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Advance the Fight Against Corruption with Greater Sobriety and Resolve

王懂棋:更加清醒坚定地推进反腐败斗争

· · Discipline Inspection Studies · Wang Dongqi, researcher at the Research Center for Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (National Academy of Governance), and professor at the Department of Party Building Teaching and Research · Guangming Daily (4 February 2026) · 12 min read

The fight against corruption is a major struggle that cannot be lost and must not be lost. On January 12, 2026, at the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection [1]1 The “Four Forms of Misconduct” (四风) refers to formalism, bureaucratism, hedonism, and extravagance, which were the target of a major Party rectification campaign launched in 2013., General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered an important speech emphasizing: "We must uphold and strengthen the Party's overall leadership, advance comprehensive and strict governance of the Party with higher standards and more concrete measures, implement the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee more resolutely and effectively, confine power within the cage of institutions more scientifically and effectively, and advance the fight against corruption with greater sobriety and resolve, so as to provide a strong guarantee for achieving the goals and tasks of the 15th Five-Year Plan period [2]2 The “two remainings” (两个仍然) refers to the two judgments in Xi Jinping’s statement quoted in paragraph [P3]: that the situation in the fight against corruption remains grave and complex, and that the task of eradicating the soil and conditions that breed corruption remains arduous and heavy.." On January 20, at the opening ceremony of a special seminar for principal leading cadres at the provincial and ministerial level on studying and implementing the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee [3]3 The "three no's" (不敢腐、不能腐、不想腐) — deterrence, prevention, and aversion to corruption — are a core framework in the CPC's anti-corruption strategy, first formally articulated under Xi Jinping's leadership., General Secretary Xi Jinping again stressed: "We must maintain a high-pressure stance

反腐败是一场输不起也决不能输的重大斗争。2026年1月12日,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强调:“要坚持和加强党的全面领导,以更高标准、更实举措推进全面从严治党,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,为实现‘十五五’时期目标任务提供坚强保障。”1月20日,在省部级主要领导干部学习贯彻党的二十届四中全会精神专题研讨班开班式上,习近平总书记再次强调:“要保持反腐败高压态势,一步不停歇、半步不退让,一体推进不敢腐、不能腐、不想腐。”当前,全面从严治党面临新的形势任务,我们要更加清醒坚定地推进反腐败斗争,以永远在路上的坚韧和执着,坚定不移把党的自我革命向纵深推进。

1. The Current Situation in the Fight Against Corruption Remains Grave and Complex

1. 当前反腐败斗争形势仍然严峻复杂

Corruption is a roadblock and stumbling stone in the development of the Party and the state. Corruption causes the greatest and most lethal damage to the Party’s governing foundation; it is the issue most likely to subvert political power and the greatest threat facing the Party. It must be fought to a decisive victory. At the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out, “At present, the situation in the fight against corruption remains grave and complex, and the task of eradicating the soil and conditions that breed corruption remains arduous and heavy.” This major judgment is thought-provoking.

腐败是党和国家事业发展进程中的拦路虎、绊脚石,腐败问题对党的执政基础破坏力最大、杀伤力也最大,是最容易颠覆政权的问题,是党面临的最大威胁,必须决战决胜。在二十届中央纪委五次全会上,习近平总书记指出,“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”。这一重大论断发人深省。

