"Seeking Truth" magazine published an important article by General Secretary Xi Jinping "Deepening the Reform of Party and State Institutions and Promoting the Modernization of the National Governance System and Governance Capacity"

The 14th issue of "Seeking Truth" published on July 16 published an important article "Deepening the Reform of Party and State Institutions and Promoting the Modernization of the National Governance System and Governance Capacity" by Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission.
The article emphasizes that deepening the reform of party and state institutions is an important measure to implement the spirit of the Party's 20th National Congress and a centralized deployment to promote the modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities. The purpose of continuing to promote the reform of the party and state institutions is to promote the party's leadership over the socialist modernization drive to be more scientific in the establishment of institutions, more optimized in the allocation of functions, more perfect in the system and mechanism, and more efficient in operation and management. The reform of party and state institutions is a complex and systematic project, which cannot be accomplished overnight, nor will it be done once and for all. It is necessary to constantly adjust and optimize the functional system of party and state institutions in accordance with new missions and tasks, new strategic arrangements, and new work needs, so as to better meet the needs of the development of the cause of the party and the state.
The article pointed out that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, an important purpose of deepening the reform of the party and state institutions is to uphold and strengthen the party's overall leadership, and implement the strengthening of the party's overall leadership in all fields, aspects and links from the institutional responsibilities. In this institutional reform, the establishment of a new decision-making and coordination body of the CPC Central Committee, the establishment of new functional departments and offices of the CPC Central Committee, and the establishment of new organs dispatched by the CPC Central Committee in important areas are aimed at promoting advantages, making up for weaknesses, and strengthening the centralized and unified leadership of the CPC Central Committee over major work. At the same time, in the financial management system, science and technology management system, social management system and other aspects of the institutional setting and responsibility allocation made a more reasonable design and arrangement. these adjustments are solutions proposed on the basis of analyzing the deep-seated contradictions and problems we are facing. All regions and departments must consciously think and act under the overall situation to ensure that the institutional reform plan is implemented without discount, deformation, or distortion, especially in strict accordance with the formulation of the institutional reform plan and the implementation of the department's "three fixed" regulations.
The article points out that it is very important to do a good job in the organization and implementation of institutional reform. We should continue to make good use of the valuable experience of adhering to the party's overall leadership over the institutional reform, adhering to the principle of not establishing or breaking the institutional reform, adhering to the optimization, coordination and efficiency of institutional functions, adhering to the central and local chess, adhering to the unity of reform and the rule of law, and adhering to the ideological and political work throughout the whole process of reform, so as to promote the organization and implementation of institutional reform in an organized, step-by-by-by-by-by-by-by-by-by-step and disciplined manner. First, we must increase the intensity of unification. Under the leadership of the standing Committee of the political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, the Central Committee for comprehensively deepening Reform takes the lead in grasping the general situation, strengthening overall planning and coordination, and establishing a coordination mechanism. Second, we must adhere to a stable tone. This institutional reform involves more departments and touches on deeper problems, so we need to work out before we move forward. The reform of central and local institutions should be organically linked and orderly promoted in terms of work deployment and organization and implementation. Three to do good work. It is necessary to guide the broad masses of party members and cadres to stress politics, take into account the overall situation, and abide by the rules, correctly deal with the adjustment of the pattern of interests and the advance and retreat of individuals, actively support reform, and consciously obey organizational arrangements. Four to enforce strict discipline. Departments involved in institutional changes and adjustment of responsibilities should consciously obey the overall situation and ensure that institutions, responsibilities, and personnel are adjusted in time as required. Five to do in accordance with the law. Adhere to the rule of law on the track to promote institutional reform, the legislature should co-ordinate the relevant legislative reform and abolition work.

Source: Xinhua News Agency