Page 5 - RESOLUTION OF THE EIGHTEENTH NATIONAL CONGRESS OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CHINA ON THE REVISED CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CHINA

The congress pointed out that with progress made in Party building since

the Seventeenth Congress, our Party has gained an increasingly deeper
understanding of the laws of building a Marxist governing party, faced up to
the tests and risks confronting it, and focused on strengthening its governance
capacity, advanced nature and purity. And it has made all-around efforts to

strengthen itself ideologically and organizationally, improve its conduct,
become better able to fight corruption, uphold integrity and improve its rules
and regulations, and thus made Party building more scientific in all respects.
In light of new developments, the Party’s Eighteenth Congress set out the new

requirement to build the Party into a learning, service-oriented and innovative
Marxist governing party. To adapt itself to new conditions, the whole Party
must achieve unity in thought and action under the guidance of Deng Xiaoping
Theory, the important thought of Three Represents, the Scientific Outlook on

Development and the basic line of the Party, be realistic and pragmatic, uphold
the principal position of Party members, and strengthen oversight of principal
leading cadres. The congress agreed to include these new achievements, new
understanding and new requirements in the overall requirements of Party

building in the Party Constitution so as to better define the underlying theme
as well as the overall plan and objectives of Party building and advance the
great new undertaking of Party building in all respects.
The congress held that in view of the successful practices in Party

building in recent years and in keeping with the revisions to the General
Program, it is necessary to make appropriate revisions to some of the articles
of the Party Constitution. Conscientiously studying Marxism-Leninism, Mao
Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, the important thought of Three

Represents and the Scientific Outlook on Development is a duty of Party
members. Excelling in their work and organizing Party members to
conscientiously study Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng
Xiaoping Theory, the important thought of Three Represents and the Scientific

Outlook on Development are the basic tasks of primary Party organizations.
The Party should select its cadres on the basis of both moral integrity and
professional competence, with priority given to the former, and appoint cadres
on their merits without regard to their origins. The Party should attach greater

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