Revamping Party and govt institutions for a new era

The approval of a structural reform plan of the Party and State institutions by the third plenary session of the 19th Communist Party of China Central Committee, which concluded on Wednesday, is a significant move by the ruling party to give full play to the advantages of China's socialist system to meet the needs of a new era.

The structural reform plan is intended to strengthen the Party's leadership, improve the efficiency of State governance and overcome the institutional obstacles to reform.

Both Party and government institutions have been remodeled and restructured several times since 1978 when reform and opening-up were initiated, in order to better enable them to fulfill their intended roles and improve efficiency. Now the structural reform plan recognizes that the country is undergoing a historic shift that is creating many new demands for the work of the Party and the country.