Style of work reflects one's image, and style of work reflects one's strength. The Central Eight-Point Regulation is not a five- or ten-year regulation, but a long-term, effective set of ironclad rules and hard standards.
In 2025, under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, the entire Party launched a thorough study and education campaign to implement the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulation. Party organizations at all levels and the vast majority of Party members and cadres promoted the study, investigation, and rectification in an integrated manner, pushing the improvement of work style to a deeper and more practical level. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission, along with discipline inspection and supervision organs at all levels, based on their functions and responsibilities, focused on the persistent problems of the "Four Forms of Undesirable Work Styles," deepened the rectification of formalism to reduce the burden on grassroots levels, improved the mechanism for investigating and addressing both undesirable work style and corruption, and promoted the continuous improvement of Party conduct, government conduct, social conduct, and public morality, making the Eight-Point Regulation more deeply rooted in the hearts and minds of the people.
With unwavering perseverance, we will continue to polish the "golden reputation" of our work style.
"Ye Hanbing, former member of the Party Leadership Group and Vice Governor of Sichuan Province, and former Director of the Sichuan Provincial Public Security Department, accepted banquets and travel arrangements that could affect the impartial performance of his official duties, and violated regulations by frequenting private clubs." "Zhao Yong, former Director of the Overall Planning Division of the Nanjing Municipal Bureau of Planning and Natural Resources in Jiangsu Province, violated regulations by eating and drinking and accepting gifts."... Recently, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission publicly reported seven typical cases of violations of the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulation, naming names and pointing out the root causes of the problems, sending a strong signal of strict enforcement to the end and no room for compromise.
The Central Committee's Eight-Point Regulation is a landmark measure taken by the Party Central Committee to establish trust and is a symbol of Party governance in the new era. Over the past year, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission, along with discipline inspection and supervision organs at all levels, have adhered to the principle of simultaneously strengthening Party spirit, Party conduct, and Party discipline, and have integrated the rectification of conduct, enforcement of discipline, and anti-corruption efforts, making the "golden name card" of the Central Committee's Eight-Point Regulation even brighter.
To thoroughly implement the spirit of the Central Committee's Eight-Point Regulation, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission, along with discipline inspection and supervision organs at all levels, have been deeply studying General Secretary Xi Jinping's important expositions on strengthening the Party's work style. While ensuring their own learning and education, they have also fulfilled their functions and responsibilities to guarantee the learning and education of the entire Party.
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission closely collaborated with the central-level study and education task force, producing the book "The Eight-Point Regulation Changes China," which was included in the Party-wide study and education materials. Discipline inspection and supervision organs at all levels sent personnel to participate in the study and education task forces of the corresponding Party committees (Party groups) to carry out various tasks such as policy interpretation, rectification, guidance, and supervision; organized discipline inspection and supervision cadres to widely publicize the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation and its implementation rules; and compiled typical cases of violations of the spirit of the Central Eight-Point Regulation at different levels and categories to assist the Party committees (Party groups) of their respective regions and units in carrying out in-depth warning education.
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission have been relentlessly cracking down on the persistent problems of undesirable work styles, and have released monthly reports on the handling of violations of the Eight-Point Regulation for 147 consecutive months. From January to November 2025, a total of 251,000 cases of violations of the Eight-Point Regulation were investigated nationwide, with 326,000 people receiving criticism, education, or disciplinary action, including 225,000 receiving Party disciplinary or administrative sanctions.
Disciplinary inspection and supervision organs at all levels, displaying a persistent and determined spirit, have worked tirelessly to achieve lasting results. In Nanchong City, Sichuan Province, the disciplinary inspection and supervision organs have urged Party committees (leading Party groups) at all levels to conduct thorough and comprehensive investigations, strictly adhering to the list of prominent problems and the hidden and mutated manifestations of the "Four Winds" (formalism, bureaucracy, hedonism, and extravagance) at the grassroots level…
Through in-depth study and education, and by addressing prominent issues head-on, significant new achievements have been made in improving work style. The vast majority of Party members and cadres have further enhanced their ideological and practical awareness of persistently implementing the spirit of the Central Committee's Eight-Point Regulation.
