Chapter VIII Disciplinary Measures for Violations of Integrity and Discipline
2025年06月30日 16:38
Article 94: Party members and cadres must exercise the power entrusted to them by the people correctly, maintain integrity and honesty, oppose the mentality and practices of privilege, and combat any abuse of power or pursuit of personal gain.
Where, by abusing one’s official authority or influence derived from one’s position, benefits are secured for others, and the individual’s spouse, children, spouses of children, and other relatives and persons with specific relationships accept property or other benefits from the other party, and the circumstances are relatively serious, a warning or a serious warning shall be imposed; if the circumstances are serious, removal from internal Party office, probation within the Party, or expulsion from the Party shall be imposed.
Article 95: Those who, by abusing their official authority or the influence attached to their position, seek benefits for the other party, their spouses, children and their spouses, other relatives, personal staff, or other persons with specific relationships, thereby engaging in transactions of power for personal gain, shall be given a warning or a serious warning; if the circumstances are relatively serious, they shall be removed from their Party posts or placed under probation within the Party; if the circumstances are severe, they shall be expelled from the Party.
Article 96: Where a Party member or cadre condones or tacitly approves of relatives, such as the spouse, children and their spouses, as well as staff members close to them and other persons with specific relationships, in using the Party member’s or cadre’s official authority or influence derived from their position to seek private gain, those whose offenses are relatively minor shall be given a warning or a serious warning; those whose offenses are relatively serious shall be removed from their Party posts or placed on probation within the Party; and those whose offenses are very serious shall be expelled from the Party.
If the spouses, children, and spouses of children of Party members and cadres, as well as other relatives and persons with specific relationships, receive remuneration without performing any actual work, or if they do perform actual work but receive remuneration that significantly exceeds the standard for their respective ranks, and the Party member or cadre is aware of such circumstances yet fails to correct them, they shall be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
Article 97: Anyone who accepts gifts, cash gifts, consumption cards (coupons), marketable securities, equity interests, other financial products, or other property that may influence the impartial performance of official duties shall, if the circumstances are relatively minor, be given a warning or a serious warning; if the circumstances are relatively serious, be given the penalty of removal from internal Party posts or probation within the Party; and if the circumstances are severe, be expelled from the Party.
Any receipt of property or benefits that clearly exceeds the bounds of normal reciprocal courtesy shall be handled in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
Article 98: Anyone who presents gifts, cash, consumption cards (coupons), marketable securities, equity interests, other financial products, or other property to public servants, their spouses, their children and the spouses of their children, as well as other relatives and persons with specific relationships, where such gifts or property clearly exceed the bounds of normal social courtesy and reciprocity, shall, if the circumstances are relatively serious, be given a warning or a serious warning; if the circumstances are serious, shall be subject to removal from internal Party posts or probation within the Party.
Any disguised gift-giving under the guise of lecture fees, project fees, consulting fees, or the like shall be handled in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
Article 99: Borrowing money, housing, vehicles, or other items from entities under one’s management or service that may compromise the impartial performance of official duties shall, if the circumstances are relatively serious, be subject to a warning or a serious warning; if the circumstances are serious, shall be subject to removal from internal Party posts, probation within the Party, or expulsion from the Party.
Obtaining substantial returns through private lending and other financial activities that may compromise the impartial performance of official duties shall be handled in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
Article 100: Those who, by abusing their authority or influence derived from their position, arrange weddings, funerals, or other celebratory events in a manner that causes adverse impact shall be given a warning or a serious warning; in cases of serious circumstances, they shall be removed from their Party posts; and those who take such occasions to seek personal gain or engage in other acts that infringe upon the interests of the state, the collective, and the people shall be subject to more severe or enhanced disciplinary measures, up to and including expulsion from the Party.
