Rules, norms offer double security

The two sets of disciplinary rules and norms of conduct that the Sixth Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China introduced on Thursday for all Party members embody what top leader Xi Jinping and his fellow leaders have been doing to build a clean Party and government.

The rules and norms represent the leader-ship's conviction that the Party must strictly govern itself, because as the ruling party, it has the responsibility to lead more than 1.3 billion people to achieve the Chinese dream.

The two sets of rules and norms are part of the Party leadership's strategic design for the nation's long-term governance. They inherit the lessons learned during the Party's 95-year history and include innovations made by the current leadership.