At a national conference on Party building held on Monday, “Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building” was declared a milestone in Marxist theory on Party building and in the history of Chinese Communist Party building.
According to state broadcaster CCTV, the doctrine puts forth 14 insists. These include insistence on a centralised, unified leadership of the Party Central Committee, insistence on full and rigorous Party self-governance, and insistence on an organisational system that is cohesive across different levels.
Fighting corruption is a major focus. The doctrine demands coordinated efforts to ensure officials do not have the audacity, opportunity or desire to commit corruption.
The latest addition has been introduced around a year before the next Party congress, which is expected to be held in autumn 2027. More than two-thirds of the Party’s Central Committee will be replaced due to customary age limits, with major reshuffles of the Politburo and its Standing Committee also predicted.