The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued the Regulations on the Working Organs of the Communist Party of China (for Trial Implementation)

Recently, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued the "Regulations on the Working Organs of the Communist Party of China (Trial)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations") and issued a notice requiring all regions and departments to earnestly comply with them.
　　

The circular stresses that the party's working organs are the political organs for the party to implement political, ideological, and organizational leadership, and the executive organs for implementing the decisions and arrangements of the party Central Committee and local party committees at all levels, implementing party leadership, strengthening party building, and promoting the party's cause. it has played an important role in all periods of revolution, construction, and reform. Under the new historical conditions, if our party wants to better carry out the great struggle with many new historical characteristics, promote the new great project of party building, and promote the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics, we must further strengthen and standardize the work of the party's working organs.
　　

The notice pointed out that the "Regulations" are the basic and backbone internal party regulations that regulate the establishment, responsibilities and operation of the party's working organs. It is another important achievement in strengthening the party's organizational system after the party group work regulations and local party committee work regulations. The party's organizational system foundation for governing the country, promoting the modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities, and improving the party's leadership and governance level are of great significance.
　　

The circular requires that party committees at all levels should, from the strategic height of unswervingly promoting the comprehensive and strict administration of the party, fully understand the importance and urgency of strengthening and improving the work of the party's working organs, and earnestly strengthen the organization and leadership over the implementation of the regulations. It is necessary to organize leading cadres at all levels, especially members of the leading group of the party's working organs, to seriously study the regulations, accurately grasp the contents of the regulations, deeply understand the spirit of the regulations, and constantly improve the ability and level of using the regulations to do a good job in the work of the party's working organs. Party committees at all levels and the party's working organs at all levels should, in accordance with the provisions of the "Regulations," conduct a comprehensive clean-up and standardization of the establishment of the party's working organs, leading bodies, decision-making forms, and working rules. The relevant departments of the central government should do a good job in supervising the implementation, and conduct special inspections on the implementation of the "Regulations" in a timely manner to ensure that all regulations and requirements are implemented.
　　

The full text of the Regulations on Working Organs of the Communist Party of China (for Trial Implementation) is as follows.
　　

Chapter I General Provisions
　　

Article 1 in order to standardize the establishment and operation of the party's working organs, improve the ability and level of the party's working organs to perform their duties, and ensure the effective implementation of the party's theory, line, principles and policies, these regulations are formulated in accordance with the constitution of the Communist Party of China.
　　

Article 2 The party's working organs are the political organs for the party to implement political, ideological, and organizational leadership. They are the executive organs that implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and local party committees at all levels, implement party leadership, strengthen party building, and promote the party's cause. It mainly includes general offices (offices), functional departments, offices and dispatched agencies.
　　

Article 3 These Regulations shall apply to the working organs of the Party at the central and local levels.
　　

Institutions directly under the Party committee, organs set up in or managed by the Party's working organs shall be implemented with reference to these regulations, except as otherwise provided by laws and regulations and the Central Committee.
　　

The establishment and operation of the Party's disciplinary inspection organs shall be carried out in accordance with the Party Constitution and the relevant provisions of the Central Committee.
　　

Article 4 The working organs of the Party shall abide by the following principles in carrying out their work:
　　

(I) persist in strengthening the party's leadership and resolutely safeguard the authority of the party central committee;
　　

(II) adhere to the party's political, ideological, organizational and mass lines;
　　

(III) adhere to the implementation of democratic centralism, enhance the unity and unity of the party and the vitality of the work of the organs;
　　

(IV) insist on performing their respective duties and cooperating with each other to ensure that the party's work is coordinated and coordinated;
　　

(V) persist in comprehensively and strictly administering the party, administering the party according to regulations, and performing duties in accordance with the party constitution and regulations;
　　

(VI) persist in carrying out activities within the scope of the Constitution and laws, and support state organs and other organizations at the same level in carrying out their work in accordance with their articles of association in accordance with the law.
　　

Chapter II Establishment
　　

Article 5 The establishment of the party's working organs shall meet the needs of strengthening the party's leadership and party building, follow the principles of simplification, unity, and efficiency, and implement total control and quota management.
　　

According to the needs of the work, the party's working organs may be merged with state organs with similar responsibilities or co-located. The Party Committee shall still be in charge of the merger or joint office.
　　

Strictly control the establishment of permanent offices of the deliberative and coordinating bodies. If the matters under the responsibility of the deliberative and coordinating body can be coordinated by the existing working organs or a coordination mechanism can be established, no permanent office shall be set up.
　　

Article 6 The establishment, cancellation, merger or change of the working organs of the Party Central Committee shall be proposed by the central organization establishment management department and submitted to the Party Central Committee for approval and decision in accordance with procedures.
　　

For the establishment, cancellation, merger or change of the working organs of the local party committee, the establishment management department of the organization at the same level shall put forward a plan, which shall be discussed and decided by the party committee at the corresponding level in accordance with the prescribed procedures, and then submitted to the party committee at a higher level for examination and approval.
　　

