Cai Qi, Secretary of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, wrote in the CPC central newspaper People's Daily, published on Monday (November 3), that the problems of the 'Four Forms' (formalism, bureaucracy, hedonism, and extravagance) remain rooted, and the soil still exists. To solve the outstanding problems within the Party, it is necessary to further intensify strict Party governance.
In his article "Persistently Advancing Comprehensive and Strict Governance of the Party," Cai Qi proposed that comprehensive and strict Party governance provides fundamental guarantees for the Party and the country's historic achievements and transformations in the new era. At the same time, the changing circumstances and tasks put forward new requirements for comprehensive and strict Party governance.
Cai Qi stated that after more than a decade of unremitting effort, comprehensive and strict Party governance has achieved remarkable results and accumulated rich experience. At the same time, we must clearly see that some Party members and cadres still harbor erroneous ideas about the Party's self-revolution, with emotions such as relaxing, wanting to rest, shrinking back in the face of difficulties, passively responding, or even deliberately resisting; some Party members and cadres are overly concerned with self-preservation and are unwilling to take responsibility or act; the problems of the "Four Forms" still exist at their roots and the soil remains, with unhealthy practices and corruption still present and prone to recurring in both stock and increment; in some places and units, the responsibilities for strict Party governance have not been fully implemented, and so on.
He proposed that the correct orientation for personnel selection should be upheld to stimulate the intrinsic motivation and overall vitality of the cadre team, "We must adhere to putting political standards first."
He proposed that the correct orientation for personnel selection should be upheld to stimulate the intrinsic motivation and overall vitality of the cadre team, "We must adhere to putting political standards first."
Cai Qi also proposed to guide cadres to establish and practice a correct view of political achievements, improve effective mechanisms for preventing and correcting deviations in the view of political achievements, perfect and implement the tenure system for leading cadres, and improve the system for handing over when the principal members of leadership teams change, to prevent some cadres from pursuing quick success, acting recklessly, and engaging in "image projects" and "achievement projects."
He said: "Improve the cadre assessment and evaluation mechanism, emphasizing responsibility, practical work, and solid achievements, promote the normalization of promotion and demotion among leading cadres, adjust cadres who are not competent for their current positions, and form a correct orientation in which the capable rise, the excellent are rewarded, the mediocre are demoted, and the inferior are eliminated."