On the morning of January 6, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the People's Republic of China, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivered an important speech at the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China. He emphasized that since entering the new era, the effort to advance comprehensive strict governance over the Party and the anti-corruption campaign has been unprecedented in scale and has achieved remarkable results visible to all. It is necessary to maintain the perseverance and determination in the fight against corruption, uphold strategic focus and high pressure, make no pause and yield no ground, and promote the integration of "dare not to be corrupt," "cannot be corrupt," and "do not want to be corrupt," resolutely fighting this battle as a tough, sustained, and overall war.

Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, and Ding Xuexiang, members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, attended the meeting. Li Xi, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, presided over the meeting.

Xi Jinping pointed out that in 2024, the CPC Central Committee has continued to advance comprehensive strict governance over the Party in a consistent manner by leading social revolution through self-revolution of the Party, achieving new progress and results. The whole Party has become more aware and decisive in the major issue of self-revolution; solidly carried out Party discipline education, significantly enhancing Party members' and cadres' awareness of complying with rules and discipline; continued to intensify anti-corruption efforts, eradicating the soil and conditions for corruption; conducted in-depth concentrated rectification of corruption and malpractices among the masses, resolving a large number of prominent issues strongly reflected by the people; deepened rule-based governance within the Party, further improving the Party's ability to lead the anti-corruption campaign and promote comprehensive strict governance over the Party.

Xi Jinping emphasized that corruption poses the greatest threat to our Party, and anti-corruption is the most thorough self-revolution. In the new era, facing prominent issues in Party conduct and integrity building and the anti-corruption campaign within the Party, we have insisted on fighting against corruption wherever it exists and punishing anyone who is greedy, continuously purifying the cadre ranks, upholding the Party's image, consolidating the red regime, and gaining historical initiative to ensure that the Party does not change its nature, color, or purpose, and gaining historical initiative for the Party to unite and lead the people in their common struggle for building a powerful country and national rejuvenation.

Xi Jinping noted that the current situation of the anti-corruption campaign remains grave and complex. The existing stock of corruption has not been eliminated, and new cases continue to emerge. The task of eradicating the soil and conditions for corruption remains arduous. In understanding the anti-corruption campaign, it is essential to adopt a historical perspective and strategic height, focusing on the realization of the Party's missions. The anti-corruption campaign must be unwavering. Any hesitation, relaxation, or half-heartedness will lead to subversive errors. It is necessary to resolutely clarify various misconceptions, dispel ideological confusion, and further strengthen determination and confidence in the anti-corruption campaign.

Xi Jinping emphasized that in the new era and on the new journey, it is necessary to adhere to the reform spirit and strict standards in governing and disciplining the Party, striving to achieve greater results, ensuring the implementation of the deployments made at the 20th National Congress of the CPC and the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, ensuring that the Party remains the strong leadership core of the socialist cause with Chinese characteristics, and promoting the steady and far-reaching advancement of Chinese-style modernization.

Xi Jinping pointed out that it is necessary to make political supervision more specific, precise, and normalized. Being in complete alignment with the CPC Central Committee must be more than just words. Ideologically, it is necessary to unremittingly strengthen the arming of the Party's innovative theories, accurately grasp the target orientation and deployment requirements of the CPC Central Committee for the reform and development of one's region, department, or field, ensuring ideological unity and consistent direction. Politically, it is necessary to uphold the centralized and unified leadership of the CPC Central Committee, strictly enforce political discipline and political rules, and never tolerate the "seven prohibitions," ensuring consistency between words and deeds and strict enforcement of orders and prohibitions. In terms of action, it is necessary to focus on the implementation of various decisions and deployments of the CPC Central Committee as the priority of political supervision, jointly promoting reform and tackling key problems to facilitate high-quality development.