Article 7 The leading body and decision-making form of the party's working organs are the ministerial (department, office) meetings or committees, which are generally composed of the principal, deputy, the leader of the disciplinary inspection team or the secretary of the disciplinary work committee and other members.
　　

The number of leading posts in the party's working organs shall be carried out in strict accordance with the relevant provisions in accordance with the needs of the work and the principle of strict control.
　　

If the principal position of the party's working organ is concurrently held by the leading members of the higher-level organization, an executive deputy position may be set up to assist it in handling daily work.
　　

The working organs of the Party do not have assistants to the leading officials, and generally do not have secretaries-general. When necessary, with the approval of the Party Central Committee, the functional departments of the Party Central Committee may have secretaries-general.
　　

Article 8 The working organs of the Party shall set up necessary internal organs in accordance with the needs of their work and the principle of being lean and efficient. The establishment, cancellation, merger or alteration of internal institutions shall be examined and approved in accordance with the prescribed authority and procedures.
　　

Article 9 The working organs of the Party shall be staffed within the approved administrative establishment.
　　

Chapter III Duties
　　

Article 10 The party's working organs shall have clear responsibilities and consistent powers and responsibilities. Their responsibilities are generally determined in accordance with the party constitution and party regulations. The specific responsibilities shall be clarified by the relevant functional allocation, internal institutions, and staffing regulations.
　　

duties that should be performed by party committees shall not be delegated to working organs by party committees.
　　

Article 11 The working organs of the Party shall perform the following duties:
　　

(I) resolutely implement the party's theory, line, principles, and policies, as well as the party committee's decision-making arrangements, and ensure the smooth flow of government orders;
　　

(II) study and deploy work within the scope of responsibilities, make and issue internal party regulations and normative documents in accordance with regulations, and organize implementation and supervise implementation;
　　

(III) be a good staff assistant to the party committee, report relevant situations, reflect problems, put forward opinions and suggestions in a timely manner, and provide services for the party committee's decision-making;
　　

(IV) do a good job of party building in government organs and strengthen leadership over group work in their own units;
　　

(V) undertake relevant matters assigned by the party committee and higher-level work organs.
　　

Article 12 the general office (office) of the Party committee is the comprehensive department of the Party committee, which is responsible for promoting the implementation of the decision-making and deployment of the Party committee, coordinating the work of relevant parties in accordance with the requirements of the Party committee, and undertaking the specific affairs of ensuring the operation of the Party committee.
　　　

Article 13 The functional department of the party committee is the competent department responsible for a certain aspect of the work of the party committee. It exercises relatively independent management functions in accordance with regulations, formulates relevant policies and regulations and organizes their implementation, and coordinates and guides the work of the system and this field.
　　

Article 14 the office of the Party committee is an institution that assists the Party committee in handling important affairs in a certain aspect. Generally, it refers to the permanent office of the deliberative and coordinating body set up by the Party committee to strengthen the leadership, organization and coordination of cross field and cross department important work, undertakes the comprehensive service work of the deliberative and coordinating body, and can perform specific management responsibilities according to relevant provisions.
　　

Article 15 The dispatched organs of the party committee are the working organs dispatched by the party committee to strengthen the leadership of specific fields, industries, and systems, and represent the party committee to lead the work of the fields, industries, and systems in accordance with relevant regulations.
　　

Article 16 The party's working organs must firmly establish political awareness, overall situation awareness, core awareness, and alignment awareness, and always maintain a high degree of consistency with the Party Central Committee in ideological and political actions. In accordance with the requirements of comprehensively and strictly administering the party, we should strengthen the party building of the organs and the ideological and political construction of the contingent, educate and guide party members and cadres to strengthen their ideals and beliefs, strengthen their sense of purpose, and always maintain absolute loyalty to the party's cause and the party Central Committee. we should consciously practice the requirements of "three strictness and three reality" and set an example in observing discipline and rules.
　　

The party's working organs should strengthen the building of professional capacity, carry out regular study and training and professional exchanges, have the courage to explore and practice, be good at summing up the laws of work, and constantly improve the professional level of the contingent of cadres and their ability to perform their duties.
　　

Chapter IV Decision-making and Implementation
　　

Article 17 The working organs of the Party must adhere to democratic centralism, and the leading bodies shall practice a system of combining collective leadership with individual division of labor and responsibility. All major matters of the organ shall be studied and decided by the leading group in accordance with the principles of collective leadership, democratic centralism, individual deliberation and decision at meetings. members of leading bodies should, in accordance with collective decisions and division of labor, be brave to assume responsibility, dare to take responsibility, and earnestly perform their duties.
　　

