Chinese Communist Party tightens rules of behaviour for its members

The ruling Communist Party of China headed by President Xi Jinping has issued a new set of rules to remove incompetent members deemed lagging in their faith, loyalty and performance, in a bid to further strengthen the party's control over the conduct of its nearly 100 million members.

The General Office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee released regulations on Thursday outlining how underperforming and unqualified party members should be dealt with, aiming to ensure the advanced nature and integrity of its membership by providing institutional guarantees, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

Comprising 27 articles, these new rules are crucial for exercising full and rigorous Party self-governance, an official from the Organisation Department of the CPC Central Committee told Xinhua.

They are essential for promoting the party's self-reform, establishing a team of Party members with strong beliefs, political reliability, reasonable composition, outstanding ...