Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection

Last updated

The Standing Committee is the highest organ of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) when the CCDI is not convened in a plenary session. It is composed of the secretary, deputy secretaries, secretary generals and other members. [1] The composition of a standing committee is elected by the CCDI plenary session and approved by the CCP Central Committee at one of its plenary sessions. [2] To be an eligible candidate for standing committee membership, one has to be an ordinary CCDI member already. [3]

Contents

The 11th National Congress, held 12–18 August 1977, added a stipulation about a "Central Commission for Discipline Inspection", but did not establish one. [4] The 3rd Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee, held on 18–22 December 1978, established the 11th CCDI and the 11th Standing Committee. The first constitutional stipulation on the Standing Committee was introduced by the 12th National Congress, held on 1–11 September 1982, which stated that the CCDI could elect members to the Standing Committee at one of its plenary sessions. [3]

Duties and responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities of the CCDI Standing Committee are regulated by the "Constitution of the Communist Party of China" and the "Regulation on the Work of the Discipline Inspection Commission of the Communist Party of China". The CCP Constitution mentions the CCDI Standing Committee twice. Article 45 states that the plenary session of the CCDI is empowered to elect the composition of the standing committee and that the results need to be approved by the CCP Central Committee to go into force. [5] In its second mention, in Article 42, the CCDI Standing Committee is given the power to examine all warnings and severe warnings meted out to members and alternates of the CCP Central Committee. Only after the CCDI Standing Committee has examined the issue at hand will the case be delegated to the CCP Central Committee. [6] The regulation further clarifies the CCDI Standing Committee's powers. Article 11 states that the CCDI Standing Committee is responsible for convening and presiding over CCDI plenary sessions. [7] The CCDI Standing Committee is to meet on a "regular basis", and its meetings are convened and presided over by the CCDI secretary. The secretary also sets the agenda of the meetings. The eligible quorum for CCDI Standing Committee is at the bare minimum over 50 per cent, but over two-thirds are needed to discuss and adopt personnel changes. [8] To resolve contentious issues, votes are taken. If multiple cases are being addressed at a meeting, each item on the agenda will be voted on separately. Depending on the nature of the matter being discussed, the voting may be conducted either orally, by show of hands, or by secret ballot. For an item to become effective, more than 50 per cent of the members in attendance must vote in favour of it. [8]

The standing committee is responsible to the CCDI plenary session it presides over and must carry out its adopted decisions, as well as the decisions of the CCP Central Committee. When the CCDI plenary session is adjourned, its duties and responsibilities are delegated to the CCDI Standing Committee. [9] In the period between two plenary sessions the CCDI Standing Committee has to implement the decisions of the last national congress and report on its work to the CCP Central Committee. [10] Moreover, it can decide on disciplinary issues, review inner-party regulations and other normative documents per its authority, hear reports on various cases, discuss sanctions and punishment of members who violate party discipline and sanction or the removal of members of the CCDI. [11] The decision to remove CCDI members will go into force once the CCP Central Committee has approved the decision. [12]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party</span> Head of the Chinese Communist Party

The General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Since 1989, the CCP general secretary has been the paramount leader of the PRC.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party</span> Body serving the Politburo of the CCP and its Standing Committee

The Secretariat, officially the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, is a body serving the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s Politburo and Standing Committee. The secretariat is mainly responsible for carrying out routine operations of the Politburo and coordinating organizations and stakeholders to achieve tasks set out by the Politburo. It is empowered by the Politburo to make routine day-to-day decisions on issues of concern in accordance with the decisions of the Politburo, but it must consult the Politburo on substantive matters. The de facto head of the Secretariat is the first-ranked secretary.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party</span> 2002 Chinese Communist Party conference

The 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party was held in Beijing between November 8 and 14, 2002. It was preceded by the 15th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. 2,114 delegates and 40 specially invited delegates attended this and elected a 356-member 16th CCP Central Committee, as well as a 121-member Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI). The Congress marked the nominal transition of power between Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao, who replaced Jiang as General Secretary, and a newly expanded Politburo Standing Committee line-up. The institutional transition would be completed in state organs by the 2003 National People's Congress in March. Jiang, however, remained head of the Central Military Commission, therefore in practice, the power transition was not complete. The Party National Congress examined and adopted the amendment to the Constitution of the Chinese Communist Party proposed by the 15th CCP Central Committee, and decided to come into force as from the date of its adoption. An amendment to the Constitution was approved the Party National Congress, with Jiang Zemin's signature ideology of "Three Represents" written into it. This congress was succeeded by the 17th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party</span> Leader of the Chinese Communist Party between 1943 and 1982

The Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party. The position was established at the 8th National Congress in 1945 and abolished at the 12th National Congress in 1982, being replaced by the general secretary. Offices with the name Chairman of the Central Executive Committee and Chairman of the Central Committee existed in 1922–1923 and 1928–1931, respectively.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Central Commission for Discipline Inspection</span> Highest supervisory body of the Chinese Communist Party

The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) is the highest supervisory organ of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The CCDI is under the control of the CCP Central Committee, per the principle of unified power. It is tasked with defending the party constitution, enforcing inner-party regulations, coordinating anti-corruption work, and safeguarding the core position of Xi Jinping in the CCP Central Committee and the party as a whole. Safeguarding the political position of Xi and the Central Committee is, officially, the CCDI's highest responsibility. Since the vast majority of officials at all levels of government are also CCP members, the commission is, in practice, the top anti-corruption body in China.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Zhao Leji</span> Chinese Communist Party official (born 1957)

Zhao Leji is a Chinese politician, who is the current chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and the third-ranking member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

The 7th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), formally the Political Bureau of the 7th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, was elected at the 1st Plenary Session of the 7th Central Committee of the CCP on 19 June 1945 in the aftermath of the 7th National Congress. This electoral term was preceded by the 6th Politburo and succeeded by the 8th. Seven of the 15 members served concurrently in the 7th Secretariat.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ren Bishi</span>

Ren Bishi was a military and political leader in the early Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

The organization of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is based upon the Leninist concept of democratic centralism.

