Advancing Comprehensive and Strict Governance of the Party with Higher Standards and More Concrete Measures

Comprehensive and strict governance of the Party is the only way for the Party to forever maintain its vigor and vitality and to successfully navigate the new journey of passing the test, and it is the fundamental guarantee for the major achievements of the Party and the state in the New Era. General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered an important speech at the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection [1]1 The 15th Five-Year Plan refers to China’s national economic and social development plan for the period 2026–2030., focusing on the critical period of basically realizing socialist modernization, making strategic deployments for advancing comprehensive and strict governance of the Party with higher standards and more concrete measures to provide a strong guarantee for achieving the goals and tasks of the 15th Five-Year Plan period [2]2 “Three More” (三个更加) refers to the three aspects of advancing comprehensive and strict governance of the Party: more prominent political construction, more comprehensive institutional governance, and more in-depth anti-corruption struggle.. He emphasized the need to “implement the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee more resolutely and forcefully, confine power within the institutional cage more scientifically and effectively, and advance the fight against corruption more soberly and steadfastly.” These important expositions are far-sighted and rich in connotation, both grounded in reality and grasping the general trend, while also looking to the long term and setting the direction, providing a fundamental guideline and action guide for deepening comprehensive and strict governance of the Party and the fight against corruption.

全面从严治党是党永葆生机活力、走好新的赶考之路的必由之路，是新时代党和国家事业取得重大成就的根本保障。习近平总书记在二十届中央纪委五次全会上发表重要讲话，着眼基本实现社会主义现代化关键时期，对以更高标准、更实举措推进全面从严治党，为实现“十五五”时期目标任务提供坚强保障作出战略部署，强调“更加坚决有力地贯彻落实党中央重大决策部署，更加科学有效地把权力关进制度笼子，更加清醒坚定地推进反腐败斗争”。这些重要论述高屋建瓴、内涵丰富，既立足现实、把准大势，又着眼长远、谋定方向，为纵深推进全面从严治党和反腐败斗争提供了根本遵循和行动指南。

The 15th Five-Year Plan Period Puts Forward Higher Requirements for Comprehensive and Strict Governance of the Party

“十五五”时期对全面从严治党提出更高要求

Comprehensive and strict governance of the Party in the New Era unfolds around upholding and strengthening the Party’s overall leadership, and upholding and strengthening the Party’s overall leadership is the fundamental guarantee for advancing Chinese-path modernization. The 15th Five-Year Plan period is a critical period for consolidating the foundation and exerting full force to basically realize socialist modernization. There is an urgent need to further uphold and strengthen the centralized, unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, and to place greater emphasis on fully transforming the Party’s leadership advantages into governance effectiveness. This puts forward higher requirements for comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, which are specifically reflected in the following aspects.

新时代全面从严治党围绕坚持和加强党的全面领导展开，坚持和加强党的全面领导是推进中国式现代化的根本保证。“十五五”时期是基本实现社会主义现代化夯实基础、全面发力的关键时期，亟须进一步坚持和加强党中央集中统一领导，更加注重把党的领导优势充分转化为治理效能，这对全面从严治党提出更高要求，具体体现在以下方面。

Upholding and strengthening the Party’s overall leadership during the 15th Five-Year Plan period requires that comprehensive and strict governance of the Party take the implementation of the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee as its primary orientation. Resolutely safeguarding the authority of the Party Central Committee and its centralized, unified leadership is the highest principle of Party leadership, and its concentrated manifestation at the practical level is the thorough and unadulterated implementation of the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized, “Implementing the major decisions and deployments

“十五五”时期坚持和加强党的全面领导，要求全面从严治党以贯彻落实党中央重大决策部署为首要指向。坚决维护党中央权威和集中统一领导是党的领导的最高原则，而其在实践层面的集中表现，就是党中央重大决策部署得到不折不扣的贯彻落实。习近平总书记强调，“贯彻落实党中央重大决策部署，是维护党中央权威和集中统一领导的根本要求，也是党和人民事业不断发展进步的重要历史经验”。随着党中央决策部署战略性、系统性、牵引性进一步增强，只有在政治上更加坚定、在组织上更加严密、在执行上更加有力地推进全面从严治党，才能确保党中央权威和集中统一领导在重大决策部署的贯彻落实中得到更好体现。

