Historic Achievements of Institutional Construction of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China in the New Era

2024-01-03 00:06
当代世界英文版 2023年5期

The Bureau of Rules and Regulations of the General Office of the Central Committee of the CPC

The Communist Party of China (CPC) has always attached importance to institutional construction of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China, focusing on applying Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China to self-supervision and self-governance in order to improve the Partys governance capacity and leadership proficiency. Since the Partys 18th National Congress, the CPC Central Committee with General Secretary Xi Jinping at its core has firmly grasped the new historic juncture of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics entering a new era, clearly put forward the important strategic thinking of bolstering self-governance through institutional building and rule-based Party self-governance, taken institutional construction of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China for a long-term and fundamental strategy for full and strict rule-based Party self-governance, and opened new vistas of rule-based Party self-governance in the new era, providing powerful institutional guarantee for the CPC to unite and lead the people to effectively meet major challenges, withstand major risks, overcome major obstruction, resolve major contradictions, and coordinate the advancement of our great struggle, great project, great cause, and great dream.

The CPC Central Committee Attaching Unprecedented Importance to Institutional Construction of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China and Synchronizing Development of Overall Interests of the Country and Institutional Construction of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China

I.Enhancing Theoretical Guidance to Institutional Construction

Since the Partys 18th National Congress, General Secretary Xi Jinping has made meticulous assessment and deep reflection on a number of major theoretical and practical questions regarding the cause of the Party and the country in the new era, and set forth a series of original new ideas, thoughts, and strategies on national governance revolving around the major questions of our times: what kind of socialism with Chinese characteristics we should uphold and develop in this new era, and how we should uphold and develop it. At the same time, General Secretary Xi Jinping has, in view of the new situation and new requirements for self-supervision and self-governance and the country, put forward creatively that the Party needs not only to govern the country according to the Constitution of the PRC and the law of the country, but also govern the Party itself according to Party rules, emphasized on persevering with placing rule-based Party self-governance on the strategic position relating to long-term self-supervision and self-governance and lasting stability and tranquility of the country, persevering with improving the institutional guarantee for the “Two Upholds” (upholding General Secretary Xi Jinpings core position on the CPC Central Committee and in the Party as a whole, and upholding the CPC Central Committees authority and its centralized, unified leadership), persevering with taking the Party Constitution as a general guideline for self-supervision and self-governance, persevering with democratic centralism, persevering with centering institutional construction of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China on the overall interests of the work of the Party and the country, persevering with high-quality construction of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China system, persevering with strict application and accountability of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China, persevering with integrating efforts to strengthen the Party ideologically with those to bolster self-governance through institutional building, persevering with the organic unity of law-based governance of the country and rule-based Party self-governance, and persevering with demanding the “key few” to revere, study, follow and implement Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China. These important theses, instructions and requirements have played an important guiding role in the practice of institutional construction of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China and been resolutely implemented therein. The results of institutional construction of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China are important embodiment of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, critical expression of the governance practice and theoretical innovation of the CPC Central Committee with Xi Jinping as the core, and that of historical experience and fresh experience of full and strict rule-based Party self-governance.

II.Enhancing Top-Level Design of Institutional Construction

Drawing blueprint for rule-based Party self-governance on the overall and strategic plane, the CPC Central Committee has made a series of important decisions and arrangements to strengthen institutional construction of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China. The 4th Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee defined “forming a sound system of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China” as an important task for the construction of the system of the rule of law of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics. The 6th Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee deliberated and adopted the Guideline of Conduct for Intra-Party Political Life Under New Circumstances and the Provisions Regarding Intra-Party Supervision. The Partys 19th National Congress stressed on putting in place a system of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China that covers all aspects of Party leadership and Party building, and put it into the Party Constitution that “Rule-based Party self-governance is carried out in accordance with regulations and both symptoms and root causes of problems are addressed”. The 4th Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee regarded upholding and further improving the Partys leadership systems as a primary task in upholding and further improving the system of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, and in modernizing Chinas system and capacity for governance, and made arrangements as such. On the Partys new journey, the Partys 20th National Congress made new strategic arrangements for bolstering self-governance through institutional building and rule-based Party self-governance, clearly put forward that it is necessary to further improve the system of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China, strengthen the authority and execution ability of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China, and form mechanisms to uphold truth, right wrongs, detect mistakes, and correct errors. In 2016 and 2021, the CPC Central Committee held two work conferences on Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China, and promulgated the Opinions on Strengthening Institutional Construction of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China, and made successive three five-year plans of drafting work for central Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China, guiding the continued advancement of institutional construction of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China in the new era.

