The Party Leadership Group of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Holds a Meeting to Study and Implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's Important Speech at the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee and the Plenum's Guiding Principles; Zhao Leji Presides and Speaks

CCTV News (Xinwen Lianbo): On the 30th, the CPC Party leadership group of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress held a meeting to convey and study General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech at the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee and the plenum's guiding principles, and to study measures for their implementation in light of the work of the NPC. Zhao Leji, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, chairman of the NPC Standing Committee and secretary of its Party leadership group, presided over the meeting and spoke.

The meeting held that the plenum fully affirmed the work of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee since the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, and that the cause of the Party and the country had made new progress and achieved new results. This further demonstrated the decisive significance of the “Two Establishments” and strengthened ideological, political and action-oriented resolve to achieve the “Two Upholds.” The Decision of the CPC Central Committee on Several Major Issues Concerning Persistently Advancing Full and Rigorous Party Self-Governance, reviewed and adopted by the plenum, thoroughly implements Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building and is a programmatic document for advancing the new great project of Party building in the new era. General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech profoundly explained the major questions of why and how to persistently advance full and rigorous Party self-governance, providing fundamental guidance for studying and implementing the plenum's guiding principles and advancing the new great project of Party building in the new era.

The meeting stressed that the Party leadership group of the NPC Standing Committee, the Party leadership groups of its special committees and the Party leadership group of its working bodies must consciously align their thinking and actions with the plenum's guiding principles, thoroughly study and implement Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building, deepen its practical application and improve the effectiveness of study. They must examine themselves, their responsibilities and their work, and thoroughly identify and address problems in Party building and work within the NPC. They must strictly implement their primary responsibility, strengthen their organizations and manage their teams well, while members of Party leadership groups must be strict with themselves, take their responsibilities seriously and strictly manage their jurisdictions.

The meeting pointed out that the overall leadership of the Party over the work of the NPC must be upheld, the rule of law and rule-based governance of the Party must be organically unified, and ideological and political guidance for NPC deputies and the building of discipline and conduct must be strengthened.