30 Oct 2026

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, stressed the need to persevere with full and rigorous Party self-governance to ensure that the CPC remains the strong leadership core in advancing socialism with Chinese characteristics.

Xi made the remarks at a symposium on Aug. 21 to solicit opinions from non-Party personages on drafting the resolution of the CPC Central Committee on certain major issues concerning persevering with full and rigorous Party self-governance.

The resolution was adopted at the fifth plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the CPC, which concluded on Thursday in Beijing.

Addressing the symposium, Xi said that to govern the country well, the Party must first govern itself well, and to make the country strong, the Party must first strengthen itself.

Wang Huning, Cai Qi and Li Xi, who are members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, attended the symposium.

The chairpersons of the central committees of the eight non-CPC parties, the chairperson of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (ACFIC) and a representative of personages without party affiliation shared their views and suggestions, and expressed full support for the draft resolution.

The CPC has unswervingly promoted full and rigorous Party self-governance since its 18th National Congress in 2012, and thus grown stronger through revolutionary tempering, Xi said.

At the same time, he added, profound changes in global, national and Party conditions have brought new circumstances and issues to the endeavor to advance full and rigorous Party self-governance.

It is essential to build firm confidence, maintain resolve and earnestly govern the Party well and build it stronger, he said.

To persevere with full and rigorous Party self-governance, it is important to make tenacious efforts to resolve prominent problems within the Party, Xi said.

Efforts must be made to uphold and strengthen the CPC Central Committee's centralized, unified leadership, unwaveringly apply strict principles, improve the system of exercising full and rigorous Party self-governance, and take strengthening the Party politically as the overarching principle to advance Party building on all fronts, he said.

At the symposium, Xi highlighted the need to uphold, develop and improve China's new type of political party system.

He also expressed the hope that other political parties, the ACFIC and personages without party affiliation would stay committed to the original aspiration of multiparty cooperation, steadfastly uphold the leadership of the CPC, actively make proposals on state affairs, and give full play to their function of democratic oversight.