III.Enhancing Structural and Mechanism Guarantee for Institutional Construction

The CPC Central Committee has kept and strengthened centralized, unified leadership over institutional construction of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China, spurred all regions and all departments to earnestly perform principal responsibility for institutional construction of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China, and ensured unimpeded communication and integrated advancement of institutional construction of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China. Further improving deliberation procedure for Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China, important central Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China being normally deliberated and approved by the meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee or the meeting of its Standing Committee, and when necessary deliberated and approved by the plenary session of the CPC Central Committee. Required by the CPC Central Committee, its Secretariat researches and discusses drafts of important central Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China, listens to annual situation reports of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee on Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China work, and makes planning and arrangements for important items of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China work. Establishing joint central conference system for Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China work, constructing unified and highly efficient inter-departmental consultation and coordination mechanisms, and inducing collaboration to resolve major issues in drafting work of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China. As required by the CPC Central Committee, all regions and all departments have established and further improved leadership systems and mechanisms for institutional construction of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China, enhancing organization and leadership over work on making, revision, abolition and interpretation of provisions. Such measures and work strength are unprecedented, providing strong organization and leadership guarantee for implementing all decisions and arrangements by the CPC Central Committee on rule-based Party self-governance.

Unprecedented Number of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China Having Come About, Forming a Relatively Sound System of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China, and Becoming a Landmark Advancement in Upholding and Further Improving the System of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, and in Modernizing Chinas System and Capacity for Governance

I.Coordinated Advancements of Drafting Work of the Whole Hierarchy of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China

Against major issues facing the whole Party, the CPC Central Committee has promulgated 160 central Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China that are in urgent need in practice, accounting for 71.4 percent of currently effective central Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China, filling in a huge institutional gap and leading the accelerated advancement of institutional construction of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China. Based on their duty and responsibility of Party work in their jurisdiction, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and working bodies of the Central Committee of the CPC have promulgated 128 departmental Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China, accounting for 67.4 percent of currently effective departmental Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China, providing important guidelines for strengthening all aspects of Party work. Party committees of all provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the central government have promulgated 2,337 local Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China, accounting for 67.4 percent of currently effective local Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China, facilitating the decisions and arrangements of the CPC Central Committee to be implemented and carried out.

II.Coordinated Advancements of the Drafting Work of All Types of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China

Taking the drafting of guidelines and regulations for a main project in building the system of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee has, in view of regulating and strengthening all major aspects of Party leadership and Party building, promulgated 46 guidelines and regulations, accounting for 92 percent of currently effective guidelines and regulations, and accelerating to further improve the “4 beams and 8 columns” for the system of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, working bodies of the Central Committee of the CPC and Party committees of all provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the central government have, in a targeted way, formulated and further improved supporting Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China, providing regulations and guarantee to all aspects of the Partys work in concrete terms, and adding brick and mortar to the system of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China.

III.Coordinated Advancements of the Drafting Work of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China in All Fields

Setting store by dovetailing and interaction of various sectors of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, working bodies of the Central Committee of the CPC and Party committees of all provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the central government have promulgated 114 Party organization provisions, 611 Party leadership provisions, 888 Party building provisions, and 1,011 Party supervision and safeguard provisions, facilitating integrated advancement and coordinated development of the system of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China and safeguard in all fields.

