本兼治的监管体系。在监督内容上，要突出政治监督，聚焦“两个维护”，加强对各级党组织贯彻落实党中央重大决策部署情况的监督检查。同时，强化对领导班子特别是“一把手”的监督，建立健全“一把手”权力清单和责任清单，规范权力运行。对“三重一大”事项严格执行集体决策制度，加强全过程监督。在重点领域，如工程建设、金融信贷、资源开发等，要加大监督力度，通过开展专项审计、廉政风险排查等方式，及时发现和查处腐败问题。在监督方式上，坚持党的自我监督和人民监督相结合。一方面，充分发挥党内监督的主导作用，整合纪检监察、组织人事、巡视巡察监督等力量，形成监督合力。另一方面，拓宽人民监督渠道，鼓励群众通过信访举报、网络监督等方式参与监督。利用大数据分析群众举报信息，精准发现问题线索，让腐败行为无处遁形。

A scientific and complete system is an important guarantee for improving the system for comprehensive and strict governance of the Party. Therefore, it is necessary to further deepen the reform of the intra-Party regulations system, doing a good job in top-level design. A comprehensive review of existing intra-Party regulations should be conducted, revising and improving them according to new situations and new tasks, to build a systematic, complete, logically rigorous, and coordinated unified system of intra-Party regulations. It is necessary to strengthen institutional awareness, carry out institutional publicity and education activities, so that Party cadres are familiar with the content of the regulations and consciously abide by them. A mechanism for supervising the implementation of regulations should be established, with serious investigation and punishment of acts violating the regulations, maintaining the authority and seriousness of the regulations. At the same time, encourage grassroots units to explore and innovate in practice, promptly elevate good experiences and practices into regulations, and continuously enhance the vitality and effectiveness of the system.

科学完备的制度是健全全面从严治党体系的重要保障，因此要进一步深化党内法规制度建设改革，做好顶层设计。要对现有党内法规进行全面梳理，根据新形势新任务进行修订完善，构建系统完备、逻辑严密、协调统一的党内法规体系。要强化制度意识，开展制度宣传教育活动，让党员干部熟悉制度内容，自觉遵守制度。要建立制度执行监督机制，对违反制度的行为进行严肃查处，维护制度的权威性和严肃性。同时，鼓励基层在实践中探索创新，及时将好的经验做法上升为制度，不断提升制度的生命力和实效性。

Gather the joint force of the system for comprehensive and strict governance of the Party. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “Comprehensive and strict governance of the Party is the responsibility of Party organizations at all levels.” Clarify the main responsibilities of Party organizations at all levels. Party committees (Party leadership groups) must earnestly shoulder the leadership responsibility for comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, planning, deploying, advancing, and assessing Party building work together with business work. Formulate a list of main responsibilities for comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, clarifying work tasks and target requirements, ensuring that responsibility implementation has rules to follow. Discipline inspection commissions at all levels must fulfill their supervision responsibilities, focus on their main duties and main businesses, and strengthen supervision, discipline enforcement, and accountability. Strengthen the daily supervision and management of Party cadres, achieving early detection, early warning, and early correction. At the same time, discipline inspection commissions at all levels should assist Party committees at the same level in advancing comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, strengthen the organization and coordination of clean governance construction and anti-corruption work, and provide a solid basis for Party committee decision-making. The secretary of the Party committee (Party leadership group), as the first responsible person, must lead by example and take the lead in fulfilling the main responsibility for comprehensive and strict governance of the Party. Manage the leading body well, lead the team well, and strengthen the education, management, and supervision of members of the leading body and secretaries of lower-level Party organizations. Regularly study and deploy work on comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, and promptly solve problems existing in the work. Other members of the leading body must, in accordance with the requirements of “one post with dual responsibilities,” [6]6 “One post with dual responsibilities” (一岗双责) means that a leading cadre is responsible both for their regular administrative or professional duties and for Party building and anti-corruption work in their area. do a good job in the comprehensive and strict governance of the Party in their respective areas of responsibility, integrating the responsibility for managing the Party and governing it into the entire process of business work.

凝聚全面从严治党体系合力。习近平总书记指出：“全面从严治党是各级党组织的职责所在。”明确各级党组织的主体责任，党委（党组）要切实担负起全面从严治党的领导责任，将党建工作与业务工作同谋划、同部署、同推进、同考核。制定全面从严治党主体责任清单，明确工作任务和目标要求，确保责任落实有章可循。各级纪委要履行好监督责任，聚焦主责主业，强化监督执纪问责。加强对党员干部的日常监督管理，做到早发现、早提醒、早纠正。同时，各级纪委要协助同级党委推进全面从严治党，加强对党风廉政建设和反腐败工作的组织协调，为党委决策提供有力依据。党委（党组）书记作为第一责任人，要以身作则，带头履行全面从严治党主体责任。抓好班子、带好队伍，加强对领导班子成员和下级党组织书记的教育管理监督。定期研究部署全面从严治党工作，及时解决工作中存在的问题。领导班子其他成员要按照“一岗双责”要求，抓好分管领域的全面从严治党工作，将管党治党责任融入业务工作全过程。

Party cadres must clarify their own responsibilities, strictly abide by Party discipline and rules, and consciously accept supervision from the organization and the masses. Actively participate in intra-Party political life, and continuously improve their own quality through criticism and self-criticism. Combine the characteristics of their posts, play a vanguard and exemplary role, and contribute to comprehensive and strict governance of the Party. In their work, Party cadres must strictly abide by the Party’s political discipline and political rules, achieving consistency in words and deeds, and being the same inside and outside. Leading Party cadres must take the lead in implementing the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulations of the Central Committee and its detailed implementation rules, and resolutely oppose formalism and bureaucracy. They must strengthen the education and management of their relatives and staff around them, set an example for the entire Party through their own practical actions, and lead the vast majority of Party cadres to actively participate in the practice of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party.

党员干部要明确自身责任，严格遵守党的纪律和规矩，自觉接受组织和群众的监督。积极参与党内政治生活，在批评与自我批评中不断提高自身素质。结合岗位特点，发挥先锋模范作用，为全面从严治党贡献力量。在工作中，党员干部要严格遵守党的政治纪律和政治规矩，做到言行一致、表里如一。党员领导干部要带头落实中央八项规定及其实施细则精神，坚决反对形式主义、官僚主义。要加强对亲属和身边工作人员的教育管理，以自身的实际行动为全党树立标杆，引领广大党员干部积极投身全面从严治党实践。

Improving the system for comprehensive and strict governance of the Party is a long-term and arduous task, requiring the concerted efforts of the entire Party and persistent work. By strengthening ideological guidance and organizational construction, improving supervision, management, and institutional guarantees, and implementing responsibilities and exemplary leadership, we will continuously open up new prospects for comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, providing a strong political guarantee and organizational guarantee for realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. On the new journey, our Party will surely promote the deepening of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party with even firmer determination and more powerful measures, writing a new glorious chapter in Party building.

健全全面从严治党体系是一项长期而艰巨的任务，需要全党上下齐心协力、久久为功。通过强化思想引领与组织建设、完善监督管理与制度保障、落实责任与示范引领，不断开创全面从严治党新局面，为实现中华民族伟大复兴提供坚强政治保证和组织保证。在新的征程上，我们党必将以更加坚定的决心、更加有力的举措，推动全面从严治党向纵深发展，书写党的建设新的辉煌篇章。

(The author is a doctoral student at the School of Marxism, Jilin University)

（作者系吉林大学马克思主义学院博士研究生）

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