Upholding and strengthening the Party’s overall leadership during the 15th Five-Year Plan period requires that comprehensive and strict governance of the Party take institutional control of power as a key support. The Communist Party of China is a Marxist party that has been in power for a long time. The Party’s self-revolution is the second answer the Party has found through long-term exploration to escape the “historical cycle of rise and fall.” [1]1 The 15th Five-Year Plan refers to China’s national economic and social development plan for the period 2026–2030. General Secretary Xi Jinping has clearly stated, “The Party’s self-revolution focuses

“十五五”时期坚持和加强党的全面领导，要求全面从严治党以制度治权为关键支撑。中国共产党是长期执政的马克思主义政党，党的自我革命是我们党经过长期探索找到的跳出“历史周期率”的第二个答案。习近平总书记鲜明提出，“党的自我革命重在治权，把权力关进制度笼子是新时代全面从严治党的一项重要任务”。这一重大论断标志着我们党对治权在自我革命中地位的认识提升到一个新高度。治权的重点是把权力运行纳入制度约束、纪律约束、监督约束之中。面对更复杂的治理任务与更密集的政策举措，权力运行的规范化程度，直接关系党的路线方针政策能否准确落地、重大部署能否有效执行。因此，全面从严治党必须进一步强化制度治党、依规治党，推动权力运行更加规范有序。

During the period of the 15th Five-Year Plan [1]1 The 15th Five-Year Plan refers to China’s national economic and social development plan for the period 2026–2030., upholding and strengthening the Party’s overall leadership requires that comprehensive and strict governance of the Party take the fight against corruption as an important task. General Secretary Xi Jinping has pointed out, “Corruption is a tiger in the road and a stumbling block in the course of the Party’s and the nation’s development; the fight against corruption is a major struggle that cannot be lost and must not be lost.” The fight against corruption concerns the hearts of the Party and the people, concerns the political ecosystem, and even more concerns the Party’s governing foundation and governing security. The better the political ecosystem, the stronger the governance effectiveness can be. Our Party concentrates its strength on advancing Chinese-path modernization, and it must resolutely fight the tough and protracted battle against corruption, continuously purifying the political ecosystem.

“十五五”时期坚持和加强党的全面领导，要求全面从严治党以反腐败斗争为重要任务。习近平总书记指出，“腐败是党和国家事业发展进程中的拦路虎、绊脚石，反腐败是一场输不起也决不能输的重大斗争”。反腐败斗争关乎党心民心、关乎政治生态，更关乎党的执政根基与执政安全。政治生态越好治理效能才能越强。我们党集中力量推进中国式现代化建设，必须坚决打好反腐败斗争攻坚战、持久战，持续净化政治生态。

Deeply Comprehend the Rich Connotation of “Higher Standards and More Concrete Measures”

深入领悟“更高标准、更实举措”丰富内涵

Comprehensive and strict governance of the Party has entered a stage of deepening advancement. It cannot remain at a general level of strict requirements; rather, it must calibrate the political direction with higher standards, enhance governance effectiveness with more concrete measures, and drive the Party’s self-revolution to better play its role of political guarantee in a critical period. Advancing comprehensive and strict governance of the Party with higher standards and more concrete measures is both a deepening of the understanding of the laws of Party management and governance under long-term governing conditions and an inevitable requirement for enhancing political execution capability, power standardization capability, and governance security during the critical period of basically realizing socialist modernization. If the standards are set high and the measures are implemented concretely, comprehensive and strict governance of the Party can truly become a hard guarantee in the critical period. In practice, higher standards and more concrete measures target the consistency of direction in implementing the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee; in terms of institutions, they target the binding force of norms for the operation of power; in terms of security, they target the long-term controllability of risks and challenges.

