Xi Jinping Delivers Important Speech at the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection

Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the People’s Republic of China, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission 12 delivered an important speech at the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China on the morning of [date]. He emphasized the need to uphold and strengthen the Party’s overall leadership, advance comprehensive and rigorous Party governance with higher standards and more concrete measures, implement the CPC Central Committee’s major decisions and arrangements with greater resolve and effectiveness, cage power more scientifically and effectively within institutional constraints, and carry forward the fight against corruption with greater clarity and determination, so as to achieve “ The 15th Five-Year Plan ” Providing strong guarantees for the goals and tasks of the period.

Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, and Ding Xuexiang, members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, attended the meeting. Li Xi, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, presided over the meeting.

Xi Jinping pointed out that, 2025 Over the past year, the Party Central Committee has deepened efforts to promote integrity and clean governance and to combat corruption, achieving remarkable results. Political oversight has been strengthened, and political inspections have been intensified, effectively ensuring the thorough implementation of the Party Central Committee’s major decisions and arrangements. In-depth study and education on the spirit of the CPC Central Committee’s Eight-Point Regulation have been carried out in a solid and systematic manner, further prompting the entire Party to improve its work style and foster a new ethos. A high-pressure anti-corruption stance has been maintained, with joint investigations and treatment of both formalism and corruption, and with intensified efforts to address misconduct and corruption that directly affect the people, thereby striving to eradicate the conditions and environment that breed corruption.

Xi Jinping emphasized that faithfully implementing the major decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee is both a fundamental requirement for upholding the authority of the Party Central Committee and its centralized, unified leadership, and an important historical lesson learned from the continuous development and progress of the cause of the Party and the people. “ The 15th Five-Year Plan ” This period is a crucial stage for laying a solid foundation and making all-round, concerted efforts to basically achieve socialist modernization. Party organizations at all levels, as well as the broad ranks of Party members and cadres, must strengthen their sense of political responsibility and historical mission and earnestly implement, through concrete actions, the decisions and arrangements made at the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee. We must focus closely on implementing the new development philosophy, promoting high-quality development, and accelerating the establishment of a new development paradigm; concentrate on building a modern industrial system, developing new-quality productive forces suited to local conditions, establishing a unified national market, expanding high-standard opening-up, steadily advancing common prosperity for all the people, institutionalizing measures to prevent relapse into or the onset of poverty, resolving local governments’ hidden debt, strengthening ecological and environmental protection, and coordinating development with security. To this end, we must intensify targeted, precise, and routine oversight and inspection, make effective use of inspection findings, strengthen supervision over rectification, and ensure that the major decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee are fully implemented. All regions and departments should, in light of their specific circumstances, earnestly explore effective methods and approaches for implementing the major decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee. As local leadership transitions are set to begin this year, we must ensure that truly loyal, reliable, consistent in word and deed, and capable of stepping up and fulfilling responsibilities are appointed to key positions.

Xi Jinping pointed out that the Party’s self-revolution hinges on exercising power with discipline, and confining power within the cage of institutions is a crucial task in the new era of comprehensively and rigorously governing the Party. Following the 18th National Congress of the Party, the CPC Central Committee initiated this effort by formulating and implementing the Central Eight-Point Regulations, establishing ironclad rules and stringent constraints that have brought about a marked improvement in the Party’s style of work and government conduct. To confine power within the institutional cage, we must not only continuously refine institutional provisions to ensure they are comprehensive yet concise and effectively enforceable, but also focus on strengthening the enforcement of these institutions and enhancing their binding force. We must uphold the principle that all are equal before laws and regulations, that there are no privileges in observing them, and that there are no exceptions in enforcing them, so as to ensure that institutional provisions truly function as live high-voltage lines. “ Top leader ” We must take the lead in enforcing systems and regulations. We need to strengthen publicity and education on laws and regulations, guiding Party members and cadres to understand the law and discipline, clearly grasp the rules, and cultivate a sense of reverence. Furthermore, we should continue to enhance transparency in Party and government affairs, ensuring that power is exercised in a transparent and accountable manner.