Article 101: Anyone who accepts or provides banquets, or arranges for tourism, fitness activities, entertainment, or other similar activities that may compromise the impartial performance of official duties shall, if the circumstances are relatively serious, be given a warning or a serious warning; if the circumstances are serious, shall be subject to removal from internal Party posts or probation within the Party.
Article 102: Those who, in violation of relevant provisions, obtain, hold, or actually use various consumer cards (coupons) such as sports and fitness cards, membership cards for clubs and private members’ clubs, and golf cards; or who, in violation of relevant provisions, enter or exit private clubs, shall, if the circumstances are relatively serious, be given a warning or a serious warning; if the circumstances are serious, they shall be removed from their Party posts or placed on probation within the Party.
Article 103: Anyone who, in violation of relevant provisions, engages in profit-making activities and commits any of the following acts shall, depending on the severity of the circumstances, be subject to the following disciplinary measures: for less serious cases, a warning or a serious warning; for more serious cases, removal from internal Party posts or probation within the Party; and for extremely serious cases, expulsion from the Party.
(1) Engaging in business and establishing enterprises;
(2) Holding shares or securities of a non-listed company (enterprise);
(3) Buying or selling stocks or engaging in other securities investments;
(4) Engaging in paid intermediary activities;
(5) Registering a company or making equity investments abroad;
(6) Other acts that violate relevant regulations by engaging in profit-making activities.
Where information obtained in the course of participating in corporate restructuring and reform, targeted share issuances, mergers and investments, or the transfer of land-use rights is used to trade stocks, or where improper gains are obtained through purchasing trust products, funds, or other means by leveraging one’s official authority or influence derived from one’s position, such conduct shall be handled in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
Anyone who, in violation of relevant regulations, holds a concurrent post in an economic organization, social organization, or other such entity, or who, although approved to hold such a post, receives additional benefits such as remuneration, bonuses, or allowances, shall be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 1.
Article 104: Anyone who, by abusing his or her official authority or influence derived from office, seeks benefits for relatives such as spouses, children and their spouses, as well as other persons with specific relationships, in areas including approval and supervision, resource development, financial credit, bulk procurement, the transfer of land-use rights, real estate development, engineering bidding and tendering, and public fiscal revenue and expenditure, shall, if the circumstances are relatively minor, be given a warning or a serious warning; if the circumstances are relatively serious, be given the penalty of removal from internal Party posts or probation within the Party; and if the circumstances are severe, be expelled from the Party.
Where, by abusing one’s official authority or influence derived from one’s position, assistance is provided to spouses, children and their spouses, as well as other relatives and persons with specific relationships, in soliciting deposits, marketing financial products, operating businesses involving rare and specialty local products or other special resources, thereby seeking personal gain, such conduct shall be handled in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
Article 105: Where, after leaving office or retiring, an individual violates relevant regulations by accepting employment from enterprises, intermediary agencies, or other entities within the geographical area and scope of business under the jurisdiction of the former position, or directly related to the former duties and responsibilities; or where such an individual engages in profit-making activities that are directly related to the former duties and responsibilities or the former work, if the circumstances are relatively minor, a warning or a serious warning shall be imposed; if the circumstances are relatively serious, removal from internal Party posts shall be imposed; and if the circumstances are severe, probation within the Party shall be imposed.
Party members who are leading cadres, upon leaving their posts or retiring, violate relevant regulations by taking up positions such as independent director or independent supervisor in listed companies or fund management companies; for less serious cases, a warning or a serious warning shall be imposed; for more serious cases, removal from internal party post shall be imposed; and for extremely serious cases, probation within the Party shall be imposed.
Article 106: After leaving office or retiring, if a Party member uses his or her former official authority or the influence derived from his or her position to seek benefits for relatives such as spouses, children and their spouses, as well as other persons with specific relationships, in connection with business activities, and the circumstances are relatively minor, a warning or a serious warning shall be imposed; if the circumstances are relatively serious, removal from internal Party posts or probation within the Party shall be imposed; and if the circumstances are severe, expulsion from the Party shall be imposed.
