Party Discipline Study and Education
Study of the original text of "Regulations on Disciplinary Punishment of the Communist Party of China"

(Source: Website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission)

Regulations on Punishment for Failure to Implement Organizational Decisions

Implementing Party decisions, obeying organizational assignments, and actively completing Party tasks are obligations that Party members must fulfill. Failure to implement organizational decisions constitutes a violation of organizational discipline. Articles 78 and 79 of the "Regulations on Disciplinary Punishment of the Communist Party of China" list a negative list of actions that fail to implement organizational decisions and provide provisions for punishment—

　　1. Refusal to execute or unauthorized alteration of decisions of higher-level organizations

　　Article 78 of the "Regulations" stipulates that if a lower-level Party organization refuses to execute or arbitrarily changes the decisions of a higher-level Party organization, the person directly responsible and the person with leadership responsibility shall be given a warning or serious warning; in serious cases, they shall be given the punishment of removal from Party posts or probationary membership.

　　Article 16 of the Party Constitution stipulates that "Lower-level organizations of the Party must resolutely implement the decisions of higher-level organizations. If a lower-level organization believes that a decision of a higher-level organization does not conform to the actual situation of its region or department, it may request a change; if the higher-level organization insists on the original decision, the lower-level organization must execute it and must not publicly express dissenting opinions, but it has the right to report to the next higher-level organization." This is an important requirement for implementing the Party's guidelines, policies, and enhancing the Party's fighting capacity, and should be implemented without compromise. Lower-level Party organizations refusing to execute or arbitrarily changing the decisions of higher-level Party organizations is a manifestation of lack of organizational discipline and constitutes a violation of organizational discipline.

　　This article stipulates the specific circumstances of lower-level Party organizations violating the principle of democratic centralism. If an individual Party member engages in such behavior, disciplinary responsibility should be pursued in accordance with Articles 77 and 79 of the "Regulations".

　　2. Refusal to execute organizational personnel decisions

　　Article 79 of the "Regulations" makes provisions for this in two paragraphs: Refusal to execute the Party organization's decisions on assignment, transfer, or exchange shall be subject to a warning, serious warning, or removal from Party posts; during special periods or emergencies, refusal to execute the above-mentioned decisions of the Party organization shall be subject to probationary membership or expulsion from the Party.

　　Article 3 of the Party Constitution stipulates that "implementing Party decisions, obeying organizational assignments, and actively completing Party tasks" are obligations that Party members must fulfill. In disciplinary supervision, it has been found that some Party members and cadres lack organizational awareness and are unwilling to leave their familiar work and living environments, and therefore do not execute the organization's transfer decisions; some believe that compared with their original posts and assignments, the new work posts and assignments have greater challenges, and therefore do not execute the organization's assignment and exchange decisions, etc. The assignment, transfer, and exchange decisions made by the Party organization for Party members and cadres are made with the Party's cause as the priority, proceeding from the overall situation. When faced with organizational arrangements, Party members and cadres should strengthen their awareness of the overall situation, correctly treat advancement, retreat, retention, and transfer, and obey organizational decisions. They must not bargain with the organization or disobey organizational arrangements.

　　During special periods or emergencies, Party members and cadres who refuse to execute the Party organization's decisions on assignment, transfer, or exchange may bring about irreversible serious consequences, causing even more serious damage to the interests of the Party, the state, and the people; therefore, the Regulations stipulate a heavier level of punishment for such disciplinary violations. Special periods or emergencies refer to periods or situations such as natural disasters, accidental disasters, public health events, and social security events that cause or may cause serious social harm and require emergency measures to be taken to respond.

 

Failure to report these situations to the organization as required will result in punishment.

Articles 80 and 81 of the "Regulations on Disciplinary Punishment of the Communist Party of China" provide for the punishment of failure to report or report to the organization as required, mainly including six categories:

　　1. Party members refusing to testify or intentionally providing false information

　　Article 80 of the "Regulations" stipulates that in Party organization disciplinary reviews, Party members who have a legal and regulatory obligation to testify but refuse to testify or intentionally provide false information shall, if the circumstances are relatively serious, be given a warning or serious warning; if the circumstances are serious, they shall be given the punishment of removal from Party posts, probationary membership, or expulsion from the Party.

　　Party members should fulfill their obligation to testify in disciplinary reviews; the Party Constitution, the "Regulations on Case Inspection Work of the Disciplinary Inspection Organs of the Communist Party of China," and other intra-Party regulations also have clear provisions on this. As witnesses, Party members should enhance their organizational awareness and strengthen their organizational consciousness when the organization inquires about relevant information from them, and objectively and truthfully reflect the situation with a highly responsible attitude towards their comrades, the Party organization, and the Party's cause. Refusal to testify or intentionally providing false information will result in the pursuit of their Party discipline responsibility in accordance with the "Regulations".