Through the revolutionary tempering of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party in the New Era, an overwhelming victory has been secured in the fight against corruption and has been comprehensively consolidated. The deterrent effect ensuring that officials dare not be corrupt has been fully demonstrated; the cage ensuring that they cannot be corrupt has been tied ever tighter; and the self-discipline ensuring that they do not want to be corrupt has been markedly strengthened. However, it must be clearly recognized that the struggle between corruption and anti-corruption is still fiercely ongoing and has taken on some new stage-specific features. Guarding against various interest groups banding together and making their moves, and against “hunting” and corroding [officials], remains a long and arduous task. Effectively responding to the covert mutation, renovation, and upgrading of corrupt means remains a long and arduous task. Thoroughly eradicating the soil that breeds corruption and achieving a clean and honest political environment remains a long and arduous task. Cleaning up systemic corruption and resolving risks and hidden dangers remains a long and arduous task. Looking at the data, in 2025, 65 centrally managed cadres were reported nationwide as having been placed under investigation and review; 5,016 officials at the bureau or department level, 41,000 at the county or division level, and 137,000 at the township or section level were placed on file for investigation. Among these, 4,119 discipline inspection and supervision cadres were placed on file for investigation, 3,763 were given disciplinary or administrative sanctions, and 234 were transferred to judicial organs. In 2025, a total of 290,752 cases of violations of the Eight-Point Regulations were investigated nationwide, with 375,604 individuals subjected to criticism, education, and handling, including 261,788 who received Party disciplinary or government administrative sanctions. In the process of deepening the centralized rectification campaign, from January to November 2025, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission directly investigated and supervised 8,063 cases of corruption among the people at the grassroots level, guided provincial-level disciplinary inspection and supervision commission leading group members to take charge of 3,568 cases, and drove disciplinary inspection and supervision organs at all levels to handle cases forcefully, resolutely punishing “micro-corruption” at the grassroots level. Nationwide, 840,000 cases of misconduct and corruption among the people were investigated, 536,000 individuals were sanctioned, and 20,000 were transferred to procuratorial organs. This series of data fully demonstrates that the situation in the fight against corruption remains grave and complex.

经过新时代全面从严治党的革命性锻造,反腐败斗争取得压倒性胜利并全面巩固,不敢腐的震慑充分彰显,不能腐的笼子越扎越牢,不想腐的自觉显著增强。但必须清醒认识到,腐败和反腐败较量还在激烈进行,并呈现出一些新的阶段性特征,防范形形色色的利益集团成伙作势、“围猎”腐蚀还任重道远,有效应对腐败手段隐形变异、翻新升级还任重道远,彻底铲除腐败滋生土壤、实现海晏河清还任重道远,清理系统性腐败、化解风险隐患还任重道远。从数据上看,2025年,全年通报接受审查调查的中管干部65人,立案厅局级干部5016人、县处级干部4.1万人、乡科级干部13.7万人,其中对纪检监察干部立案4119人,处分3763人,移送司法机关234人。2025年,全国共查处违反中央八项规定精神问题290752起,批评教育和处理375604人,其中党纪政务处分261788人。在纵深推进集中整治过程中,2025年1至11月,中央纪委国家监委直接查办督办群众身边腐败案件8063起,指导省级纪委监委班子成员包案3568起,带动各级纪检监察机关强力办案,坚决惩治基层“微腐败”,全国共查处群众身边不正之风和腐败问题84万件,处分53.6万人,移送检察机关2万人。这一系列数据充分说明,反腐败斗争形势仍然严峻复杂。

Corruption is a common phenomenon in human society, and its causes are multiple and complex. There are factors stemming from an incorrect worldview, outlook on life, and value system, as well as a distorted outlook on power and political performance. There are also factors arising from the interaction of political, economic, institutional, social, historical, and cultural elements that form the soil and conditions for corruption. Consequently, the fight against corruption is characterized by its stubbornness, repetitiveness, and long-term nature. Currently, the problem of the integration of misconduct and corruption is quite prominent. Misconduct and corruption are great enemies of the Party and the people, and also great enemies of sustained and healthy economic and social development. Efforts to investigate and rectify misconduct and corruption simultaneously must be intensified. On the one hand, we must dig deep into the cliques, favor-seeking transactions, and interest transfers hidden behind the “Four Forms of Misconduct”[1]1 The “Four Forms of Misconduct” (四风) refers to formalism, bureaucratism, hedonism, and extravagance, which were the target of a major Party rectification campaign launched in 2013., uncovering the true face of “corruption” by lifting the lid on “misconduct”. On the other hand, targeting the regional, sectoral, and field-specific chronic misconduct problems reflected in corruption cases, we must use “simultaneous rectification” to eradicate the common roots of misconduct and corruption.