Liang Bin is a former Chinese politician from Shanxi province. He spent most of his career working in his home province, successively serving as the Party Secretary of the cities of Shuozhou and Xinzhou, before being transferred to Hebei province in June 2008 to head the party's provincial Organization Department. Liang was investigated by the Chinese Communist Party's anti-graft agency in November 2014.

The Deputy Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China is the deputy to the Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. Normally there are several people serving as deputy secretary at any given time. As a rule of thumb, the deputy secretaries of the CCDI are ranked at the same level as a minister of the state; however, if they also hold seats on the Secretariat of the Central Committee, as was the case with He Yong and Zhao Hongzhu, then they are ranked one level higher, as a deputy national leader.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party</span> 2017 Chinese Communist Party conference

The 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party was held at the Great Hall of the People, Beijing, between 18 and 24 October 2017. 2,280 delegates represented the party's estimated 89 million members. Preparations for the 19th National Congress began in 2016 and ended with a plenary session of the Central Committee a few days prior to the Congress. In 2016, local and provincial party organizations began electing delegates to the congress as well as receiving and amending party documents. It was succeeded by the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">13th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party</span> 1987 Chinese Communist Party conference

The 13thNational Congress of the Chinese Communist Party was held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing from 25 October to 1 November 1987. It was preceded by the 12th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. It was succeeded by the 14th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. It was attended by 1,936 delegates representing more than 46 millions of party members and included 200 foreign journalists who were invited to attend the opening and closing ceremonies. In addition, the Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and the CPPCC National Committee, representatives from the National Federation of industry and commerce, non-party people, ethnic minorities and religious people were invited to this congress as audience. The congress reaffirmed the correctness of the policy of reforms and the Open Door that was adopted during the Third Plenum of the 11th Congress in December 1978. It also saw the rejuvenation of the party leadership as veterans from the Long March retired and was replaced by younger and better educated technocrats.

The 19th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was elected by the CCP's 19th National Congress on 24 October 2017, and its turn lasts until the convocation of the 20th National Congress in 2022. The CCDI is composed of 133 members. A member has voting rights. To be elected to the CCDI, a candidate must be a party member for at least five years.

Li Jianbo is a Chinese politician. At the height of his career, he served as a member of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the party's highest internal-control institution. He was removed from membership of the CCDI in January 2017.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party</span> 2022 Chinese Communist Party conference

The 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), commonly referred to as Èrshí Dà, was held in the Great Hall of the People, Beijing from 16 to 22 October 2022. The National Congress is the highest organ of the party, and is stipulated to be held every five years. The conference had 2,296 delegates and 83 specially invited delegates.

Li Yufu is a Chinese politician who served as party branch secretary of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions between 2014 and 2020. He is a representative of the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and is a member of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He is a member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He was a member of the 16th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and was a member of the Standing Committee of the 17th and 18th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. He was a delegate to the 12th National People's Congress.

Hou Kai is a Chinese politician, currently serving as auditor-general of the National Audit Office. He is a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection since November 2012.

Wang Xiaoping is a Chinese politician who is the current Minister of Human Resources and Social Security, in office since 30 December 2022.

The Standing Committee of the 20th electoral term of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) was elected by the CCDI's 1st Plenary Session on 23 October and approved by the 20th Central Committee at its 1st Plenary Session later that same day. The Standing Committee is composed of the CCDI secretary, deputy secretaries, secretary-general and other members.

References

  1. ↑ "中国共产党第二十届中央委员会第一次全体会议公报" [Communiqué of the First Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China]. People's Daily (in Chinese). 23 October 2022. Archived from the original on 30 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  2. ↑ Trinh 2023, p. 357.
  3. 1 2 Tian 2020, p. 159.
  4. ↑ Tian 2020, p. 158.
  5. ↑ Adopted on 22 October 2022, Article 45 of the "Constitution of the Communist Party of China".
  6. ↑ Adopted on 22 October 2022, Article 42 of the "Constitution of the Communist Party of China".
  7. ↑ Adopted on 24 December 2021, Article 11 of the "Regulation on the Work of the Discipline Inspection Commission of the Communist Party of China".
  8. 1 2 Adopted on 24 December 2021, Article 13 of the "Regulation on the Work of the Discipline Inspection Commission of the Communist Party of China".
  9. ↑ Adopted on 24 December 2021, Article 12 of the "Regulation on the Work of the Discipline Inspection Commission of the Communist Party of China".
  10. ↑ Adopted on 24 December 2021, Article 12 (1) of the "Regulation on the Work of the Discipline Inspection Commission of the Communist Party of China".
  11. ↑ Adopted on 24 December 2021, Article 12 (2–8) of the "Regulation on the Work of the Discipline Inspection Commission of the Communist Party of China".
  12. ↑ Adopted on 24 December 2021, Article 12 (8) of the "Regulation on the Work of the Discipline Inspection Commission of the Communist Party of China".

Bibliography

Books

Regulations

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.