The year 2025 marks the conclusion of the 14th Five-Year Plan, the planning and layout phase for the 15th Five-Year Plan, and a crucial year for further comprehensively deepening reforms and advancing Chinese modernization steadily and sustainably.

During such a critical period, it is all the more important to firmly adhere to the essential requirement of maintaining ideological, political, and practical alignment with the Party Central Committee. Strengthening theoretical education and political supervision is imperative to gather powerful forces for overcoming difficulties and uniting in progress.

Over the past year, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Commission of Supervision, along with discipline inspection and supervision organs at all levels, have thoroughly studied and implemented Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, particularly Xi Jinping’s important thoughts on Party building and Party self-reform. They have earnestly implemented the measures for political supervision by discipline inspection and supervision organs, closely focused on the significant political responsibility of upholding the "two safeguards," and continuously advanced the specification, precision, and normalization of political supervision. This has further consolidated the ideological foundation for upholding the Party’s centralized and unified leadership across the Party, enhanced the firm commitment to supporting the "two establishments" and achieving the "two safeguards," and continuously improved the quality and effectiveness of political supervision.

Strengthening the Theoretical Education of the Party’s Innovative Ideas to Ensure Ideological Unity and Consistent Direction

Ideology guides action, and theory guides practice. Strengthening theoretical education and enhancing political awareness are prerequisites for discipline inspection and supervision organs to fulfill their primary responsibility of political supervision and must be regarded as the foremost political task.

On October 24, 2025, the day after the conclusion of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, the Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection held a meeting to convey, implement, and study the spirit of the plenary session, ensuring that thoughts and actions align with the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee.

Over the past year, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Commission of Supervision, along with discipline inspection and supervision organs at all levels, have deepened their study and comprehension of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. Through profound study and careful deliberation, they have fortified their political foundations, tempered their political loyalty, and steadfastly maintained the correct political direction of discipline inspection and supervision work.

The Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection has played a leading and driving role in study, earnestly implemented the "first agenda" system, promptly conveyed and studied General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speeches and instructions, organized collective study sessions, and delved into the study of the fifth volume of Xi Jinping: The Governance of Chinaand the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee. This has guided the entire system in deeply comprehending General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important requirements and more consciously applying the Party’s innovative theories to all aspects of discipline inspection and supervision work. Leading comrades of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Commission of Supervision have taken the lead in studying and applying these ideas, strengthening planning, research, and deployment for implementing General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speeches and instructions within the discipline inspection and supervision system. They have emphasized the need for concrete, practical, and persistent implementation, consolidating and improving long-term mechanisms, and focusing on actual results.

Deep study, practical research, and thorough implementation have been prioritized. The Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection has formulated annual work priorities and research plans, conducting investigations on practical issues related to comprehensively exercising strict governance over the Party. This has spurred dispatched (stationed) agencies of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Commission of Supervision, as well as leading bodies of provincial-level discipline inspection and supervision commissions, to conduct in-depth research tailored to their actual conditions. They have consciously applied the stances, viewpoints, and methods taught by General Secretary Xi Jinping to summarize experiences, solve problems, and supervise and press for the implementation of the political responsibility of comprehensively exercising strict governance over the Party. This has effectively advanced Party self-reform to guide social reform and address key and difficult issues in economic and social development.

The education campaign to thoroughly implement the spirit of the Central Committee’s eight-point decision on improving Party and government conduct, personally planned by General Secretary Xi Jinping, was a major task for Party building in 2025. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Commission of Supervision have treated this education campaign as an important political task and a key focus of Party building, continuously integrating study, inspection, and rectification, and effectively transforming the outcomes of the education campaign into tangible results for high-quality development of discipline inspection and supervision work.

The Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection held an expanded collective study session on "Deeply studying and comprehending General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important expositions on strengthening Party conduct, accurately grasping the core essence and practical requirements of the Central Committee’s eight-point decision and its implementation rules." They also followed up on studying the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speeches during inspection tours and collective study sessions of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee. This has further deepened the discipline inspection and supervision system’s understanding of Party self-reform and enhanced the ideological and practical commitment to implementing the Central Committee’s eight-point decision.