Article 18 the working organs of the party shall discuss and decide on the following major matters by convening meetings of ministries (departments and offices) and committee meetings:
　　

(I) study and implement the relevant decisions, instructions, and work arrangements of the party central committee, higher-level and local-level party committees;
　　

(II) study and discuss specific measures for implementing relevant guidelines, policies, laws, and regulations within the scope of their duties;
　　

(III) discuss and decide on such matters as major decisions, appointments and dismissals of important personnel, arrangements for major projects, and the use of large amounts of funds;
　　

(IV) and deliberating on important matters concerning the request for instructions and reports from the party central committee or the party committee at the corresponding level and the party working organ at the higher level;
　　

(V) study and deploy important matters concerning party building in this organ;
　　

(VI) research to discuss other important matters.
　　

The leading group of the party's working organs should make scientific, democratic and legal decisions. Decisions on major issues should generally go through procedures such as investigation and research, solicitation of opinions, professional evaluation, legal compliance review, and collective discussion and decision.
　　

Article 19 Meetings of ministerial (department, office) meetings and committee meetings shall be convened and presided over by the main responsible comrades of the party's working organs, with the participation of members of the leadership team. According to the needs of the work, the convener of the meeting may determine the relevant personnel to attend the meeting. The meeting shall be truthfully recorded by the specialized personnel, and the minutes of the meeting shall be compiled and issued for the matters decided and filed for future reference in accordance with the regulations.
　　

Article 20 The party's working organs shall establish effective supervision, evaluation and feedback mechanisms to ensure the implementation of the leadership team's decisions.
　　

Article 21 the working organs of the party may, according to the needs of their work, hold office meetings of ministers (directors and secretaries), organize and promote the implementation of decision-making matters at meetings of ministries (departments and offices) and committee meetings, and study and discuss special work. The ministerial (director, secretary) office meeting shall be presided over by the minister (director, secretary) or other members of the entrusted leadership team, with the participation of relevant members of the leadership team and the main persons in charge of relevant internal institutions. The ministerial (director, secretary) office meeting shall not replace the ministerial (department, office) meeting and committee meeting to make decisions.
　　

Article 22 The leadership of the party's working organs and its members should strengthen ideological and political construction, earnestly study Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought, insist on arming the mind with the theoretical system of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and thoroughly study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's series of important speeches And new ideas, new ideas, new strategies and strategies for governing the country, and continuously enhance the confidence in the road, theory, system, and culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Strictly abide by the party's political discipline and political rules, serious political life within the party. Strictly implement the central government's regulations on improving work style and keeping close contact with the masses, and resolutely oppose formalism, bureaucracy, hedonism, and extravagance.
　　

The leading bodies of the party's working organs should conscientiously fulfill the main responsibility of administering the party strictly in an all-round way, implement the responsibility system for building a clean and honest party style, exemplary implementation of various regulations on honesty and self-discipline, and resolutely safeguard party discipline. we will promote the formation of a good environment for being clean and upright and doing business.
　　

Chapter V Supervision and Accountability
　　

Article 23 The working organs of the party accept the overall supervision of the party committee, make a comprehensive work report to the party committee at least once a year, and promptly ask for instructions and reports in case of important situations. Special reports should be made on the implementation of a certain important instruction and decision of the Party Central Committee and the Party organization at a higher level. The party committee at the corresponding level or the party's working organ at a higher level has the right to revoke or change an inappropriate decision made by the party's working organ.
　　

The party's working organs should consciously accept the supervision of the party's discipline inspection organs and their stationed organs, the discipline inspection work committee of the organs directly under the party committee, and the discipline inspection commission of the organs.
　　

Article 24 The leading bodies of the working organs of the Party shall consciously accept the supervision within the Party and the supervision of the masses. Members of the leading group shall truthfully report personal matters to the party organization, report their work, report their integrity and morality, and accept organizational supervision.
　　

Article 25 The party committee shall regularly inspect and assess the performance of its work organs. The specific work shall be the responsibility of the party committee organization department, and the assessment results shall be notified within a certain range.
　　

Article 26: Members of the leadership team of the party's working organs who violate the relevant provisions of these Regulations shall, according to the severity of the circumstances, be given criticism and education, ordered to make inspections, admonish, notify criticism, or be transferred from their posts, ordered to resign, removed, or demoted; those who should be held accountable for party discipline and government discipline shall be given corresponding sanctions in accordance with relevant regulations.
　　

Chapter VI Supplementary Provisions
　　

Article 27 the establishment management department shall, in accordance with these regulations, scientifically compile the provisions on the functional allocation, internal institutions and staffing of the party's working organs, and submit them to the party committee at the corresponding level for examination and approval in accordance with the procedures, and issue them in the form of documents of the party committee or the general office (room) of the party committee.
　　

Article 28 The Central Military Commission may formulate relevant regulations in accordance with these Regulations.
　　

Article 29 These Regulations shall be interpreted by the General Office of the Central Committee in consultation with the Organization Department of the Central Committee and the Office of the Central Organization Establishment Committee.
　　

Article 30 These Regulations shall enter into force on March 1, 2017.

April 13, 2017 Source: People's Daily