CPC empowers itself with series of Party-wide education campaigns

General Secretary Xi Jinping attaches great importance to intra-Party education campaigns. He has said the Chinese Communists have relied on learning to get to where they are today, and this will inevitably continue to be the case in the future.

Since the 18th CPC National Congress in 2012, the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has carried out a series of themed education campaigns.

Campaign for advancing study and implementation of the mass line:

Based on arrangements made at the 18th National Congress of the CPC in November 2012, the campaign began in June 2013 with the aim of cultivating closer ties with the people.

"Mass line" refers to a guideline under which CPC officials and members are required to prioritize the interests of the people and exercise power on their behalf.

A thorough cleanup of undesirable work styles was carried out, with officials required to reflect on their work and correct any bad practices.

Campaign for the observance of the Three Stricts and Three Earnests:

The "Three Stricts and Three Earnests "refers to Party members being strict with themselves in practicing self-cultivation, exercising power, maintaining self-discipline, and being earnest in their thinking, work and behavior.

An education campaign on these requirements for officials at or above county level was launched in April 2015 to improve their lifestyle and work. It was also a continuation of the campaign for advancing study and implementation of the mass line.

Campaign for requiring Party members to study the Party Constitution, Party regulations, and General Secretary Xi Jinping's major policy addresses and to meet Party standards:

In 2016, the CPC Central Committee decided to launch the campaign among all members of the Party.

It was an important step for the CPC to extend its internal education programs from among the "key few" to all Party members and to push for a shift of the mechanism from one that features centralized education to a regular practice.

In an instruction delivered in April 2017, Xi lauded the remarkable results achieved through the campaign, saying that it had helped with the strict management of the CPC, and must be continued.

Campaign for raising awareness of the need to stay true to the Party's founding mission:

On May 13, 2019, the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held a meeting at which it was decided that an education campaign on the theme of "staying true to the Party's founding mission" would start in June that year.

It was considered high time for the CPC to launch such a campaign, as 2019 marked the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and the 70th anniversary of the CPC becoming the governing party of the whole country.

The fundamental task of the campaign was to conduct in-depth studies on and implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, forge the political character of loyalty, integrity and a keen sense of responsibility, and unite the Chinese people of all ethnic groups and lead them to strive together for the realization of the great dream of national rejuvenation.

In January 2020, a meeting held to summarize the campaign called for continued efforts to ensure that the whole Party remains true to its original aspiration and keeps its mission firmly in mind.

Campaign for encouraging the study of the Party's history:

In February 2021, the CPC launched a campaign on Party history learning and education among all its members.

Xi stressed the vital necessity of launching the campaign as the CPC stands at a critical juncture where the timeframes of its two centenary goals converge.

Party members were called on to study the Party's history, understand its theories, do practical work and make new advances.