The "Regulations on Disciplinary Punishments of the Communist Party of China" provide guarantees for creating a good ecological environment for officials to start their own businesses.
Carrying out party discipline study and education throughout the party is an important measure to promote the in-depth development of comprehensive and strict party governance. General Secretary Xi Jinping attaches great importance to it and has delivered important speeches and instructions many times, providing a fundamental basis for the study and education of party discipline. In order to help party members and cadres accurately grasp the newly revised "Regulations on Disciplinary Punishments of the Communist Party of China" and ensure a high-quality start and high-standard advancement of party discipline learning and education, the "In-Depth" column of Shangguan News specially invited three experts from Beijing and Shanghai to write an interpretation .
To comprehensively and strictly govern the party, we need to grasp and implement the principle of stricter discipline than the law and discipline before the law, adhere to the combination of strict control and love, and pay equal attention to incentives and constraints, so as to better stimulate the enthusiasm, initiative and creativity of party members and cadres.
The newly revised "Regulations on Disciplinary Punishments of the Communist Party of China" adhere to the organic unity of strict management and supervision and encouragement of responsible behavior, promote the correct performance of duties by party members and cadres with clear disciplinary requirements, and clearly regulate three representative new situations in practice :
One is the lack of fighting spirit and consciousness, and the negative performance of duties or party member obligations. A new Article 131 of the "Regulations" stipulates that party members and cadres who dare not fight at work, are unwilling to take responsibility, and retreat in the face of major conflicts, crises and difficulties, causing adverse effects or serious consequences, will be given a warning or even expelled from the party, depending on the circumstances. .
The second is new behaviors that harm the interests of the masses, represented by "slow action" and "false action". In practice, some party members and cadres do not seem to be "inactive", but use the excuses of "following procedures" and "needing coordination" to perfunctory their responsibilities, engage in "slow action", or "increase the number of layers" and "excessively leave traces". Engage in formalistic and bureaucratic "fake actions".
"Slow action" and "false action" are essentially "non-action" and "accidental action". Therefore, Article 126 of the "Disciplinary Punishment Regulations of the Communist Party of China" adds the expression "slow action and false action" after "inaction and disorderly action" to effectively strengthen the disciplinary punishment for party members and cadres who passively perform their duties and harm the interests of the masses. intensity.
The third is the behavior of "new officials ignoring old accounts". This phenomenon is certainly related to weak legal awareness and lack of contract concepts, but at a deeper level it reflects a lack of responsibility, failure to act, and irresponsibility. In this regard, a new paragraph 2 of Article 130 is added to the Regulations, which stipulates that if a party member leading cadre passively avoids or shirks responsibility for problems that existed before taking office and fell within the scope of his/her duties, causing serious damage or serious adverse effects, he or she may be punished. Depending on the specific circumstances, a warning may be given up to expulsion from the party.
It should be noted that the "Law on Administrative Punishments for Public Servants" already punishes public employees who deliberately create difficulties and take advantage of others in management and service activities; fail to perform or incorrectly perform their duties, neglect their duties and delay their work; and have formalism and bureaucracy in their work. Behavior and other circumstances, depending on the severity of the circumstances, different levels of punishment are provided, ranging from warnings and demerits to dismissal and expulsion.
This time, the "Regulations" supplement and improve relevant content, embody the separation of discipline and law at the technical level, and demonstrate the fundamental requirement of stricter discipline than law at the conceptual level, which is conducive to promoting the organic unity of governing the country according to law and governing the party according to rules.
Warning education shows that "breaking the law" begins with "breaking discipline." Ideological defenses gradually loosen and behavioral rules begin to lose control. It often starts with inconspicuous "little problems" and "little gains." Therefore, we must emphasize the high standards and starting point of discipline, and use strict discipline to warn party members and cadres to stay away from the red line of discipline and to keep the bottom line of the law.
The "Regulations" insist on putting discipline and rules at the forefront, implement the important requirements of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China report on promoting the ability of cadres to move up and down, and to provide a dual guarantee of discipline and system for creating a good ecological environment for officials to start their own businesses.
The party's organizational work, in a nutshell, is about selecting the right people and making good use of them. In September 2022, the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued the "Regulations on Promoting the Promotion and Demotion of Leading Cadres", which proposed cadres who are not suitable for their current positions from aspects such as political performance, ideals and beliefs, fighting spirit, implementation of organizational disciplines, responsibilities, and moral conduct. Situations in which organizational adjustments should be made.
But in practice, the phenomenon of "good guyism" still exists in some places. For example, some cadres are unwilling to make progress and have been in a state of "laying down" for a long time, and it is difficult to open up the situation in their work; some units have circumvented organizational adjustments with party discipline and government affairs and other sanctions, and used organizational adjustments to replace party discipline and government affairs and other sanctions, etc., and even in order to make others Competent cadres leave their posts and engage in "gifts out of the country" to recommend them for appointment exchanges or promotions.
To strengthen unity, we do not mean to be "in harmony"; to achieve harmony, we do not mean to be a "good old guy" and to engage in "harmony"; on major issues of right and wrong, we must have a correct stance and a clear attitude. A new article 85 is added to the "Regulations". For those who promote humanism and avoid the most important and take the easy approach when promoting the work of leading cadres, the person directly responsible and the person responsible for the leadership will be given a warning or a serious warning according to the seriousness of the case. , removal of party positions or probation, so as to provide disciplinary support for promoting good employment orientation.
Accountability is the "sharp sword" for comprehensively and strictly governing the party. It is a prerequisite for realizing the ability to learn from past mistakes and avoid future ones, to treat diseases and save people, to catch the early and small, and to prevent the slightest change. The "Accountability Regulations of the Communist Party of China" provide institutional compliance for the party's accountability work, making it the norm to ask questions for lapses in responsibility and to be strict in accountability.
However, in practice, there are situations in some places where accountability procedures are not started in a standardized manner, the reasons for accountability are unreasonable, and the objects of accountability are non-compliant, which has aroused public concern. In this regard, the "Regulations" added a new article 137, which stipulates that those who abuse accountability or are seriously irresponsible in accountability work and cause adverse effects will be given warnings, serious warnings, and removal from internal party positions, thereby urging parties at all levels to Organize precise accountability, prevent the generalization and abuse of accountability, and protect the enthusiasm of party members, cadres, and officials to start their own businesses.
Achieving Chinese-style modernization ultimately depends on working from generation to generation and drawing a blueprint to the end. The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China revised the Party Constitution, adding new clauses such as "giving full play to the role of talents as the first resource" and "gathering talents from all over the world and using them". It is clear that talent training is related to the great cause of the party and the country for a long time, and must be taken seriously. It must be done without delay. Relax.
In practice, there are still some negative factors in the process of constructing a talent evaluation system that is scientific, reasonable, fair and equal, and merit-based. For example, there are issues such as intercession, "greeting", "small circle review" and exchange of interests in the selection of academic titles, professional title evaluations, honorary commendations or the awarding of academic titles. These behaviors are essentially manifestations of disloyalty and dishonesty to the party and should be dealt with seriously. Article 86 of the "Regulations" clearly includes the evaluation of professional titles, honorary commendations, and the awarding of academic titles within the scope of disciplinary regulations, which is conducive to creating a good atmosphere for the selection of outstanding talents.
In short, the "Regulations" refine and summarize the latest practices of comprehensively and strictly managing the party, giving the regulations and systems the vitality to keep pace with the times, which is conducive to more fully exerting the role of a sharp tool in discipline construction to treat both the symptoms and the root causes, and is conducive to the strict control of the party. The tone, strict measures, and strict atmosphere will be maintained for a long time.
