Article 7: Any conduct by Party organizations or Party members that violates the Party Constitution and other internal Party regulations, contravenes state laws and regulations, breaches Party and state policies, undermines socialist morality, or jeopardizes the interests of the Party, the state, and the people, and which, in accordance with the relevant provisions, shall be subject to disciplinary action or punishment, must be investigated and held accountable.

　　Priority will be given to investigating and prosecuting corruption cases since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China that exhibit no restraint or cessation, involve a high concentration of leads and strong public complaints, intertwine political and economic issues, and violate the spirit of the Central Committee’s Eight-Point Decision on Improving Conduct.

　　Article 8: Types of disciplinary sanctions imposed on Party members:

　　(1) Warning;

　　(2) Severe warning;

　　(3) Removal from internal Party posts;

　　(4) Probation within the Party;

　　(5) Expulsion from the Party.

　　Article 9: With regard to Party organizations that have violated Party discipline, the higher-level Party organization shall order them to submit a written self-examination or issue a notice of criticism. As for Party organizations that have seriously violated Party discipline and are unable to correct such violations on their own, the next higher-level Party committee, after investigation and verification, may, depending on the severity of the circumstances, take the following measures:

　　(1) Reorganization;

　　(2) Dissolution.

　　Article 10: Within one year of receiving a warning disciplinary action and within one year and six months of receiving a serious warning disciplinary action, Party members shall not be promoted to higher positions within the Party or further utilized in Party work, nor shall they be recommended to non-Party organizations for non-Party positions that are higher than their previous posts or for further utilization.

　　Article 11. The disciplinary measure of revoking an intra-Party post refers to the removal of an intra-Party post that the disciplined Party member holds by virtue of intra-Party election or organizational appointment. Where a Party member holds two or more posts within the Party, the Party organization, when making a disciplinary decision, shall specify whether all such posts are to be revoked or only one or several of them. If the decision is to revoke only one post, the highest-ranking post held by the individual must be revoked; if the decision is to revoke two or more posts, the revocation must proceed in order, starting with the highest-ranking post held. With regard to posts held in organizations outside the Party, the Party organization shall recommend that the relevant external organization revoke the individual’s extraparty position.

　　Where a Party member has been removed from office during the filing and review process on suspicion of violating Party discipline, and the review determines that, in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations, the appropriate disciplinary measure is removal from Party office, such removal shall be imposed at the level of the post previously held. Where a person is subject to the disciplinary measure of removal from Party office but does not currently hold any Party position, the appropriate disciplinary measure shall be a serious warning. At the same time, if the person also holds a position in an organization outside the Party, the Party organization shall recommend that the relevant non-Party organization revoke the non-Party position.

　　A Party member who is removed from an internal Party post, or who, in accordance with the preceding paragraph, receives a serious warning as disciplinary action, shall, for a period of two years, be prohibited from holding within the Party or being recommended by the Party to external organizations for any post that is equivalent to or higher than the post previously held.

　　Article 12. The disciplinary measure of probation within the Party shall be imposed for a period of one year or two years. Where a Party member who has been placed on probation for one year still does not meet the conditions for the restoration of Party membership rights upon the expiration of the period, the period of probation shall be extended for an additional year. The maximum duration of probation within the Party shall not exceed two years.

　　During the period of probation within the Party, a Party member shall have no voting rights, right to elect, or right to be elected. If, during the probationary period, the individual demonstrates genuine repentance, his or her Party rights shall be restored upon expiration of the period; however, if the individual persists in failing to reform or is found to have committed other violations that warrant disciplinary action by the Party, he or she shall be expelled from the Party.

　　When a Party member is given the disciplinary sanction of probation within the Party, any Party post held by that member shall be automatically revoked. Where the member also holds a non-Party position, the Party organization shall recommend to the relevant non-Party organization that the non-Party post be revoked. Within two years after the restoration of the member’s Party rights, such a member shall not hold, nor be recommended by the Party to hold in a non-Party organization, any position that is equivalent to or higher than the position previously held.

　　Article 13: A Party member who has been expelled from the Party shall be prohibited from rejoining the Party for a period of five years and shall also be prohibited from being recommended for any non-Party position that is equivalent to or higher than the position previously held. Where other provisions stipulate that reentry into the Party is not permitted, such provisions shall prevail.

　　Article 14: Where a Party member or cadre who has been subject to disciplinary action by the Party is also required to undergo organizational handling, the Party organization shall impose such organizational handling in accordance with the relevant regulations.

　　If a delegate to a Party congress at any level is subject to the disciplinary sanction of probation within the Party or a more severe penalty, the Party organization shall terminate his or her status as a delegate.

　　Article 15: With the exception of those who should be subject to disciplinary action of removal from internal Party posts or more severe penalties, all members of the leading bodies of Party organizations that have undergone reorganization shall be automatically removed from their posts.

　　Article 16: Members of Party organizations that have been dissolved shall be reviewed individually. Those who meet the criteria for Party membership shall be re-registered and shall participate in the political life of a new organization; those who do not meet such criteria shall be given education and a specified deadline for correction; if, after such education, no improvement is observed, they shall be advised to withdraw from the Party or expelled; and those who have committed disciplinary violations shall be held accountable in accordance with the relevant provisions.