Where, after leaving office or retiring, an individual leverages his or her former official authority or the influence derived from such position to seek benefits for others, and where the individual’s spouse, children, the spouses of the children, and other relatives and persons with specific relationships receive property or other benefits from the other party, and the circumstances are relatively serious, a warning or a serious warning shall be imposed; if the circumstances are serious, removal from internal Party posts, probation within the Party, or expulsion from the Party shall be imposed.
Article 107: If the spouse, children, or spouses of the children of a Party member who holds leading positions engage, in violation of relevant regulations, in business activities within the regions and areas of work under the jurisdiction of such Party member that may affect the impartial performance of official duties, or if they engage in other conduct that violates prohibitions on engaging in business or establishing enterprises, the Party member shall, in accordance with the relevant provisions, take corrective measures. If the Party member refuses to do so, he or she shall either resign from the current post or be reassigned by the organization; if the Party member neither resigns nor complies with the organizational reassignment, he or she shall be subject to the disciplinary measure of removal from Party office.
Article 108: Where Party and state organs violate relevant regulations by engaging in business or establishing enterprises, those directly responsible and those with leading responsibility shall be given a warning or a serious warning; in cases of serious circumstances, they shall be removed from their posts within the Party.
Article 109: Party members who are leading cadres, in violation of the systems for work and living allowances, seek special treatment for themselves, their spouses, their children and their spouses, other relatives, staff members close to them, and other persons with specific relationships in areas such as transportation, medical care, and security, where the circumstances are relatively serious, shall be given a warning or a serious warning; where the circumstances are serious, they shall be removed from their Party posts or placed on probation within the Party.
Article 110: In the allocation or purchase of housing, any violation of the interests of the state or the collective that is relatively minor shall be subject to a warning or a serious warning; if the violation is relatively serious, it shall be subject to removal from internal Party office or probation within the Party; and if the violation is very serious, it shall be subject to expulsion from the Party.
Article 111: Anyone who, by virtue of their official authority or the influence derived from their position, appropriates public or private property not under their direct management; or who appropriates such property by paying only a token sum of money or by other similar means; or who receives services or utilizes labor without compensation or for a token fee, shall, if the circumstances are relatively minor, be given a warning or a serious warning; if the circumstances are relatively serious, be removed from their Party post or placed on probation within the Party; and if the circumstances are severe, be expelled from the Party.
Where, by abusing one’s official authority or influence derived from one’s position, expenses that should be borne personally by oneself, one’s spouse, one’s children and their spouses, other relatives, personal staff, or other persons with specific relationships are instead paid or reimbursed by subordinate units, other units, or third parties, such cases shall be handled in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
Article 112: Anyone who, by abusing his or her authority or influence derived from official position, violates relevant regulations by appropriating public property for personal use for a period exceeding six months, and where the circumstances are relatively serious, shall be given a warning or a serious warning; where the circumstances are serious, shall be removed from all Party posts.
Anyone who appropriates public property for profit-making activities shall be given a warning or a serious warning; in more serious cases, they shall be removed from their Party post or placed on probation within the Party; and in extremely serious cases, they shall be expelled from the Party.
Where public property is lent to others for profit-making activities, it shall be handled in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
Article 113: Any violation of relevant provisions by organizing or participating in banquets, entertainment, or fitness activities paid for with public funds, or by using public funds to purchase, gift, or distribute gifts, consumption cards (coupons), or other items, shall be subject to disciplinary action as follows: for those directly responsible and those bearing leadership responsibility, a warning or a serious warning shall be imposed if the circumstances are relatively minor; removal from internal Party posts or probation within the Party shall be imposed if the circumstances are relatively serious; and expulsion from the Party shall be imposed if the circumstances are severe.