Xi Jinping emphasized that strengthening Party discipline is an ongoing task, and it is necessary to guide Party members and cadres to transform external discipline into self-discipline, internalizing it into norms of conduct used daily without conscious effort. An institutionalized and long-term discipline education mechanism should be established to make discipline education span the entire career cycle of cadres and integrate into the entire process of organizational management. The Party's discipline should be strictly enforced, and the "four types of discipline" should be accurately applied, seeking truth from facts, neither冤枉ing the innocent nor letting the guilty go unpunished, addressing issues early and preventing minor issues from escalating, unifying strict management and supervision with encouragement for taking initiatives, so that cadres can innovate and work diligently while complying with rules and discipline.

Xi Jinping noted that it is necessary to further promote the simultaneous investigation and treatment of work style issues and corruption. A zero-tolerance approach should always be adopted, treating the Central Eight Provisions as iron rules and strict criteria, seriously investigating violations of these provisions and concealed "four forms of work style issues," urging Party members and cadres to resolutely oppose privileged thoughts and phenomena, and foster a correct outlook on power, political achievements, and career. The high-pressure stance against corruption should be maintained, with a focus on key issues, areas, and individuals, deepening the joint investigation of bribery and bribery-giving, and resolutely eliminating systemic corruption risks and hidden dangers. The effectiveness of promoting reform and governance through specific cases should be enhanced, promoting the improvement of restraint and supervision mechanisms for the allocation and operation of power, and enriching effective methods for preventing new and concealed forms of corruption. The fight against work style issues and corruption should be interconnected, with "simultaneous investigation" used to severely punish intertwined issues of work style and corruption, and "simultaneous treatment" employed to eradicate common roots of work style issues and corruption.

Xi Jinping emphasized the need to strengthen the main responsibility and supervision responsibility for comprehensively strict governance over the Party. Party committees should proactively take charge and manage, while discipline commissions should fulfill their specialized supervision responsibilities, focusing on their primary duties and main business, and all responsible entities should know, assume, and fulfill their responsibilities. The evaluation mechanism for the implementation of responsibilities should be optimized to ensure precise and scientific accountability for dereliction of duty.

Xi Jinping pointed out that it is necessary to continuously promote the extension of comprehensive strict governance over the Party to the grassroots level. Party committees at all levels, especially those at the municipal and county levels, should regularly prioritize addressing corruption and malpractices among the masses as an important task, making it tangible and accessible to ordinary people. It is necessary to deepen the reform of the supervision system at the grassroots level, combining discipline inspection and supervision with patrols at the grassroots level and integrating various forms of supervision. The long-term mechanism for rectifying formalism and reducing burdens on grassroots units should be implemented, allowing grassroots cadres to have more energy to focus on implementation.

Xi Jinping emphasized that discipline inspection and supervision organs are an important force in advancing the Party's self-revolution, and the Party and the people fully trust and have high expectations for this team. It is necessary to deepen the reform of the discipline inspection and supervision system, combining authorization with power control to enclose power within institutional cages. Efforts should be made to strengthen the standardization, legalization, and normalization of discipline inspection and supervision work, continuously improving the ability to rectify work style, uphold discipline, and combat corruption. The results of thematic education and rectification campaigns should be consolidated and expanded, adhering to the principle that those who make iron must themselves be hard, strengthening strict management and supervision, and building a loyal, clean, and responsible discipline inspection and supervision team that dares and is adept at struggling.

When presiding over the meeting, Li Xi pointed out that General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech fully affirmed the new progress and achievements in comprehensively strict governance over the Party in the past year, profoundly grasped the basic laws of the anti-corruption campaign with a far-reaching historical perspective, profoundly analyzed the current situation of the anti-corruption campaign, put forward clear requirements for resolutely fighting the anti-corruption campaign as a tough, sustained, and overall war, and made strategic deployments for further advancing comprehensive strict governance over the Party. The speech was far-sighted, profound in thought, straightforward in addressing issues, and enlightening, providing important guidance for further advancing comprehensive strict governance over the Party and the anti-corruption campaign. It is necessary to thoroughly study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech, profoundly comprehend the decisive significance of the "two establishments," enhance the "four consciousnesses," fortify the "four self-confidences," and ensure the "two maintenances," strengthen confidence and dare to struggle, conscientiously fulfill the political responsibility for comprehensive strict governance over the Party, （Outlook New Era）