On July 1, 2021, General Secretary Xi Jinping announced in his speech commemorating the centenary of the CPC that the Party had developed “a relatively sound system of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China”, being an important milestone in the history of Party building, especially that of institutional construction of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China. By December 31, 2022, there were 3,766 currently effective Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China of the whole Party. Among them, 224 central Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China had been formulated by the CPC Central Committee, including one Party Constitution, 3 guidelines, 47 regulations, and 173 provisions, methods, rules and bylaws; 190 departmental Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China have been formulated by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, working bodies of the Central Committee of the CPC; 3,352 local Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China have been formulated by Party committees of all provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the central government. This set of institutions, that are well conceived and fully built, provide institutional support for advancing in depth full and strict rule-based Party self-governance, and provide strong boost to upholding and further improving the system of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics and modernizing Chinas system and capacity for governance.

Unprecedentedly Strong Institutional Safeguard for Party Leadership Giving Full Play to the Core Role of the Party in Providing Overall Leadership and Coordinating the Efforts of All Involved

I.Further Improving Various Institutions to Firmly Uphold the Authority and Centralized, Unified Leadership of the CPC Central Committee

The CPC Central Committee has formulated and promulgated the Regulations on the Work of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Provisions of Leadership over Economic Work of the CPC Central Committee, and made a series of major institutional arrangements to uphold the authority and centralized, unified leadership of the CPC Central Committee, such as that the Central Secretariat, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, and the leading Party members groups of the Standing Committee of the National Peoples Congress, the State Council, the National Committee of Chinese Peoples Political Consultative Conference, the Supreme Peoples Court and the Supreme Peoples Procuratorate to report their work annually to the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, that members of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee make annual written reports on their work to the CPC Central Committee and to General Secretary Xi Jinping, that strengthening the function of the CPC Central Committees decision-making, deliberative, and coordinating institutions, and that, further improving mechanisms for implementing major decisions of the CPC Central Committee, in order to ensure even firmer and stronger centralized and unified leadership of the CPC Central Committee.

II.Further Improving the Partys Leading Role in All Types of Organizations

Revising the Regulations of Local Party Committees to give full play to the role of local Party committees in setting direction, holding overall interests, making decisions, and ensuring implementation, formulating and revising the Regulations on the Work of Party Organizations in Party and state organs, state-owned enterprises, academic institutions and universities, and primary-level Party organizations in rural areas, and the Regulations on the Work of the Party branch committees, and setting clear the orientation of vigorously focusing on primary levels. Formulating and revising the Regulations on the Work of leading Party members groups to give full play to the role of leading Party members groups in setting direction, holding overall interests, and ensuring implementation. Formulating Regulations on Party work organs to urge Party work organs to improve their capacity discharge of duty and professional proficiency .

III.Further Improving Institutions for Party Leadership over All Aspects of Chinas Endeavors

In regard to Party leadership over economic construction, formulating the Regulations on Rural Work to advance rural revitalization. In regard to Party leadership over political construction, formulating the Regulations on United-Front Work, the Regulations on Political Consultative Work, and the Regulations on the Work of Institutes of Socialism to consolidate and develop the broadest possible patriotic united front; formulating the Regulations on Political-Legal Work and the Provisions of Protecting Law Enforcers in Performing their Law-Based Legal Duty and Responsibilities to advance law-based governance; and formulating the Regulations on Institutional Organization Work to facilitate optimization, coordination and efficiency of working organs of the Party and the state. In regard to Party leadership over cultural construction, formulating the Regulation of Publicity Work and the Methods for Implementing Responsibility System for Ideological Work of Party Committees (Leading Party Members Groups) to advance ideological security and cultural security. In regard to Party leadership over social construction, formulating the Regulations on Party leadership over National Security Work to advance the system and capacity modernization of national security; formulating the Regulations on Petition Work to advance petition work in better serving the people and the overall interests of the Party and the country. In regard to Party leadership over ecological construction, formulating the Central Provisions of Supervision over Ecological Protection Work and the Provisions of Ecological Assets Off-Office Auditing for Leading Officials to promote the construction of a beautiful China. In regard to Party leadership over the building of national defense and the armed forces, formulating and revising the Regulations on Party Building in the Military and the Regulations on Political Work in the Military to provide strong guarantee for achieving the Partys goal for military development in the new era.

