The general provisions of the newly revised "Regulations" adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, fully implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, take the Party Constitution as the fundamental observance, adhere to the strict tone, and strengthen the system concept, which embodies the new tasks and new requirements of comprehensively strengthening the party's discipline construction in the new era and new journey. First, it has enriched the guiding ideology and overall requirements. As the basic regulations of the party's discipline construction, the "Regulations" adhere to the position, viewpoint and method that run through the party's innovation theory to guide the discipline construction work, better reflect the theoretical innovation, practical innovation and institutional innovation achievements of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core to strengthen the positive style and discipline, and provide a strong disciplinary guarantee for the new journey to continuously promote the comprehensive and strict governance of the party. To implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's important exposition on promoting the party's self-revolution and comprehensively strengthening the party's discipline construction and the requirements of the report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China on the "three musts", the second guiding ideology of the "Regulations" adds "carry forward the great spirit of party building", "adhere to self-revolution", "promote the solution of the unique problems of the big party, improve the system of comprehensive and strict governance of the party", "provide a strong disciplinary guarantee for comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation with Chinese-style modernization", and add "stick to the original mission" in the third overall requirement. "Earnestly practice the correct view of power, political performance, and career", clarify the functional orientation and purpose and goal of discipline construction, guide the whole party to always keep in mind why to start, always maintain the ideals, beliefs and fighting spirit of the Chinese Communists, solve the problem of "who am I, for whom, and who to rely on", have the courage to promote self-revolution with the "great man of the country" in mind, unswervingly and comprehensively and strictly govern the party, strengthen the responsibility of discipline construction and the consciousness of abiding by rules and disciplines, and unify thoughts and will on the new journey. Act in unison and move forward in unison. The second is to adhere to strict requirements. The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China emphasized that we should adhere to a strict tone to strengthen positive practices and discipline. In the guiding ideology of Article 2 of the "Regulations", "implement the strategic principle of comprehensively and strictly administering the party" is added, and in the fourth working principle, general provisions are made on "adhering to the strict tone, strict measures, and strict atmosphere for a long time", and specific details are made in the chapters of the general provisions such as discipline violations and disciplinary punishments. For example, Article 10 adds that "Party members who have been removed from office for suspected violations of Party discipline during the course of case filing and review, and shall be removed from internal Party positions in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations after review, shall be given the sanction of removal from internal Party positions in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations." For another example, Article 14 adds provisions on the combined use of Party discipline sanctions and organizational dispositions to promote the formation of a joint force for punishment. These strict regulations have further tightened the system and regulated, laid the tone for the strictness of the entire law and regulations, and formed a continuous deterrent to all kinds of violations of discipline. The third is to improve the provisions on the convergence of discipline and law. The "Regulations" persist in putting discipline in the forefront, and further improve the norms of disciplinary punishment for Party members who violate the law and commit crimes, which is mainly embodied in the provisions of the third paragraph of Article 30. In response to the need to clarify the scope of relevant illegal acts that should be subject to Party discipline sanctions in the practice of discipline enforcement, the first paragraph provides in detail that if Party organizations discover in the course of disciplinary review that Party members "have committed other illegal acts that undermine the order of the socialist market economy, violate the administration of public security", and harm the interests of the Party, the state, and the people, they shall be given sanctions in light of the specific circumstances. To implement the requirements of the Party Central Committee for strict financial and economic discipline, highlighting key matters, the second paragraph specifically lists the types of illegal acts that should be punished by Party discipline for violating national financial and economic discipline. Further strictly enforce discipline, adding a third paragraph to reiterate and emphasize that "Party members who engage in acts that deprive them of Party membership, such as soliciting prostitution or taking or injecting drugs, and seriously tarnish the Party's image, shall be expelled from the Party." Fourth, promote the integration of discipline enforcement and law enforcement. The decision of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China put forward that it is necessary to improve the supervision system of the Party's unified leadership, comprehensive coverage, authority and efficiency, and enhance the seriousness, coordination and effectiveness of supervision. The thorough implementation of discipline and law enforcement is an important part of bringing into play the synergistic role of party discipline and national law. Article 28 of the "Regulations" clearly stipulates that "Party discipline and government affairs and other sanctions are matched", and Articles 11 and 35 provide in detail that where a Party member is removed from an internal Party position, it shall be recommended that an organization outside the Party remove him or her from his or her position outside the Party, and if a Party member receives a sanction of removal from office or higher in accordance with the law, he shall be given a sanction of removal from his or her position within the Party at the same time, and the principle of "discipline enforcement and law enforcement" added in Article 4 shall be implemented in detail. In line with the "Law on Governmental Sanctions for Public Employees", "voluntary restitution of the proceeds of violation of discipline" is added to the circumstances of mitigating or mitigating sanctions in item 5 of Article 17; in line with the "Regulations on the Punishment of Civil Servants of Administrative Organs" and the "Provisions on the Punishment of Personnel of Public Institutions", Article 21 adds rules for calculating the period during which Party members are again affected by Party discipline sanctions during the period of influence of Party discipline sanctions; with reference to the rules of criminal law, the punishment of joint economic violations in Article 26 is amended to read: " Sanctions shall be given separately according to the amount of individual participation and the role they play", Article 42 further improves the standard for calculating economic losses, and Article 43 stipulates that compensation for economic losses voluntarily handed over may be accepted and handled, so as to solve the difficult problem of discipline enforcement review and promote the two-way integration of the application of discipline and the application of law. Fifth, deepen the use of the "four forms" and implement the "three distinctions". The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out that we should adhere to the combination of strict management and love, strengthen the all-round management and regular supervision of cadres, implement the "three distinctions", and encourage cadres to dare to take responsibility and act actively. The amendment to the Constitution of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China has improved the "four forms" of supervision and discipline enforcement, and added the content of "ordering inspection and admonishment" to the first form. The "Regulations" implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, enrich the first form of handling in Article 5, add "talk and remind, criticize and educate, order inspection, and admonish", strengthen daily management and supervision, and promote early grasping, preventing micro problems, and fortifying at all levels. Improve the rules for the use of disciplinary sanctions, distinguishing between different situations such as ordinary disciplinary violations, minor disciplinary violations, and not pursuing Party discipline responsibility, and giving corresponding treatments, and adding to Article 19 that "Party members have signs of work style and discipline, tendencies or minor violations of Party discipline", and the specific circumstances of not pursuing Party discipline responsibility for conduct that is not intentional or negligent. The two contents echo back and forth, through clear direction, rules, positive atmosphere, strong immunity, and effectively unify strict management and supervision and encouragement to take responsibility, so as to better stimulate the enthusiasm, initiative and creativity of the majority of party members and cadres, and create a good environment for entrepreneurship. The general principle is the basic part of the party's internal regulations and has a overarching nature. We must deeply understand the requirements of the Party Central Committee, accurately grasp the key points of the revision of the general provisions of the "Regulations", promote the study and understanding of the various disciplines of the sub-provisions, implement the "Regulations" to the letter, earnestly maintain the rigidity and seriousness of discipline, and constantly deepen the comprehensive and strict governance of the party, and promote the formation of a strong atmosphere and vivid situation of forging ahead on a new journey and making contributions in a new era. (Du Dongdong)
Source: China Discipline Inspection and Supervision Magazine
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