Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 24
Communiqué of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China
(adopted by the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China on January 24, 2021)
The Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China was held in Beijing from January 22 to 24, 2021. There were 133 members of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and 253 attended the plenary session.
General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the People's Republic of China, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission Xi Jinping attended the plenary session and delivered an important speech. Party and state leaders such as Li Keqiang, Li Zhanshu, Wang Yang, Wang Huning, Zhao Leji, Han Zheng attended the meeting.
The plenary session is chaired by the Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. Guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, the plenary session fully implemented the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Plenary Sessions of the 19th Central Committee, summarized the work of discipline inspection and supervision in 2020, deployed the tasks for 2021, and reviewed and approved the work report of "Promoting the High-Quality Development of Discipline Inspection and Supervision in the New Era and Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China with Outstanding Results" delivered by Comrade Zhao Leji on behalf of the Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
Plenary Session carefully studied and deeply understood General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speech. It was unanimously agreed that the speech fully affirmed the new major achievements in comprehensive and strict governance of the Party in the past year, profoundly elaborated on the new situation and new tasks of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, and emphasized that comprehensive and strict governance of the Party must first be viewed from a political perspective, constantly improve political judgment, political understanding, and political execution, and constantly promote the construction of the Party’s work style and clean government and the fight against corruption, give full play to the leading and guarantee role of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, and use strong political supervision to ensure that the goals and tasks of the "14th Five-Year Plan" period are implemented. The speech is high-level, profound in thought and rich in connotation. It fully demonstrates the far-sighted strategic vision of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, the consistent historical responsibility, the lofty realm of selflessness for the people, and the mission and sentiment of promoting the Party and strengthening the country. It is highly political, ideological and guiding, and is an important guide for promoting the in-depth development of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party and is an action guide for the high-quality development of discipline inspection and supervision work in the new era. General Secretary Xi Jinping has high expectations for the discipline inspection and supervision cadre team and put forward clear requirements. We must thoroughly study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speech, consciously unify our thoughts and actions with the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, be politically clear-cut, be responsibilities, take responsibility, and perform our responsibilities, and resolutely implement all tasks deployed by the plenary session.
Plenary Session pointed out that in 2020, facing the complex international situation, arduous and heavy tasks of reform, development and stability, especially the sudden outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core coordinated the overall strategic situation of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the great changes in the world that have not been seen in a century, united and led the whole Party and the people of all ethnic groups in the country to coordinate the promotion of the "five-in-one" overall layout, coordinated the promotion of the "four comprehensive" strategic layout, overcome difficulties, turn crises into opportunities, forge ahead, innovate, and do their own things in a perseverance, promote new major achievements in all undertakings of the Party and the country, and fully demonstrate the significant advantages of the Party's leadership and the socialist system with Chinese characteristics. Under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission and local Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision at all levels have persisted in learning, understanding, and implementing Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, shouldering the important responsibilities of the "two safeguards" with a high degree of political awareness, adhering to the main tone of strictness, seeking progress while maintaining stability, being firm and stable, and faithfully performing duties in the battle against epidemic prevention and control, winning the decisive victory in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, and decisive battle against poverty. The high-quality development of discipline inspection and supervision work has been deepened. Strengthen political supervision closely around the implementation of major decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee, persevere in implementing the spirit of the Central Eight Regulations and their implementation rules, continue to correct formalism and bureaucracy, and prevent the rebound of hedonism and extravagance. Adhere to the positioning of political inspections, do a good job in inspection rectification and application of results, and improve the working mechanism of the upper and lower inspections. Deepen the reform of the discipline inspection and supervision system, give full play to the role of specialized supervision, promote the integration and coordination of intra-party supervision with other supervision, and strive to solve the problems of supervision of "top leaders" and supervision at the same level.Adhere to the strategic goal of not daring to be corrupt, not being able to be corrupt, and not wanting to be corrupt, resolutely investigate and deal with corruption cases intertwined with political and economic issues, deepen anti-corruption work in the fields of finance, state-owned enterprises, politics and law, focus on rectifying corruption and work style issues around the people, accurately use the "four forms", and do a solid job in promoting reform through cases. Strengthen the self-construction of discipline inspection and supervision agencies, strengthen self-discipline, consciously accept supervision, and resolutely prevent "darkness under the light". The plenary session summarized the understanding formed in practice in the past year. While affirming the achievements, it analyzed the main problems in discipline inspection and supervision work and cadre team building in a realistic manner, and required high attention and practical solutions.
