The Party Committee’s Theoretical Study Center Group of the Group (Bureau) held a special study session on the spirit of the CPC Central Committee’s documents on comprehensively strengthening Party self‑discipline and on relevant intra‑Party regulations.

On the morning of April 12, the Party Committee of the Group (Bureau) convened the third (expanded) study session of its Theoretical Study Center Group for 2022 via Enterprise WeChat. The meeting was chaired by Shang Honglin, Secretary of the Party Committee, Chairman of the Board, and Director of the Bureau, and focused on the theme of “Comprehensively Strengthening Party Governance.” Participants studied key documents, including “The Important Speech Delivered by Xi Jinping at the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection,” the “Communiqué of the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China,” and the “Regulations on the Work of the CPC Commission for Discipline Inspection.”

Wang Yong, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection, delivered a keynote address titled “Deeply Studying and Implementing the Regulations on the Work of the Disciplinary Inspection Commissions of the Communist Party of China to Strengthen and Standardize the Group’s (Bureau’s) Discipline Inspection Work.” Wang Yong explained that the Regulations are a practical necessity for ensuring that discipline inspection work supports the realization of the Second Centenary Goal; they serve as an important guarantee for better fulfilling the duties and missions of discipline inspection in the new era; they reflect the lessons learned from discipline inspection practices since the 18th National Congress of the CPC and respond to the practical need to deepen the comprehensive and rigorous governance of the Party; and they constitute a crucial step toward standardizing, legalizing, and institutionalizing discipline inspection work. He emphasized that the ultimate goal of studying and implementing the Regulations is to apply them effectively in guiding practical work—by conducting extensive publicity, study, and education on the Regulations, by fully and faithfully implementing all their provisions, and by using the Regulations to ensure the high‑quality conduct of discipline inspection activities.

The meeting featured exchanges and discussions centered on “upholding and strengthening the Party’s overall leadership, ensuring the centralized and unified leadership of the CPC Central Committee, fully leveraging the supervisory role of disciplinary inspection organs in ensuring implementation and promoting institutional improvement and development, advancing high-quality development of disciplinary inspection work in the new era, and relentlessly deepening the comprehensive and rigorous governance of the Party, as well as intensifying efforts to foster a clean and honest government and combat corruption.”

The meeting noted that, in recent years, the Group (Bureau) has made substantial progress in building a sound Party conduct and clean governance and in combating corruption. The sense of integrity and self-discipline among Party members and leading cadres has continued to strengthen, disciplinary and work-style development has been steadily improved, and the political environment has continued to improve. However, in light of the requirements set forth by the CPC Central Committee, the Party Committee of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, and the Party Committee of the China National Coal Administration, certain gaps remain in areas such as giving full play to the political guiding role, fostering a sense of the bigger picture, strengthening the contingent of discipline inspection personnel, and ensuring the thorough implementation of the spirit of the CPC Central Committee’s Eight-point Decision on Improving Party and Government Conduct.

The meeting emphasized that leading cadres at all levels should strengthen targeted study of the Regulations and related materials, while discipline inspection officials must thoroughly familiarize themselves with the duties, procedures, and methods of disciplinary inspection work. They are expected to apply what they have learned in practice, draw broader lessons from specific cases, and establish and improve systems within the group (or bureau) for building a sound Party style and clean governance. Furthermore, they should refine and standardize workflows for inspection-based oversight, disciplinary supervision, case handling, and publicity and education, with a strong focus on achieving tangible results. It is essential to make effective use of the “four forms” of oversight and discipline enforcement, precisely implement the principle of “distinguishing among three categories,” and put in place mechanisms for tolerating and correcting mistakes, thereby fostering a favorable environment that supports reform, encourages innovation, and allows for error‑correction and accountability.

The meeting emphasized that Party organizations at all levels must strengthen the implementation of their principal responsibility for building a sound Party conduct and clean governance and for combating corruption, thereby playing a leading role in resolutely winning the tough battles of reform and development and in advancing the comprehensive and rigorous governance of the Party to greater depths. The Commission for Discipline Inspection must earnestly fulfill its supervisory duties and reinforce oversight and safeguards for the central tasks.

The meeting called for the implementation of training programs to enhance the professional competence and expertise of discipline inspection officials, continuously strengthening the discipline inspection workforce and striving to build an “iron army” of discipline inspectors that is politically steadfast, highly capable, of impeccable conduct, and fully trusted by the Party.

Members of the Group (Bureau) Party Committee attended the study session, while senior executives and heads of key departments were present in an observer capacity.