全面从严治党进入纵深推进阶段，不能停留在一般性的从严要求上，而要以更高标准校准政治方向，以更实举措提升治理效能，推动党的自我革命在关键时期更好发挥政治保证作用。以更高标准、更实举措推进全面从严治党，既是对长期执政条件下管党治党规律的深化认识，也是在基本实现社会主义现代化关键时期提升政治执行力、权力规范力和治理安全性的必然要求。标准立得高，举措落得实，全面从严治党才能真正成为关键时期的硬保障。更高标准、更实举措在实践上对准的是贯彻落实党中央重大决策部署方向的一致性，在制度上指向的是权力运行规范的约束力，在安全上着眼的是风险挑战的长期可控性。

Higher standards, in the final analysis, mean further strengthening and raising the political responsibility and political requirements of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, so that the entire Party maintains strict discipline and unity of action in the critical period. During the period of the 15th Five-Year Plan, the leading and driving role of the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee is stronger. It is necessary, through comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, to make the entire Party more steadfast and more unified in political stance, political direction, political principles, and political path. Political standards must be further raised, highlighting political judgment, political understanding, and political execution capability, and embodying the maintenance of the Party Central Committee’s authority and its centralized, unified leadership throughout the entire process of implementation. If standards are not raised, problems such as deviations in understanding, discounts in execution, and divergence in action are likely to occur, thereby affecting the practical effect of realizing the Party Central Committee’s authority and its centralized, unified leadership.

更高标准，归根到底是要把全面从严治党的政治责任和政治要求进一步增强和提高，使全党在关键时期始终保持令行禁止、步调一致。“十五五”时期党中央重大决策部署的统领性和牵引性更强，必须通过全面从严治党使全党在政治立场、政治方向、政治原则、政治道路上更加坚定、更加统一。要进一步提高政治标准，突出政治判断力、政治领悟力、政治执行力，把维护党中央权威和集中统一领导体现到贯彻落实的全过程。标准不提高，容易出现在理解上走样、在执行上打折、在行动上偏离的问题，进而影响党中央权威和集中统一领导在实践层面的实现效果。

More concrete measures, in the final analysis, mean implementing strict requirements in all aspects and throughout the entire process of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, truly making it a hard support for ensuring the Party’s overall leadership. During the critical period of basically realizing socialist modernization, governance tasks are more systematic and the chain is more complex. Relying solely on principled requirements makes it difficult to ensure implementation effectiveness. The connotation of the requirement for more concrete measures is not a general increase in pressure, but rather making the transmission of responsibility, the operation of supervision, and the implementation of institutions more rigorous, more specific, and more verifiable, thereby promoting the enhancement of the effectiveness of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party. If measures are not concrete, problems such as the hollowing out of responsibility, the idling of supervision, and the formalization of rectification are likely to occur, thereby making it difficult to transform institutional advantages into governance effectiveness.

更实举措，归根到底是要把严的要求落实到全面从严治党的各方面和全过程，使其真正成为保障党的全面领导的硬支撑。在基本实现社会主义现代化关键时期，治理任务更加系统、链条更加复杂，仅有原则性要求难以确保落实效果。更实举措要求的内涵，不是一般意义上的加码加压，而是把责任传导、监督运行、制度执行做得更严密、更具体、更可检验，推动全面从严治党效能提升。举措不实，容易出现责任虚化、监督空转、整改虚设等问题，进而使制度优势难以转化为治理效能。

Higher standards and more concrete measures embody the deepening of the Party governance method from experiential response to institutionalized governance, and are an active grasp of the laws of power operation under long-term governing conditions. The Party’s self-revolution must more prominently highlight systematic governance and structural governance. Comprehensive and strict governance of the Party cannot be satisfied with periodic rectification; rather, it must pay more attention to regulating the operation of power through the institutional system and institutional authority. The more arduous the task, the more necessary it is to hold stricter standards and implement more concrete measures, preventing the loss of power norms and the disorder of governance. At the same time, higher standards and more concrete measures are also a sober response to the still severe and complex situation of the anti-corruption struggle at the current stage. The stubbornness and concealment of corruption risks determine that comprehensive and strict governance of the Party must maintain strategic resolve, hold the bottom line of discipline with higher standards, consolidate governance effectiveness with more concrete measures, and continuously purify the political ecosystem. Only by always maintaining a strict yardstick in standards and always maintaining a concrete intensity in measures can we continuously accumulate advantages in the long-term struggle, ensuring that the Party’s body is always healthy and the Party’s ranks are always pure.