腐败是人类社会一种共有现象,其发生的原因多重而复杂,既有来自世界观、人生观、价值观不正,权力观、政绩观扭曲的因素,也有来自政治、经济、制度、社会、历史、文化等多种因素相互作用形成土壤和条件的因素。由此,反腐败斗争具有顽固性、反复性和长期性的特点。当前,风腐一体问题比较突出,不正之风和腐败现象是党和人民的大敌,也是经济社会持续健康发展的大敌,必须加大风腐同查同治力度。一方面,深挖“四风”背后的团团伙伙、请托办事、利益输送等问题,通过揭开“风”的盖子揪出“腐”的真面目。另一方面,针对腐败案件反映的地区性、行业性、领域性作风顽疾,以“同治”铲除风腐共性根源。

The Communist Party of China is a Marxist political party that always represents the fundamental interests of the broadest majority of the people. It has no special interests of its own and has never represented the interests of any interest group, any powerful clique, or any privileged stratum. It is as irreconcilable with corruption as fire is with water. Faced with the situation and tasks of the “two remainings”[2]2 The “two remainings” (两个仍然) refers to the two judgments in Xi Jinping’s statement quoted in paragraph [P3]: that the situation in the fight against corruption remains grave and complex, and that the task of eradicating the soil and conditions that breed corruption remains arduous and heavy., we must be exceptionally sober about the situation in the fight against corruption, always maintain a high-pressure stance without wavering, resolutely eliminate blind spots and dead corners in the fight against corruption, resolutely ensure that all corruption is punished, all graft is eliminated, and evil is eradicated completely, leaving no place for corrupt elements to hide.

中国共产党是始终代表最广大人民根本利益的马克思主义政党,没有自己特殊的利益,也从来不代表任何利益集团、任何权势团体、任何特权阶层的利益,同腐败水火不容。面对“两个仍然”的形势任务,必须对反腐败斗争形势异常清醒,始终保持高压态势不动摇,坚决消除反腐败盲区、死角,坚决做到有腐必反、有贪必肃、除恶务尽,让腐败分子没有藏身之地。

2. Grasp the New Trends and Characteristics of Corruption, Enhance the Penetrating Power of the Fight Against Corruption

2. 把握腐败新动向新特点,提高反腐败穿透力

With the in-depth development of the tough, protracted, and all-out battle against corruption, the space for corruption has been greatly compressed. Corrupt elements have become more “cautious” and “cunning”. Leveraging advanced technological means and complex social networks, various forms of corrupt entities going into hiding, corrupt methods being renovated, and corrupt acts mutating have emerged in an endless stream. New types of corruption and covert corruption are intertwined in the fight against corruption, and corruption has shown new trends and characteristics.

随着反腐败斗争攻坚战、持久战、总体战的深入开展,腐败空间大大压缩,腐败分子变得更加“小心”“狡猾”,借助先进的科技手段以及繁复的社会关系网络,各种腐败主体隐形、腐败手段翻新、腐败行为变异的情况层出不穷,新型腐败和隐性腐败在反腐败斗争中交织出现,腐败出现新动向新特点。

In traditional corruption, the bribe-taker typically directly negotiates with the counterparty regarding official acts and improper benefits, achieving the goal of power rent-seeking and interest exchange. The identities of both parties are clear, and the matters being solicited are evident. In new types of corruption and covert corruption, forms such as expected returns, agreed-upon nominee holdings, and the “revolving door” between government and business constantly appear. Specifically, the structure of corrupt entities has shifted from a linear structure to a network structure. To conceal overly direct interest exchanges, corrupt entities transform the structure of corrupt transactions through means such as introduction, reorganization, enhancement, and dispersion, expanding the transaction space and blurring the nodes. In this process, corrupt entities move from the front stage to the backstage, using agents or intermediaries to transfer interests, exhibiting the characteristic of identity concealment. Corrupt acts have shifted from direct monetary transactions to disguised wealth accumulation through marketization, civil law methods, virtualization, and other means. In some new types of corruption and covert corruption, the trend of “technologization” is evident. Corrupt elements increasingly use modern technological means such as information technology, financial instruments, and the digital economy to commit corruption, for example, using blockchain, virtual currencies, etc., for transactions. The behavioral traces are more virtualized and digitized, making them hidden and difficult to track.