　　2. Concealing personal matters

　　Article 81 of the "Regulations" stipulates that violation of the regulations on reporting personal matters, concealing and failing to report, if the circumstances are relatively serious, shall be subject to a warning or serious warning. Violation of the regulations on reporting personal matters mainly refers to violation of the "Regulations on Leading Cadres Reporting Personal Matters," and the matters that should be reported are family matters and property situations closely related to the exercise of power by leading cadres. If one of the circumstances stipulated in the "Regulations on Leading Cadres Reporting Personal Matters" is met, it can be determined as concealment and failure to report. If a leading cadre conceals overseas deposits or other financial assets, and the amount is large enough to meet the prosecution standard, it constitutes the crime of concealing overseas deposits, and they should be given the punishment of removal from Party posts, probationary membership, or expulsion from the Party; if it does not meet the prosecution standard, they should be given a warning up to expulsion from the Party depending on the specific circumstances.

　　3. Failure to truthfully explain matters to the organization

　　Article 81 of the "Regulations" stipulates that when the organization conducts conversations and inquiries, failure to truthfully explain matters to the organization, if the circumstances are relatively serious, shall be subject to a warning or serious warning. On this basis, the article also stipulates that when the organization conducts conversations and inquiries, failure to truthfully explain matters to the organization, while providing false information to the organization and concealing facts, shall be handled in accordance with the provisions of Article 63 of these Regulations.

　　Conversations and inquiries are an important way to carry out intra-Party supervision, reflecting the care, trust, management, and supervision of Party members and cadres. If Party members and cadres are self-smart and take chances, and fail to truthfully explain matters when the organization conducts conversations and inquiries, attempting to get away with it, they will inevitably be self-defeating and miss the opportunity for rescue given by the organization. If they simultaneously provide false information to the organization and conceal facts, this constitutes "actively" confusing right and wrong, creating obstacles, and intentionally interfering with and obstructing normal review work, which goes beyond the scope of "failure to truthfully explain" and violates the Party's political discipline, and their Party discipline responsibility should be pursued in accordance with the provisions of Article 63 of the "Regulations" on resisting organizational review.

　　4. Failure to report or failure to truthfully report personal whereabouts

　　Article 81 of the "Regulations" stipulates that failure to report or failure to truthfully report personal whereabouts as required, if the circumstances are relatively serious, shall be subject to a warning or serious warning. Party members and cadres must "have a clear destination for their travels." This provision does not prohibit Party members and cadres from leaving their posts or workplaces to go out, but requires Party members and cadres with a reporting obligation to truthfully report their personal whereabouts to the organization, preventing the occurrence of situations such as "going alone, acting recklessly" and disregarding the organization.

　　5. Failure to truthfully fill out or alteration or falsification of personal file materials

　　Article 81 of the Regulations stipulates that failure to truthfully report personal file information, if the circumstances are serious, shall be subject to a warning or serious warning. Falsification or forgery of personal file information shall be subject to a serious warning; in serious cases, removal from party post or probation shall be imposed.

　　Personal file information is a historical record of a person's important growth experiences in learning and work. Compared to "failure to truthfully report" personal file information, the harm and impact of "falsification or forgery" are greater, therefore, as long as such an act is committed, regardless of the severity, disciplinary action will be taken.

　　6. Concealment of serious errors before joining the Party

　　Article 81 of the Regulations stipulates that concealing serious errors before joining the Party shall generally result in expulsion; for those who have been party members for many years and have consistently performed well, or have made outstanding contributions in their work, a serious warning, removal from party post, or probation shall be imposed.

　　"Serious errors before joining the Party" refer to acts committed before joining the Party that, according to the Party's regulations and disciplines at the time, should be subject to removal from party post, probation, or expulsion from the Party. When filling out relevant materials for Party membership, prospective Party members should truthfully report their major circumstances according to the regulations, including serious mistakes they have made in the past, so that the Party organization can make a comprehensive understanding and evaluation of their ideology, politics, etc. If a Party member conceals serious errors before joining the Party to the Party organization, it shows that they do not meet the conditions for being a Party member, and they should generally be expelled from the Party. However, following the principle of "learning from past mistakes to prevent future ones and curing illness to save people," those who have been Party members for many years and have consistently performed well or have made outstanding contributions in their work may, after comprehensive consideration, be retained in the Party without expulsion, and shall be given party discipline according to the circumstances.

　　In practice, to determine whether an individual belongs to the category of "having been a party member for many years and having consistently performed well," two conditions must be considered: one is that the serious errors that occurred before joining the Party have been corrected; the other is that no new disciplinary violations or illegal acts have occurred after joining the Party. Regarding "making outstanding contributions in work," relevant provisions such as the "Regulations on the Commendation of Meritorious Service within the Communist Party of China," "Regulations on the National Commendation of Meritorious Service," "Regulations on the Assessment of Party and Government Leading Cadres," "Regulations on the Rewards for Civil Servants," and "Regulations on the Assessment of Staff Members in Public Institutions" may be referred to for confirmation.