更高标准、更实举措，体现的是治党方式从经验性应对向制度化治理的深化，是对长期执政条件下权力运行规律的主动把握。党的自我革命必须更加突出系统治理和结构治理，全面从严治党不能满足于阶段性整顿，而要更加注重通过制度体系和制度权威规范权力的运行。任务越艰巨，越需要在标准上把得更严、在举措上落得更实，防止权力失范、治理失序。同时，更高标准、更实举措也是对现阶段反腐败斗争形势依然严峻复杂的清醒回应。腐败风险的顽固性、隐蔽性，决定了全面从严治党必须保持战略定力，以更高标准守住纪律底线，以更实举措巩固治理成效，持续净化政治生态。只有在标准上始终保持严的尺度、在举措上始终保持实的力度，才能在长期斗争中不断积累优势，确保党的肌体始终健康、党的队伍始终纯洁。

Adhere to the “Three More” [2]2 “Three More” (三个更加) refers to the three aspects of advancing comprehensive and strict governance of the Party: more prominent political construction, more comprehensive institutional governance, and more in-depth anti-corruption struggle. to Advance Comprehensive and Strict Governance of the Party

坚持“三个更加”推进全面从严治党

Advancing comprehensive and strict governance of the Party with higher standards and more concrete measures hinges on grasping the key points and forming a system. The “Three More” constitute an organic whole that takes implementing the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee as the key goal, institutional governance of power as the realization path, and the fight against corruption as an important task, forming a system of Party management and governance that runs through political supervision, power constraint, and anti-corruption governance. We must take this as the focal point to advance comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, providing a strong guarantee for realizing the goals and tasks of the period of the 15th Five-Year Plan.

以更高标准、更实举措推进全面从严治党，关键在于抓住重点、形成体系。“三个更加”构成以贯彻落实党中央重大决策部署为关键目标、以制度治权为实现路径、以反腐败斗争为重要任务的有机整体，形成贯通政治监督、权力约束、反腐治理的管党治党体系，要以此为着力点推进全面从严治党，为实现“十五五”时期目标任务提供坚强保障。

To implement the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee more resolutely and forcefully, the key is to place political supervision on strategic tasks. Practice has proven that political supervision can grasp the crux only when it is concretized, improve efficiency only when it is targeted, and form lasting effects only when it is normalized. If supervision is divorced from key tasks, it is difficult to reflect its political nature; if inspections remain at the level of general requirements, it is difficult to form penetrating force. We must take concrete actions to implement the various decisions and deployments of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China [3]3 The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, held in July 2024, focused on comprehensively deepening reform and advancing Chinese modernization., closely focusing on tasks such as building a modern industrial system, developing new quality productive forces in light of local conditions, building a unified national market, expanding high-standard opening up, solidly advancing common prosperity for all the people, normalizing the prevention of relapse into poverty, and resolving hidden local government debts. We must strengthen concretized, targeted, and normalized supervision and inspection, refining these into specific matters that can be supervised, evaluated, and held accountable, thereby pushing supervision work from whether it has been implemented to whether it has been implemented well. We must give full play to the political function of inspection supervision, make good use of inspection results, strengthen rectification supervision, and form a closed-loop mechanism for discovering problems, solving problems, and perfecting systems, so as to ensure that the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee are implemented.