传统腐败中,受贿人通常与相对方就职务行为与不正当利益直接进行针对性磋商,达成权力寻租和利益交换的目的,双方主体身份清晰,请托事项明了。新型腐败和隐性腐败中,预期收益、约定代持、政商“旋转门”等形式不断出现。具体而言,腐败主体从过去的线性结构转向网状结构,为了隐匿过于直接的利益交换,腐败主体通过引入、重组、增强和分散等手段对腐败交易结构进行改造,扩大交易空间和模糊节点。在这个过程中,腐败主体从台前走向幕后,利用代理人或中间人进行利益输送,呈现出身份隐蔽化的特征。腐败行为从过去的直接钱财交易,转化为以市场化、民事化、虚拟化等手段变相敛财。一些新型腐败和隐性腐败中“技术化”趋势明显,腐败分子更多地利用信息技术、金融工具、数字经济等现代科技手段实施腐败,如利用区块链、虚拟货币等进行交易,行为轨迹更加虚拟化、电子化,痕迹隐匿且难以追踪。

The new trends and characteristics of new types of corruption and covert corruption have brought practical difficulties such as difficulty in discovering clues to problems, difficulty in accurately characterizing them, difficulty in determining causal relationships, difficulty in obtaining precise evidence, and difficulty in fully recovering stolen assets and proceeds. In response, the penetrating power of the fight against corruption must be continuously enhanced. Whether it is new types of corruption or covert corruption, they are, in the final analysis, the derailment, abuse, and private use of power. This requires us, on the one hand, to penetrate the multi-layered nested structures of corrupt entities, digging deep into the internal connections between entities from aspects such as the source of decision-making power over important matters and the ultimate attribution of actual interests. On the other hand, we must penetrate the packaging and outer shell of corrupt acts, focusing on examining the authenticity and fairness of capital investment, risk assumption, and benefit distribution.

新型腐败和隐性腐败的新动向新特点带来了发现问题线索难、准确定性难、因果关系认定难、精准取证难、全额追赃挽损难等现实难题。对此,必须不断提高反腐败穿透力。无论是新型腐败还是隐性腐败,归根结底都是权力的越轨、滥用和谋私。这要求我们一方面要穿透腐败主体的多层嵌套结构,从重要事项决策权力来源、实际利益最终归属等方面深挖主体之间的内在关联,另一方面要穿透腐败行为的包装和外衣,重点审查资金投入、风险承担、利益分配的真实性和公平性。

To this end, we should actively innovate methods and approaches in response to the characteristics and trends of new-type and covert corruption, emphasize technological empowerment, and accelerate the construction of a digital discipline inspection and supervision system. Specifically, we should establish a linkage mechanism for corruption early warning, punishment, and joint action; strengthen dynamic monitoring of risks and hazards related to clean governance; and enhance rapid response and joint handling of new-type and covert corruption. We should empower the rectification of unhealthy tendencies and the fight against corruption with big data and information technology, focusing on the goal of "full-factor coverage, full-process connectivity, full-domain standardization, and full-system sharing." We should comprehensively advance the construction of a big data resource center for discipline inspection and supervision, a public power big data supervision platform, a big data case-handling center for discipline inspection and supervision, an integrated work platform for discipline inspection and supervision, and technological equipment for discipline inspection and supervision. We should improve the penetrative power of supervision, rely on big data analysis to precisely identify clues of unhealthy tendencies and corruption, and strengthen early warning and corrective action. Using the exploration of new digital case-handling models as a pathway, we should fully employ methods such as big data analysis, information query and assessment, and mathematical statistical modeling to continuously amplify the "multiplier effect," more accurately identify means of embezzlement, and uncover clues of new-type and covert corruption. We should improve case-handling efficiency, strengthen information query, analysis, and assessment, and use big data technology to rapidly and effectively crack cases. Taking the improvement of the working mechanism for deep integration of information technology with supervision, discipline enforcement, and law enforcement as a starting point, we should steadily advance "smart supervision," construct a three-dimensional smart supervision matrix that connects provinces, cities, and counties and integrates all departments, and enhance the initiative, precision, and penetrative power of the fight against corruption through technological empowerment.