Xi Jinping emphasized that corruption is a major obstacle and stumbling block in the cause of the Party and the country, and that combating corruption is a crucial struggle that we cannot afford to lose and must never lose. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, our Party has successfully forged a Chinese path to anti-corruption characterized by addressing both symptoms and root causes under the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, and by advancing the principles of “daring not to corrupt, being unable to corrupt, and having no desire to corrupt” in a coordinated and integrated manner—this path must be steadfastly pursued. At present, the situation in the fight against corruption remains grave and complex, and the task of eradicating the conditions and soil that breed corruption remains arduous and daunting. We must maintain an unyielding high-pressure stance: wherever corruption is found, it must be punished; wherever greed is detected, it must be purged; and all evil must be eliminated without exception, leaving no safe haven for corrupt elements. We must grasp the new trends and characteristics of corruption, innovate our methods and approaches, improve the mechanism for implementing anti-corruption responsibilities, promptly detect, accurately identify, and effectively address all types of corruption, and continuously enhance the penetrating power of our anti-corruption efforts. Moreover, we must redouble our efforts to promote integrated advancement, strengthen systemic thinking, enhance coordination and collaboration, integrate oversight across all domains, and leverage full-chain cooperation to advance integrated governance.

Xi Jinping pointed out that disciplinary inspection and supervision organs bear a major responsibility and a glorious mission in advancing the Party’s self-revolution and exercising full and rigorous governance over the Party. They must steadfastly safeguard the Party’s unity and solidarity and resolutely defend the Party’s advanced nature and purity. It is essential to continuously strengthen the standardization, rule of law, and institutionalization of disciplinary inspection and supervision work, constantly enhancing the quality and effectiveness of oversight, discipline enforcement, and law enforcement. In accordance with the requirements of political strength, strong competence, sound conduct, and strict integrity, we must make concerted efforts to forge an iron contingent of disciplinary inspectors and supervisors who are loyal, clean, responsible, and courageous in fighting and adept at doing so.

While presiding over the meeting, Li Xi pointed out that General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speech fully affirmed the remarkable achievements made in exercising full and rigorous governance over the Party over the past year. With an eye on the crucial period for basically achieving socialist modernization, the speech emphasized the need to advance full and rigorous governance over the Party with higher standards and more concrete measures, so as to achieve “ The 15th Five-Year Plan ” Providing strong guarantees for the goals and tasks of the current period and making strategic arrangements. The speech is characterized by its lofty vision, broad perspective, profound thinking, and rich substance, offering fundamental guidance for deepening the comprehensive and rigorous governance of the Party and the fight against corruption. It is essential to thoroughly study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speech and gain a profound understanding of “ Two Establishments ” its decisive significance, enhance “ Four Consciousnesses ” , steadfast “ The Four Confidences ” , achieve “ The Two Upholds ” Earnestly fulfill the political responsibility for exercising full and rigorous self-governance of the Party, and with unwavering resolve and steadfast commitment to the ongoing journey, unswervingly advance the Party’s self-revolution to greater depths.

Members of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Secretaries of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, Vice Chairmen of the Central Military Commission, relevant leading comrades of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, State Councilors, the President of the Supreme People’s Court, the Procurator-General of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, relevant leading comrades of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, and members of the Central Military Commission attended the meeting.

Members of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, principal officials from various departments of the CPC Central Committee and State Council, relevant people’s organizations, and military units attended the meeting. The meeting was held via videoconference, with sub-venues set up in all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government, the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, and relevant military units.

The Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China was held on 1 month 12 The meeting opened in Beijing. The Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection presided over the meeting. 12 On the afternoon of [date], Li Xi, on behalf of the Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, delivered a report entitled “Promoting Comprehensive and Strict Governance of the Party with Higher Standards and More Concrete Measures, to Achieve” “ The 15th Five-Year Plan ” “Providing Strong Guarantees for the Goals and Tasks of the Current Period” – Work Report.