Unprecedented Impetus to Institutional Reform on Party Building Providing Strong Institutional Support for Full and Strict Rule-Based Party Self-Governance

I.Further Improving Institutions for Party Building in All Fields

In regard to the Partys political building, formulating and revising the Guideline of Conduct for Intra-Party Political Life under the New Situation, the Provisions of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on Upholding and Strengthening the Centralized, Unified Leadership of the CPC Central Committee, and the Regulations on Requesting for Instructions on Major Issues to ensure the whole Party to closely follow the CPC Central Committee with General Secretary Xi Jinping at its core in thinking, stance, and action. In regard to the Partys ideological building, formulating the Work Regulations for Party Schools (Administrative Institutes) and the Study Rules for Central Theoretical Study Groups of Party Committees (Leading Party Members Groups) to promote leadership teams and leading officials at all levels to conscientiously study and implement the Partys basic theory, line and policy. In regard to the Partys organizational building, formulating and revising the Regulations on Organizational Work and the Regulations on Elections of Local and Primary-Level Party Organizations to further improve institutions for the construction of the Party organizational system; formulating and revising the Regulations for Selection and Appointment of Officials, the Regulations for Education and Training of Officials, the Provisions of Promotion of Officials Taking Both Higher and Lower Positions, the Provisions of Dual Control over Officials to establish and further improve the whole-chain mechanisms for selection, fostering, control and appointment of officials; formulating the Regulations on Education and Control of Party Members and Bylaws of Admitting New Party Members to keep Party members holding firm convictions, being politically reliable, being well-structured, being of high-quality, being highly disciplined and playing an outstanding role; formulating the Provisions of Parallel Leading Positions and Non-Leading Positions of Civil Servants, the Provisions of Administration of Technologically Professional Civil Servants, the Provisions of Administration of Administrative Law Enforcing Civil Servants and the Provisions of Administration of Contract-Based Civil Servants to further improve a civil service system with Chinese characteristics. In regard to the Partys efforts to improve its conduct, formulating the Eight-Point Decision on Improving Party and Government Conduct and its bylaws, the Regulations on Rigorous Enforcement of Economy and Anti-Waste for Party and Government Organs, the Provisions of Administration of Domestic Official Receptions for Party and Government Organs, the Methods on Administration of Buildings and Offices for Party and Government Organs, and the Methods on Administration of Public Vehicles for Party and Government Organs to resolutely oppose pointless formalities, bureaucratism, hedonism and extravagance and to carry forward the Partys fine styles of conduct. In regard to the Partys efforts to strengthen its discipline, revising the Guideline of Integrity and Self-Discipline to demand lofty moral pursuit of Communists. Furthermore, formulating the Regulations on Party Emblem and Flag to give play to political function of Party emblem and flag; formulating the Provisions of Principal Responsibility for Party Committees (Leading Party Members Groups) to Implement Full and Strict Rule-Based Party Self-Governance to enhance and implement political responsibility for self-supervision and self-governance, and spur the in-depth development of full and strict rule-based Party self-governance.

II.Further Improving the Partys System of Oversight and Safeguard

In regard to oversight, formulating the Regulations on intra-party Supervision, the Regulations on Inspection Work to give full play to the institutional advantage of oversight; formulating the Regulations on the Work of Commissions for Disciplinary Inspection, the Rules for the Work of Discipline and Supervision Organs Oversight over Discipline Compliance, the Rules for the Work of Discipline and Supervision Organs Handling of Reports and Accusations, and the Rules for the Work of Discipline and Supervision Organs Offices Stationed in Other Institutions to ensure the disciplinary inspection organs to perform their duty and responsibility according to law and regulations. In regard to rewards and punishment, formulating the Regulations on Conferring intra-party Medals and Honorary Titles, the Regulations on Conferring State Medals and Honorary Titles, and the Regulations on Conferring Military Medals and Honorary Titles to give full play to the role of conferring medals and honorary titles in ethos setting and demonstration of typical examples; and formulating and revising the Regulations on Party Accountability, the Regulations on Party Disciplinary Actions and the Provisions of Organizational Punishment to make strict discipline be consciously followed by Party members and officials. In regard to safeguard, formulating and revising the Regulations on Safeguarding the Rights of Party Members and the Regulations on Transparency of Party Affairs to carry out intra-party democracy and safeguard Party members rights; formulating and revising the Regulation on Formulation of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China, the Provisions of Recording and Examination of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China and Normative Documents, and the Provisions of Responsibility System for Implementation of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China to channel institutional construction of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China onto the track of institutionalization and regularization.