为此,应针对新型腐败、隐性腐败的特点和动向,积极创新手段方式,注重科技赋能,加快推进数字纪检监察体系建设。具体而言,建立腐败预警惩治联动机制,加强廉洁风险隐患动态监测,强化对新型腐败和隐性腐败的快速反应、联合处置。以大数据信息化赋能正风反腐,聚焦“全要素覆盖、全流程贯通、全领域标准、全系统共享”的目标要求,全面推进纪检监察大数据资源中心建设、公权力大数据监督平台建设、纪检监察大数据办案中心建设、纪检监察一体化工作平台建设、纪检监察科技装备建设。提高监督穿透力,依靠大数据分析精准发现不正之风和腐败问题线索,加强预警纠治。以探索数字化办案新模式为路径,充分运用大数据分析、信息查询研判、数学统计建模等方式方法,持续放大“乘数效应”,更加精准识别贪腐手段、发现新型腐败和隐性腐败线索。提高办案效能,加强信息查询分析研判,运用大数据技术迅速有效突破案件。以完善信息技术与监督执纪执法工作深度融合工作机制为抓手,稳步推进“智慧监督”,构建贯通省市县、融合各部门的立体智慧监督矩阵,以科技赋能提高反腐败的主动性、精准性和穿透力。

3. Adhere to a systematic approach, and advance in an integrated manner the deterrence of, prevention of, and aversion to corruption [n]

3. 坚持系统观念,一体推进不敢腐、不能腐、不想腐

The deterrence of, prevention of, and aversion to corruption constitute an organic whole that is interdependent and mutually reinforcing; they are not a division into three stages, nor a separation into three links. "Deterrence" is the prerequisite; we must use strict discipline enforcement and law enforcement to strengthen institutional rigidity, leading Party members and cadres to move from a "deterrence" born of fear of being investigated and punished to a "deterrence" born of reverence for the Party and the people and for Party discipline and state law. "Prevention" is the key; we must scientifically allocate power, strengthen supervision mechanism reform and institutional development in key areas, and continuously promote the formation of a complete institutional system and a rigorous and effective supervision system. "Aversion" is the foundation; we must rely on strengthening education in ideals and convictions, raising Party spirit awareness, and cultivating a culture of clean governance to consolidate the ideological foundation of remaining true to our original aspiration and founding mission [n]. Only by understanding its principles can we grasp its methods; only by grasping its methods can we achieve good governance. To advance in an integrated manner the deterrence of, prevention of, and aversion to corruption, we must adhere to a systematic approach, exert joint efforts in areas such as the responsibility system, institutional mechanisms, and the supervision framework, and integrate the powerful deterrent effect of "deterrence," the rigid institutional constraints of "prevention," and the advantages of ideological education in "aversion."