Plenary Session proposed that 2021 is the first year for implementing the "14th Five-Year Plan" and embarking on a new journey of comprehensively building a modern socialist country, and it is also the 100th anniversary of the founding of our party. We must take Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as our guide, fully implement the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Plenary Sessions of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, strengthen the "four consciousnesses", firm up the "four self-confidences", and achieve the "two safeguards", adhere to the general tone of work of seeking progress while maintaining stability, base ourselves on the new development stage, implement the new development concept, build a new development pattern, and take the promotion of high-quality development as the theme, unswervingly govern the Party comprehensively and strictly, and adhere to the harmony and completion Be good at the Party and the state supervision system, faithfully perform the responsibilities entrusted by the Party Constitution and the Constitution, effectively promote the effective implementation of the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee, play the role of supervision and guaranteeing implementation and promoting the improvement and development around the overall situation of modernization construction, promote the integration of not daring to be corrupt, not being able to be corrupt, and not wanting to be corrupt, deepen the reform of the discipline inspection and supervision system, steadily promote standardized and legal construction, effectively strengthen the construction of the cadre team, provide strong guarantees for a good start to the "14th Five-Year Plan", and celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Party with outstanding results.
Plenary Session requires that discipline inspection and supervision agencies at all levels should thoroughly study and implement the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, firmly safeguard General Secretary Xi Jinping's core position in the Party Central Committee and the core position of the whole Party, firmly safeguard the authority and centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, highlight political supervision, highlight the theme of high-quality development, highlight the rectification of corruption and work style around the masses, give more emphasis to the effectiveness of supervision and governance, emphasize strict management and love, and pay equal attention to both incentives and constraints, so that the rectification of work style, discipline and anti-corruption can better adapt to the needs of modernization construction, better integrate the supervision system into the national governance system, release greater governance efficiency, and play an important role in embarking on a new journey of comprehensively building a modern socialist country.
First, consciously practice the "two safeguards" and ensure the smooth implementation of the "14th Five-Year Plan" with strong political supervision. Deeply study and implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and improve the ability to use Marxist standpoints, viewpoints and methods to analyze and solve practical problems. Focusing on major decisions such as implementing the new development concept, building a new development pattern, promoting high-quality development, deepening supply-side structural reform, improving people's quality of life, and maintaining the bottom line of safe development, focusing on key tasks such as consolidating and expanding the achievements of epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, strengthening national strategic scientific and technological strength, enhancing the independent and controllable capabilities of the industrial chain and supply chain, and adhering to the strategic basis of expanding domestic demand, we will strengthen supervision and inspection and supervise the implementation around the deployment requirements of solving the "three rural issues" and accelerating the modernization of agriculture and rural areas. Promote the innovation of the concepts, ideas, systems and mechanisms of discipline inspection and supervision work, deeply explore effective measures to serve and ensure modernization construction, vigorously promote clean construction, and create a political ecology and a good development environment with a clean and upright atmosphere.
Second, unswervingly deepen the anti-corruption struggle and promote the integration of not daring to be corrupt, not being able to be corrupt, and not wanting to be corrupt. Focus on investigating and dealing with corruption cases that are intertwined with political and economic issues, focusing on areas and links with strong policy support, intensive investment and concentrated resources, and resolutely investigate and deal with corruption in infrastructure construction, project approval, state-owned enterprise reform, public resource trading, scientific research management, etc. Deepen anti-corruption work in the financial field, continue to punish corruption in state-owned enterprises, increase efforts to punish corruption in the political and legal system, and deepen international cooperation in anti-corruption and international pursuit of fugitives and stolen assets. Deepen the treatment of both symptoms and root causes, and make solid efforts to promote reform and treatment through cases.
