Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, November 1st Xinhua News Agency was authorized to broadcast the full text of the "Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Several Major Issues on Persisting in Promoting Comprehensive and Strict Governance of the Party" and the "Explanation on the Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Several Major Issues on Persevering in Promoting Comprehensive and Strict Governance of the Party" made by General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee Xi Jinping on November 1.
"Decision" is about 17,000 words, divided into three parts except the opening and closing remarks. The first section is the first part, which is the general introduction. It elaborates on the importance, urgency and overall requirements of persevering in promoting comprehensive and strict governance of the party, covering a total of 5 aspects. The first is to review the glorious history of our party that has consistently strengthened party building and united and led the people from victory to victory over more than 100 years. The second is to summarize the great achievements made in comprehensively and strictly governing the party since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and to elaborate on the great significance of forming Xi Jinping’s thought on party building. The third is to analyze the new situations, new tasks and new challenges faced by comprehensively and strictly administering the party. The fourth is to put forward the guiding ideology of persistently promoting comprehensive and strict governance of the party. The fifth is to clarify the seven principles to be followed in persevering to promote comprehensive and strict governance of the party. The second part is the analysis, including the second part to the eighth part. Deploy strategic tasks and major measures to continuously promote comprehensive and strict governance of the party, including "strengthening the party spirit of the Communists", "strictly implementing democratic centralism", "forging a team of high-quality cadres worthy of the important task of national rejuvenation", "building a rigorous organizational system with strong top-down coordination and effective execution", "unswervingly promoting the correct style and strict discipline", "unswervingly advancing in an integrated way, not daring to be corrupt, not being corrupt, not wanting to be corrupt", "adhering to the system of governing the party and governing the party in accordance with the rules." The third section includes improving the party and state supervision system and implementing political responsibilities for comprehensive and strict governance of the party.
The "Decision" pointed out that the guiding ideology for persistently promoting comprehensive and strict governance of the party is: adhere to Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, the important thought of "Three Represents", and the Scientific Outlook on Development, comprehensively implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and thoroughly study and implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. Party building thinking focuses on realizing the Party's mission and tasks, implementing the general requirements for Party building in the new era, taking the Party Constitution as the foundation, adhering to the Party's vanguard nature, adhering to the Party's overall leadership and the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, and focusing on improving the Party's long-term governance ability, maintaining the Party's advanced nature and purity, and maintaining Party membership We must adhere to the flesh-and-blood ties of the people, unswervingly adhere to the tone of strictness, improve the system of comprehensive and strict governance of the party, take the political construction of the party as the guide, comprehensively promote the party's construction in all aspects, fully stimulate the enthusiasm, initiative and creativity of the whole party, constantly realize the party's self-purification, self-improvement, self-innovation and self-improvement, and persist in Continue to enhance the party's political leadership, ideological guidance, mass organization, and social appeal to ensure that the party remains at the forefront of the times, heartily supported by the people, a vibrant Marxist ruling party that can withstand the test of various storms, and remains a strong leadership core for the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics.
The "Decision" points out that the following principles should be followed to consistently promote comprehensive and strict governance of the party: adhere to serving missions and tasks, adhere to the party's political construction as the guide, adhere to comprehensive strictness, adhere to problem orientation, adhere to integrity and innovation, adhere to the leadership of the top, and adhere to governing the party in accordance with regulations.
The explanation made by General Secretary Xi Jinping is about 4,500 words and is divided into three parts: considerations for determining the topics for the plenary session; about the drafting process of the draft "Decision"; about the basic framework and main content of the draft "Decision".
The explanation pointed out that the consideration for determining the topics of the plenary session is: Party building is related to the future and destiny of the party, and the success or failure of the party and the country's cause. This year marks the 105th anniversary of the founding of our party. The Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China decided that the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China will focus on the issue of persistently promoting comprehensive and strict governance of the party. This is a major decision made by the Party Central Committee to grasp the historical direction of the development of the party and the country's undertakings, focus on the overall situation of Chinese modernization, assess the situation, and make overall considerations. First, this is an inevitable requirement to maintain the party’s advanced nature and purity and consolidate the party’s long-term ruling status. Second, this is an inevitable requirement for consolidating and developing a good political situation with a high degree of unity and unity of the whole party and a high degree of cohesion between the party, the military and the people. Third, this is an inevitable requirement to realize the party’s historical mission and promote the steady and long-term development of the party and the country’s cause.
The note introduces the drafting process of the "Decision". In January 2026, the Party Central Committee established a document drafting group for the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Party. On February 6, the document drafting group held its first plenary meeting and officially launched the document drafting work. On August 3, the draft of the "Decision" was circulated to a certain extent within the party for opinions, including soliciting the opinions of some veteran comrades within the party. The opinions of the central committees of democratic parties, leaders of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, and representatives of people without party affiliation were also specifically listened to. During the drafting of the "Decision", the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held three meetings and the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held two meetings to review and revise the draft "Decision" that was submitted to the plenary session for review.
The explanation pointed out that in drafting the document, the following points were focused on: First, comprehensively implement the new era party building thinking. The Party Building Thought in the New Era is the Party Building Chapter of the Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and is the crystallization of the practical experience and collective wisdom of the Party and the people. Second, serve the mission. Obeying and serving the development of the party and the country's cause has always been an important principle in party building. Third, adhere to a strict tone. The key to comprehensively and strictly administering the Party is to be strict. Perseverance in promoting comprehensive and strict governance of the Party must be consistent and strict to the end. Fourth, highlight problem orientation. Comprehensively and strictly administering the Party is launched in response to prominent problems within the Party. Persistent advancement of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party must continue to study new situations and solve new problems on the basis of consolidating existing results. Fifth, strengthen the system concept. Persistently advancing the comprehensive and strict governance of the party is a systematic project. The party's political construction, ideological construction, organizational construction, style construction, discipline and system construction, anti-corruption struggle, etc. must be planned and promoted as an organic whole, and efforts must be made to improve the system of comprehensive and strict governance of the party.