不敢腐、不能腐、不想腐是一个相互依存、相互促进的有机整体,而不是三个阶段的划分,也不是三个环节的割裂。“不敢”是前提,要以严格的执纪执法增强制度刚性,让党员、干部从害怕被查处的“不敢”走向敬畏党和人民、敬畏党纪国法的“不敢”;“不能”是关键,要科学配置权力,加强重点领域监督机制改革和制度建设,不断推动形成完备的制度体系、严密有效的监督体系;“不想”是根本,要靠加强理想信念教育、提高党性觉悟、涵养廉洁文化,夯实不忘初心、牢记使命的思想根基。知其理,方能得其法;得其法,方能善其治。一体推进不敢腐、不能腐、不想腐,必须坚持系统观念,从责任体系、制度机制、监督格局等方面共同发力,把不敢腐的强大震慑效能、不能腐的刚性制度约束、不想腐的思想教育优势融于一体。

Further improve the responsibility system for the Party's leadership in the fight against corruption. Advancing in an integrated manner the deterrence of, prevention of, and aversion to corruption inevitably requires externalizing institutional norms into concrete and implementable responsibilities. This is concretely embodied in the primary responsibility of Party committees (leading Party groups) at all levels for comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, especially the first responsibility of the "first-in-command" [n]; the supervisory responsibility of discipline inspection commissions; and the responsibility of other members of leading bodies for governing the Party. In concrete work, we must integrate and implement the regulatory responsibilities of relevant functional departments, improve a responsibility structure for governing the Party in which each bears its own responsibility and all coordinate in a unified manner, and align and coordinate the fight against corruption with the Party's political building, theoretical building, organizational building, conduct building, discipline building, and institutional building. We must leverage the important role of political supervision, ideological education, organizational management, conduct rectification, discipline enforcement, and institutional improvement in preventing and combating corruption, and wage the tough, protracted, and all-out battle against corruption.

进一步健全党领导反腐败斗争的责任体系。一体推进不敢腐、不能腐、不想腐,必然要求将制度规范外化为具体可落实的责任,具体体现为各级党委(党组)全面从严治党主体责任特别是“一把手”第一责任人责任、纪委的监督责任、领导班子其他成员的管党治党责任。具体工作中,要贯通落实相关职能部门监管职责,健全各负其责、统一协调的管党治党责任格局,把反腐败斗争同党的政治建设、思想建设、组织建设、作风建设、纪律建设、制度建设贯通协同起来,发挥政治监督、思想教育、组织管理、作风整治、纪律执行、制度完善在防治腐败中的重要作用,打好反腐败斗争攻坚战、持久战、总体战。

Further improve the institutional mechanism for the unification of authorization, power exercise, and power control, which is clear, transparent, and traceable. The root of corruption lies in the abuse of power. Regardless of the size of power, if it is unscientifically allocated, irregularly exercised, or inadequately supervised, it may be abused and breed corruption. To this end, in terms of scientific authorization, we should focus on key powers such as policy formulation, decision-making procedures, approval and supervision, and law enforcement and judicial work; strictly define responsibilities and authority; standardize work procedures; improve the system of lists of powers and responsibilities; and accelerate the legalization of institutions, functions, powers, procedures, and responsibilities to ensure that power is legally defined and boundaries are clear. In terms of standardizing power exercise, we should scientifically formulate the flow of power exercise, promote transparency in the process of power exercise, and ensure that power operates according to established procedures. For some emerging fields and fields where power is concentrated, funds are abundant, and resources are rich, where institutional shortcomings still exist, we should promptly formulate practical and effective systems to avoid the phenomenon of "using a cattle pen to keep cats" [n] caused by overly principled and general provisions of laws and regulations that lack specificity and operability. In terms of strictly controlling power, we should move the anti-corruption defense line forward, strengthen daily management and supervision, precisely apply the "four forms" [n], and address problems early, prevent them from growing, and set up defenses at every level.