Building on deep study and comprehension, and combining practical developments, the article How the Eight-Point Decision Changed Chinawas written and included in the Party-wide education materials, sparking a strong response. It emphasized that "the eight-point decision has historically changed China and has become the ‘golden emblem’ of exercising strict governance over the Party in the new era. It must be cherished and continuously polished."

While ensuring their own education campaign, the discipline inspection and supervision organs have also fulfilled their functional duties to support the Party-wide education campaign. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Commission of Supervision have closely collaborated with the central-level education campaign task force, assisting in drafting notices, interpreting policies, compiling cases, and rectifying problems. They have guided and supervised localities such as Henan, Hubei, and Inner Mongolia in strictly investigating and handling typical cases of improper dining and drinking, publicly disclosing such cases, and promoting a deeper understanding of the spirit of the Central Committee’s eight-point decision.

Strictly implementing systems such as the "first agenda" and collective study, and deepening the use of the "five-study linkage" mechanism, discipline inspection and supervision organs at all levels have earnestly implemented long-term mechanisms for forging souls, increasing wisdom, improving conduct, and promoting action through study. Through the unity of knowledge and action, they have experienced the power of truth and strengthened their sense of mission.

Ensuring Party-Wide Adherence to the Centralized and Unified Leadership of the Party Central Committee to Guarantee Smooth Implementation of Directives

Political supervision is an important guarantee for realizing the Party’s political line and a powerful measure to ensure the entire Party upholds the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee. "Alignment with the Party Central Committee must be reflected in both words and actions," General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speech at the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection resonated profoundly, providing the correct direction and fundamental guidance for political supervision work.

The Party’s leadership is the fundamental guarantee for the development of our cause. Upholding the Party’s leadership means, first and foremost, upholding the authority and centralized, unified leadership of the Party Central Committee.

The work report of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection proposed "using strong supervision to uphold the Party Central Committee’s centralized and unified leadership over further comprehensively deepening reforms." The proposal of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development, adopted at the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, outlined a series of strategic arrangements around "upholding and strengthening the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee," requiring "improving the implementation mechanism for the Party Central Committee’s major decisions and deployments to ensure thorough implementation and effective execution."

Wherever General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important instructions and directives go, supervision, inspection, and follow-up implementation follow. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Commission of Supervision treat General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important instructions and directives as the "first political priority," deeply grasping their strategic, comprehensive, and fundamental nature. They not only supervise the resolution of problems and the progress of implementation but also promote the integration of deepening reforms, improving systems, and advancing governance, continuously enhancing the effectiveness of implementation.

Upholding the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee and ensuring the smooth implementation of directives require a focus on political discipline, the most important, fundamental, and critical form of discipline.

Over the past year, discipline inspection and supervision organs at all levels have continuously enhanced their political awareness and capabilities, adhering to a political perspective and political scrutiny. They have accurately grasped political direction, fulfilled political responsibilities, and implemented political requirements, strengthened political sensitivity and discernment, promptly identified and addressed issues of the "seven types of behavior," and resolutely rectified "low-level red" and "high-level black" phenomena.

The implementation of Party leadership and the work of exercising strict governance over the Party hinges on focusing on political responsibility, driving task implementation through accountability, and ensuring thorough and effective execution.

Discipline inspection and supervision organs have closely monitored power and responsibility, key leaders and leading groups, and issues of strong public concern. They have delved into identifying the main contradictions affecting high-quality development, significant deviations in implementing the Party Central Committee’s decisions and deployments, and prominent problems in comprehensively exercising strict governance over the Party. They have adhered to precise, scientific, and standardized accountability. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Commission of Supervision have reinforced political responsibility in areas such as farmland protection and ecological and environmental conservation. They have facilitated the handling of 50 cases of disciplinary violations and illegal activities related to farmland transferred by the Ministry of Natural Resources, holding 123 units accountable. They have also guided relevant provincial-level discipline inspection and supervision commissions in strictly verifying 12 issues identified in the third round of the third batch of central ecological and environmental inspections, with 103 units held accountable thus far.

Strengthening Specific, Precise, and Regular Supervision and Inspection to Ensure Focused Reform and Implementation

Political supervision is specific and practical, and it must closely align with the "country’s top priorities" and major livelihood issues to ensure the detailed implementation of the Party Central Committee’s decisions and deployments.