Article 114: Any violation of relevant provisions by arbitrarily determining remuneration or by indiscriminately issuing allowances, subsidies, bonuses, benefits, and other such payments shall be subject to disciplinary action as follows: for those directly responsible and those bearing leadership responsibility, a warning or a serious warning shall be imposed in cases of relatively minor circumstances; removal from internal Party posts or probation within the Party shall be imposed in cases of relatively serious circumstances; and expulsion from the Party shall be imposed in cases of severe circumstances.
Article 115: Anyone who commits any of the following acts shall, depending on the severity of the circumstances, be subject to the following disciplinary measures: for less serious cases, a warning or a serious warning; for more serious cases, removal from internal Party office or probation within the Party; and for extremely serious cases, expulsion from the Party.
(1) Using public funds for tourism, or disguising such tourism under the guise of study and training, inspection and research, employee health recuperation, or other similar pretenses;
(2) Altering official travel itineraries to take the opportunity for tourism;
(3) Taking advantage of inspection tours organized by the enterprises under one’s management or subordinate units to engage in tourism.
Anyone who, under the guise of inspection, study, training, seminars, investment promotion, or exhibition participation, covertly uses public funds for overseas (or cross-border) tourism shall be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, with accountability assigned to both the directly responsible individuals and the leading officials.
Article 116: Any violation of the regulations on reception management, including exceeding prescribed standards or scope in receiving guests or taking the opportunity to indulge in excessive eating and drinking, shall be subject to disciplinary action as follows: for those directly responsible and those with leadership responsibility, a warning or a serious warning shall be imposed if the circumstances are relatively serious; if the circumstances are serious, removal from internal Party posts shall be imposed.
Article 117: Any violation of the relevant provisions regarding the allocation, purchase, replacement, decoration, or use of official vehicles, or any other act that contravenes the regulations on the management of official vehicles, shall be subject to disciplinary action as follows: for those directly responsible and those bearing leadership responsibility, a warning or a serious warning shall be imposed in cases of relatively serious circumstances; in cases of serious circumstances, removal from internal Party posts or probation within the Party shall be imposed.
Article 118: Any violation of the regulations on the administration of meetings and activities, involving any of the following acts, shall be subject to disciplinary action as follows: for those directly responsible and those with leadership responsibility, a warning or a serious warning shall be imposed in cases of relatively serious circumstances; in cases of serious circumstances, removal from internal Party posts shall be imposed.
(1) Holding meetings in scenic and historic areas where meetings are prohibited;
(2) Deciding on or approving the hosting of various festivals and celebratory events;
(3) Other acts that violate the regulations on the management of meetings and events.
Anyone who organizes evaluation, standard-setting, and commendation activities or model-building initiatives without authorization, or who collects fees under the guise of such activities, shall be subject to disciplinary action in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, with accountability assigned to those directly responsible and to leaders bearing leadership responsibility.
Article 119: Any violation of regulations on the management of office premises and other related provisions, involving any of the following acts, shall be subject to disciplinary action as follows: for those directly responsible and those bearing leadership responsibility, a warning or a serious warning shall be imposed in cases of relatively serious circumstances; in cases of serious circumstances, removal from internal Party posts shall be imposed.
(1) Deciding on or approving the construction or renovation of office buildings, training centers, and other similar facilities;
(2) Over-standard allocation and use of office premises;
(3) Renting or borrowing office space without approval;
(4) Using public funds to lease or occupy hotel rooms or other venues for personal use;
(5) Other acts that violate regulations on the management of office premises and other related provisions.
Article 120: Those who engage in transactions involving power and sexual favors, or who offer property in exchange for sexual favors, shall be given a warning or a serious warning; if the circumstances are relatively serious, they shall be removed from their internal Party posts or placed on probation within the Party; if the circumstances are severe, they shall be expelled from the Party.
Article 121: Any other conduct that violates the regulations on clean governance shall, depending on the specific circumstances, be subject to disciplinary action ranging from a warning to expulsion from the Party.