进一步健全授权用权制权相统一、清晰透明可追溯的制度机制。腐败的根源在于权力滥用。权力不论大小,只要配置不科学、运行不规范、监督不到位,就可能被滥用并滋生腐败。为此,在科学授权方面,抓住政策制定、决策程序、审批监管、执法司法等关键权力,严格职责权限,规范工作程序,完善权责清单制度,加快推进机构、职能、权限、程序、责任法定化,确保权力法定、边界清晰。在规范用权方面,科学制定权力运行流程,推进权力运行过程透明化,确保权力按照既定程序运行。对于一些新兴领域和权力集中、资金密集、资源富集领域还存在制度短板的,抓紧制定切实管用的制度,避免因法规制度规定过于原则笼统,针对性、操作性不强出现“牛栏关猫”现象。在严格制权方面,把反腐败防线前移,加强日常管理监督,精准运用“四种形态”,抓早抓小、防微杜渐、层层设防。

Further deepen the reform of the Party and state supervision system to achieve synergy and efficiency. In governing the Party, there are no special Party members; in the fight against corruption, there must be no dead ends or gaps. Supervision must run through every link, every process, and every chain of power exercise. We must build a systematic and integrated supervision mechanism, and promote full coverage of content, full coverage of objects, full chains of responsibility, and full connectivity of institutions in governing the Party. Adhere to the combination of the Party's self-supervision and public supervision, promote the coordination and connectivity of various types of supervision, and, with intra-Party supervision as the leading force, promote the organic connectivity and mutual coordination of people's congress supervision, democratic supervision, administrative supervision, judicial supervision, audit supervision, financial supervision, statistical supervision, public supervision, and media supervision. Adhere to the combination of self-discipline and external discipline; we must not only strictly implement systems but also internalize compliance with rules and discipline into the conscious thinking of Party members and cadres. Carry forward the Party's glorious traditions and fine conduct, carry out targeted Party spirit education and warning education, nourish the body and mind with a culture of clean governance, and foster a good atmosphere in the whole society of transforming people through culture, moistening virtue through culture, and cultivating integrity through culture, thereby enriching the soil of clean governance for building a strong country and achieving national rejuvenation.

进一步深化党和国家监督体制改革,实现协同高效。在管党治党上没有特殊党员,在反腐败斗争上决不能留任何死角、任何空白,必须把监督贯穿权力运行各个环节、各个过程、各个链条,构建系统集成的监督机制,推进管党治党内容全涵盖、对象全覆盖、责任全链条、制度全贯通。坚持党的自我监督和人民监督相结合,促进各类监督贯通协调,以党内监督为主导,推动人大监督、民主监督、行政监督、司法监督、审计监督、财会监督、统计监督、群众监督、舆论监督有机贯通、相互协调。坚持自律和他律相结合,既要严格执行制度,也要把遵规守纪内化为党员干部的思想自觉。弘扬党的光荣传统和优良作风,开展有针对性的党性教育、警示教育,用廉洁文化滋养身心,在全社会形成以文化人、以文润德、以文养廉的良好氛围,为强国建设、民族复兴厚植廉洁土壤。

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

(作者:王懂棋,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)

Notes

  1. The “Four Forms of Misconduct” (四风) refers to formalism, bureaucratism, hedonism, and extravagance, which were the target of a major Party rectification campaign launched in 2013. ↩
  2. The “two remainings” (两个仍然) refers to the two judgments in Xi Jinping’s statement quoted in paragraph [P3]: that the situation in the fight against corruption remains grave and complex, and that the task of eradicating the soil and conditions that breed corruption remains arduous and heavy. ↩
  3. The "three no's" (不敢腐、不能腐、不想腐) — deterrence, prevention, and aversion to corruption — are a core framework in the CPC's anti-corruption strategy, first formally articulated under Xi Jinping's leadership. ↩
  4. "Original aspiration and founding mission" (初心使命) refers to the Party's stated commitment to serving the people and realizing communism, as emphasized in Xi Jinping's political discourse.
  5. "First-in-command" (一把手) is a colloquial term for the top leader of a Party or government unit, who bears primary responsibility for its work.
  6. "Using a cattle pen to keep cats" (牛栏关猫) is a Chinese idiom meaning that overly loose or broad regulations are ineffective at controlling behavior, as a cat can easily slip through the gaps of a cattle pen.
  7. The "four forms" (四种形态) are graduated disciplinary measures for Party members, ranging from criticism and education to severe punishment, designed to catch problems early and apply proportionate responses.