On December 18, 2025, the Hainan Free Trade Port officially initiated island-wide customs closure. Hainan Island, embedded in the vast blue waves of the South China Sea, is becoming an important gateway leading China’s opening-up in the new era.

The smooth customs closure and operation of the free trade port could not have been achieved without the supervisory support of discipline inspection and supervision organs. The Hainan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision has made the supervision and inspection of the implementation of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s series of important speeches and instructions on Hainan’s work the "number one project" of the province’s discipline inspection and supervision work. They have launched the "Year of Supervision and Safeguarding Customs Closure Operations" campaign, continuously intensifying "all-round, full-chain, and full-cycle" supervision and inspection of the implementation efforts of Party organizations at all levels in the province, and delving into the field to address bottlenecks in key project construction.

Over the past year, discipline inspection and supervision organs have closely focused on implementing the new development philosophy, building a new development paradigm, and promoting high-quality development. They have steadfastly addressed strategic tasks such as building a modern industrial system and accelerating high-level self-reliance in science and technology, strengthening supervision and inspection, and supervising and urging Party committees (leading Party members groups) at all levels to reinforce leadership responsibility and advance the implementation of reform measures in an orderly manner in accordance with the Party Central Committee’s deployment requirements.

Advancing the specification, precision, and normalization of political supervision is an important部署 of the Party’s 20th National Congress, and General Secretary Xi Jinping has made specific arrangements and provided clear requirements on multiple occasions. Over the past year, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Commission of Supervision, along with discipline inspection and supervision organs at all levels, have improved the mechanisms for specifying, precisely targeting, and normalizing political supervision. They have concretely defined supervision tasks, precisely addressed prominent problems, and urged the entire Party to closely follow the General Secretary and forge ahead on the new journey.

Specification Enables Depth

Integrating into and serving the overall reform situation, identifying entry points and focal points for performing duties, and addressing issues through detailed and practical supervision. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Commission of Supervision have focused on systematic rectification in key areas such as finance, state-owned enterprises, energy, firefighting, and tobacco, striving to resolve deep-seated systemic, industrial, and sectoral issues, and promoting more resolute implementation of the Party and country’s major development strategies in relevant fields. Discipline inspection and supervision organs at all levels have concentrated on the major decisions and deployments of the Third and Fourth Plenary Sessions of the 20th CPC Central Committee, comparing reform lists to coordinate the formulation of common and specific supervision priority lists. Through project-based management, list-based advancement, responsibility-based implementation, and regular "review" mechanisms, they have urged the thorough implementation of the reform tasks determined by the plenary sessions.

Precision Yields Effectiveness

Focusing on key individuals and matters, key positions, key areas, important tasks, and critical links, promptly and accurately identifying prominent problems, and effectively addressing bottlenecks and obstacles in implementation. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Commission of Supervision have vigorously rectified formalism and bureaucracy in implementing the Party Central Committee’s decisions and deployments, focusing on issues such as "vanity projects" in government services and the misuse of exhibition venues as new "vanity projects" to conduct research and verify problems, urging thorough rectification. Discipline inspection and supervision organs in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and other localities have focused on supervising and safeguarding the benign interaction between high-quality development and high-level security, emphasizing the prevention and resolution of risks in key areas, and promptly and precisely safeguarding the development of new quality productive forces.

Normalization Ensures Sustainability

Political supervision is a long-term task that requires the close integration of political supervision and daily supervision, supported by mechanisms and standardized by systems. Discipline inspection and supervision commissions in Heilongjiang, Ningxia, Henan, and other localities have issued work guidelines based on practical experience to further strengthen and standardize political supervision work. The Yunnan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision has integrated the implementation of political supervision measures with the "Escort Action" for political supervision under the "Clean Yunnan" initiative, planning, deploying, and advancing them simultaneously. They have refined specific measures to identify and rectify political problems and deviations.

The Party’s self-reform is an ongoing journey, and the important mission of political supervision rests on our shoulders. On the new journey, discipline inspection and supervision organs will more deeply comprehend the truth and practical power of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, more consciously use it to arm minds, guide practice, and oversee all aspects of discipline inspection and supervision work. They will continuously deepen and solidify political supervision, urging the entire Party to more firmly support the "two establishments" and resolutely achieve the "two safeguards," providing strong political assurance for advancing the construction of a strong nation and the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese modernization. (Liao Xin News Agency)