Unprecedentedly Strict Implementation of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China System to Turn Partys Institutional Advantage into Governance Efficacy

I.In View of Revering, Understanding and Following Regulations, Conducting Study, Publicity and Education of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China

The CPC Central Committee has planned and carried out campaigns for advancing study and implementation of the mass line; for pushing Party members to be strict with themselves in practicing self-cultivation, exercising power, and maintaining self-discipline and to be earnest in their thinking, work, and behavior; for requiring Party members to study the Party Constitution, Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China, and General Secretary Xi Jinpings major policy addresses and to meet Party standards; for raising awareness of the need to stay true to the Partys founding mission; and for encouraging study of the Partys history, all of which focus on studying the Party Constitution and Party rules and meeting the standard, and urging Party members and officials to internalize the Party Constitution, Party rules and Party discipline in mind and externalize them in action. Further improving regular mechanism for leading officials to study and train on Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China, timely putting newly promulgated Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China into key content for studies of central theoretical study groups of Party committees (leading Party members groups) at all levels and for training of Party Schools (Administrative Institutes), executive institutes and institutes of socialism at all levels, and comprehensively raising Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China awareness of leading officials at all levels to be faithful advocates, conscientious keepers and staunch defenders of the institutions. Strengthening publicity of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China, editing and publishing the Collection of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China of the Communist Party of China, publicizing newly promulgated Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China on Party newspapers and magazines, key news-websites and web portals except those involving secret of the Party and the country or not to be published according to provisions concerned. Enhancing supporting publicity and interpretation right after promulgation of major Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China, and focusing on multi-platform and divers-form integrated dissemination to build momentum of publicizing Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China online and offline. Strengthening theoretical research on Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China, and compiling and publishing the Study of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China to provide sound academic support to institutional construction of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China in the new era.

II.In View of Complying with All Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China, Establishing and Further Improving an Execution System for Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China

Focusing on resolving the problems of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China being “difficult to execute”, firmly holding the focal point of responsibility system for implementing Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China, urging all regions and all departments to establish and further improve a responsibility system for complying regulations featuring unified leadership of Party committees, coordination of general offices of Party committees, and being headed by competent department, supported and helped by other departments and strictly supervised by disciplinary inspection organs for strict and earnest compliance of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China. Strengthening oversight on compliance of major Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China to timely discover and resolve prominent problems in compliance. Establishing appraisal system for implementation of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China, conducting diverse forms of comprehensive and special evaluation centering on compliance of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China system and effects of their implementation to spur compliance and improve effectiveness. Exploring the practice of setting up observation points for “documents of central Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China at the primary level”, establishing the system of contact points on primary level Party building work of leading Party officials, going down to primary level to inspect and supervise the compliance of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China, to consolidate responsibility for self-supervision and self-governance.

III.In View of Seeking Accountability for Violation, Sternly Examining and Punishing All Violations of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China

The CPC Central Committee has taken Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China compliance for important content of supervision and inspection over Party committees at all levels and launched initiatives to solve problems in compliance of Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China, leaving neither trapdoor nor skylight, nor neglecting under the light but in the dark (people tending to neglect the most obvious), and producing great institutional deterrence. Strengthening authority of institutions, daring to crack hard nut and to fight it out, resolutely ending the phenomena of selection, adaptation and giving discount in implementing institutions, resolutely correcting the conduct of failing to execute order or enforce prohibition and feigning compliance, and preventing against the broken window effect. Implementing in a constant way the central Party leaderships eight-point decision on improving Party and government conduct and its bylaws, and continuing in a constant way to address the practice of formalities for formalities sake, bureaucratism, hedonism, and extravagance to make strict regulations and prohibitions work. Continuing to strengthen examination and punishment for violating Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China so as to turn them into a live high-voltage line that bites, to make all Party officials be on alert, know the bottom-line, and hold discipline in awe and respect so as to revere, study, follow and apply Intraparty Rules and Regulations of the Communist Party of China.