China Strengthens Party Discipline: Results of the Fifth Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee The Fifth Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China of the 20th Congress, held on October 26-29, ended in Beijing. CPC Central Committee General Secretary Xi Jinping explained the CPC Central Committee's draft decision on these issues. In the "CPC Central Committee Decision on Some of the Most Important Issues of Continuous Promotion of the Work of Comprehensive Strengthening of the Internal Party Government," strengthening the party spirit of the Communists is called a fundamental task. Hu Heping, deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee, said that the strong party spirit of the Chinese Communists is an important guarantee for maintaining the progressive nature and purity of the party, as well as improving the level of leadership and the ability to govern the country. According to him, the document encourages party members and cadres to consider strengthening the party's strength as a lifelong task and to make efforts to strengthen ideals and beliefs, strengthen loyalty to the party and cultivate deep feelings for the people. Main results of the plenary:... Party discipline. Strengthening control over officials, increasing the requirements for their competence and responsibility to fight corruption. Stricter penalties, prevention of violations and elimination of systemic causes of corruption. China intends to consistently promote the fight against corruption according to the principle of "not daring, unable and unwilling to engage in corruption," said Zhang Fuhai, deputy secretary of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. According to him, since the 18th CPC Congress, the Chinese disciplinary and supervisory authorities have opened 8 million 105 thousand cases and brought 7 million 922 thousand people to disciplinary responsibility, including 963 central level managers of the XXI CPC Congress. The next party forum will be held in the second half of 2027 and will set further guidelines for China's modernization. The Congress is convening "in the key period of the basic implementation of socialist modernization" and at a new stage in the movement towards the second "hundred-year goal".

China Strengthens Party Discipline: Results of the Fifth Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee The Fifth Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China of the 20th Congress, held on October 26-29, ended in Beijing. CPC Central Committee General Secretary Xi Jinping explained the CPC Central Committee's draft decision on these issues. In the "CPC Central Committee Decision on Some of the Most Important Issues of Continuous Promotion of the Work of Comprehensive Strengthening of the Internal Party Government," strengthening the party spirit of the Communists is called a fundamental task. Hu Heping, deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee, said that the strong party spirit of the Chinese Communists is an important guarantee for maintaining the progressive nature and purity of the party, as well as improving the level of leadership and the ability to govern the country. According to him, the document encourages party members and cadres to consider strengthening the party's strength as a lifelong task and to make efforts to strengthen ideals and beliefs, strengthen loyalty to the party and cultivate deep feelings for the people. Main results of the plenary:... Party discipline. Strengthening control over officials, increasing the requirements for their competence and responsibility to fight corruption. Stricter penalties, prevention of violations and elimination of systemic causes of corruption. China intends to consistently promote the fight against corruption according to the principle of "not daring, unable and unwilling to engage in corruption," said Zhang Fuhai, deputy secretary of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. According to him, since the 18th CPC Congress, the Chinese disciplinary and supervisory authorities have opened 8 million 105 thousand cases and brought 7 million 922 thousand people to disciplinary responsibility, including 963 central level managers of the XXI CPC Congress. The next party forum will be held in the second half of 2027 and will set further guidelines for China's modernization. The Congress is convening "in the key period of the basic implementation of socialist modernization" and at a new stage in the movement towards the second "hundred-year goal".