Third, deepen the rectification of the stubborn problems of formalism and bureaucracy, and let the new style of seeking truth, being pragmatic, honest and honest are constantly filled with the new style and positive spirit. We will persist in implementing the spirit of the Central Eight Regulations and their implementation rules, accurately deal with prominent formalism and bureaucracy issues such as making choices, making changes, and making discounts in implementing the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, and strictly investigate hedonism and extravagance. Supervise the implementation of regulations on the business and business behavior of leading cadres, their spouses, and promote leading by example and strict implementation. Educate and guide party member leading cadres to firmly oppose the idea of privilege and behavior of privilege, strictly manage their families and children, and strictly enforce family style and education.
Fourth, continue to rectify corruption and unhealthy practices around the people, promote social fairness and justice, and protect the legitimate rights and interests of the people. Strengthen supervision and inspection of the implementation of policies and measures to benefit the people and promote common prosperity, strengthen supervision of consolidating the results of the "four no removals", ensure effective connection with rural revitalization, continue to correct corruption and work style issues in the fields of education, medical care, pension and social security, ecological and environmental protection, production safety, food and drug safety, law enforcement and justice, resolutely punish the "protection umbrella" involving gangs and evil, and improve the governance mechanism for issues that harm the interests of the people in the field of people's livelihood.
Fifth, promote the linkage between inspections and inspections, and give full play to the role of the sword of intra-party supervision and the link of close ties with the masses. Accurately implement the requirements of political inspections, deepen the rectification and application of inspections and results, and explore the establishment of rectification promotion mechanisms and evaluation mechanisms. Strengthen guidance and supervision of inspection work in provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, and promote the extension of inspections in cities and counties to the grassroots level.
Sixth, promote the integration of various types of supervision and continuously enhance the effectiveness of supervision and governance. Strictly and strengthen the political responsibility of party organizations to manage the Party and the responsibility of the secretary as the first person in charge. Deepen daily supervision, promote supervision down, implement supervision, and strengthen supervision over the "top leader" and leadership team before problems occur. Strictly enforce the discipline of changing the term and severely investigate and punish acts such as canvassing votes, buying and selling officials, and running for officials. We will insist on punishing past mistakes to prevent future ones, curing diseases and saving lives, deepen the use of "four forms" and achieve "three distinctions". Make accurate and standardized use of accountability tools. Strictly implement the Regulations on the Protection of Party Members' Rights and stimulate the internal motivation of Party members and cadres to do things and start businesses.
Seventh, deepen and implement the reform of the discipline inspection and supervision system, and effectively promote full coverage of intra-party supervision and national supervision. Give full play to the leading, breakthrough and creation role of reform, and coordinate the reform of the discipline inspection and supervision system determined by the Party Central Committee. Research and formulate the work regulations of the Discipline Inspection Commission of the Communist Party of China, and collaborative measures for investigation and handling of cases of suspected violations of discipline and duties by party members and public officials, so as to promote standardized and legal construction.
8th, strengthen self-supervision and constraints strictly and practically, and build an iron army of discipline inspection and supervision with high political quality, loyalty, clean and responsible, strong professional ability, and daring to fight. Take the lead in speaking politics with a clear stand, take the lead in improving political judgment, political understanding, and political execution, strengthen awareness of discipline and law, thinking of discipline and law, and improve the level of professionalism. Consciously accept the strictest constraints and supervision, strictly implement the rules of supervision and discipline enforcement and the regulations on supervision and law enforcement, resolutely prevent family members and relatives from using the influence of discipline inspection and supervision cadres to seek personal gain, continue to rectify the "darkness under the light", and forge the discipline inspection and supervision team with an iron-like discipline style.
In accordance with the provisions of the Party Constitution, Comrades Yu Hongqiu and Fu Kui were elected as members and deputy secretary of the Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China.
Plenary Session calls on uniting more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, work together and forge ahead, and promote the comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, the construction of Party conduct and clean government and the fight against corruption to a deeper level, and make greater contributions to celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Party, winning the decisive victory in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, and winning new victories in the comprehensive construction of a modern socialist country!