更加坚决有力地贯彻落实党中央重大决策部署，关键是把政治监督落到战略任务上。实践证明，政治监督具体化才能抓住要害，精准化才能提高效率，常态化才能形成长效。监督如果脱离重点任务就难以体现政治性，检查如果停留在一般性要求就难以形成穿透力。要以实际行动贯彻落实好党的二十届四中全会各项决策部署，紧扣建设现代化产业体系、因地制宜发展新质生产力、建设全国统一大市场、扩大高水平对外开放、扎实推进全体人民共同富裕、常态化防止返贫致贫、化解地方政府隐性债务等任务要求，加强具体化、精准化、常态化的监督检查，将其细化为可监督、可评估、可问责的具体事项，推动监督工作从有没有落实向落实得好不好深化。要充分发挥巡视监督的政治功能，用好巡视成果，强化整改监督，形成发现问题、解决问题、完善制度的闭环机制，保障党中央重大决策部署落到实处。

To more scientifically and effectively confine power within the cage of institutions, the key is to place the governance of power on institutions and their execution. The key to governing power lies not only in having institutions, but in institutions being able to control power and in execution leaving no exceptions. Institutions must be dense but not cumbersome, effective and practical, emphasizing the scientific nature of institutional supply and the targeted nature of governance. Improving the execution of institutions and strengthening rigid constraints emphasizes the implementation of institutions and the standardization of discipline. Strengthening the publicity and education of laws, regulations, and institutions, guiding Party members and cadres to understand legal discipline, be clear on rules, and hold them in awe, is the foundation for transforming external constraints into internal self-discipline. Further increasing the transparency of Party affairs and government affairs, allowing power to operate in the sunlight, is an important guarantee for compressing the space for power rent-seeking.

更加科学有效地把权力关进制度笼子，关键是把治权落到制度和执行上。治权的关键不只是有制度，更是制度能管住权、执行不留例外。制度要密而不繁、有效管用，强调的是制度供给的科学性与治理的针对性。提高制度执行力、增强刚性约束，强调的是制度的落实与纪律的规范。加强法规制度宣传教育，引导党员、干部懂法纪、明规矩、知敬畏，是把外在约束转化为内在自觉的基础。进一步提高党务、政务透明度，让权力在阳光下运行，是压缩权力寻租空间的重要保障。

To advance the anti-corruption struggle more soberly and resolutely, the key is to expand its depth and breadth. At present, the situation of the anti-corruption struggle remains severe and complex, and the task of eradicating the soil and conditions for breeding corruption remains arduous and heavy. We must unswervingly follow the path of anti-corruption with Chinese characteristics. The anti-corruption struggle must not only maintain intensity, but also improve the quality of governance, strengthen systematic governance, and achieve both symptoms and root causes. We must maintain a high-pressure posture without wavering, ensuring that corruption is punished wherever it is found, graft is eliminated wherever it is discovered, and evil is eradicated completely, leaving no hiding place for corrupt elements. We must grasp the new trends and new characteristics of corruption, innovate means and methods, improve the mechanism for implementing anti-corruption responsibilities, promptly discover, accurately identify, and effectively govern various types of corruption problems, and continuously improve the penetrating power of the anti-corruption struggle. We must make greater efforts in integrated advancement, strengthen systematic concepts, enhance linkage and coordination, connect all aspects of supervision, and promote integrated governance through full-chain collaboration.

更加清醒坚定地推进反腐败斗争，关键是拓展深度广度。当前，反腐败斗争形势仍然严峻复杂，铲除腐败滋生土壤和条件任务仍然艰巨繁重，要坚定不移走中国特色反腐败之路。反腐败斗争不仅要保持力度，更要提升治理质量，加强系统治理，实现标本兼治。要保持高压态势不动摇，有腐必反、有贪必肃、除恶务尽，让腐败分子没有藏身之地。把握腐败的新动向新特点，创新手段方式，完善反腐败责任落实机制，及时发现、准确识别、有效治理各类腐败问题，不断提高反腐败穿透力。在一体推进上下更大功夫，强化系统观念，加强联动配合，把各方面监督贯通起来，以全链条协作促进一体化治理。

[The author is a researcher at the Research Center for Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era at the Party School of the Central Committee of the CPC (National Academy of Governance) and a professor at the School of Marxism.]

【作者系中央党校（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、马克思主义学院教授】