"The 'Four Malpractices' are stubborn and recurring, and we must not slacken our efforts or give up," said a relevant official from the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission. He added that greater efforts must be made to ensure that the rules are consistently enforced, rigorously implemented, thoroughly studied, and meticulously enforced, so that the ironclad regulations truly take effect and the prohibitions have real power.
Addressing both the symptoms and root causes to rectify the deep-rooted problems of the "Four Malpractices"
"For so many years, I've only ever heard of this colleague by name, but never actually seen him." The Discipline Inspection Commission and Supervision Commission of Ninghe District, Tianjin, started with the reported clues and conducted a thorough investigation, handling the relevant personnel in accordance with regulations and discipline, holding the Party organizations that failed to fulfill their main responsibilities accountable, and further launched a special campaign to rectify "long-term absence from duty" throughout the district.
This governance practice, which starts from specific cases and extends to broader areas, embodies the governance logic of addressing both the symptoms and root causes: precise punishment and systematic treatment, investigating one case and solving a class of problems.
Over the past year, discipline inspection and supervision organs at all levels have kept a close eye on the persistent problem of illegal dining and drinking, and have seriously investigated and dealt with prominent issues such as illegal "mutual dining," "dining for business owners," and "dining for subordinates." The special working group for the study and education of the Central Committee and the General Office of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection have publicly reported on the illegal dining and drinking problems of individual cadres in Luoshan, Henan, Huangmei, Hubei, and Susong, Anhui, making it clear that they will investigate and deal with violations of discipline strictly and without leniency.
Serious efforts were made to rectify issues such as sending gifts via express delivery, using public funds for tourism under the guise of training and inspection, luxurious renovations of government buildings, accepting bribes, and exceeding reception standards. From January to November 2025, a total of 128,000 cases of hedonism and extravagance were investigated and dealt with nationwide, and 162,000 people were criticized, educated, or disciplined.
The fight against formalism and bureaucracy is equally relentless and uncompromising.
In 2025, disciplinary inspection and supervision organs at all levels strengthened supervision and inspection of the implementation of the "Several Provisions on Rectifying Formalism and Reducing the Burden on Grassroots Levels," focusing on problems such as excessive meetings and documents, formalism in research and inspection, and horizontal exchanges, strengthening supervision and rectification, and severely punishing violations of rules and regulations. They cooperated with the offices of the special working mechanisms for rectifying formalism and reducing the burden on grassroots levels under the same level of Party committees to conduct investigations and report on typical problems. The central-level special working mechanism office and the General Office of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection publicly reported 11 typical problems in four batches, using these cases to deepen the rectification efforts across the board.
Disciplinary inspection and supervision organs at all levels have promoted the establishment and practice of a correct view of performance among Party members and cadres, resolutely rectified problems such as empty slogans and poor implementation, departmentalism, and superficial work, and seriously investigated and dealt with problems such as making decisions and launching projects divorced from reality, creating "image projects" and "performance projects," and falsifying statistics. From January to November 2025, a total of 124,000 cases of formalism and bureaucracy were investigated and dealt with nationwide, and 165,000 people were criticized, educated, or disciplined.
Unhealthy practices and corruption are two sides of the same coin, sharing the same root. A meal, a drink, a credit card—these can be the beginning of corruption stemming from unhealthy practices. In 2025, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection formulated an opinion on promoting the simultaneous investigation and treatment of unhealthy practices and corruption, pushing for a two-way approach of investigating corruption through unhealthy practices and rectifying unhealthy practices through corruption.
By simultaneously correcting and promoting positive social values, we can further enrich the atmosphere of integrity and positive values.
"Ding! 12 yuan received." In the canteen of Wuci Township Government in Zhangping City, Longyan City, Fujian Province, cadres and staff scanned a code to pay for their meals, ensuring a unified standard for all meals and a simple, standardized process. The Longyan Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision promoted a pilot reform of "scanning codes for meals and unified standards for all meals" for official meals, freeing cadres from excessive welcoming and farewell ceremonies and fostering a strong atmosphere of opposing waste and practicing thrift.
A simple official meal has sparked a transformation in traditional reception methods, and this "small incision" has driven a "major shift" in work style. The Central Eight-Point Regulation not only eradicates visible "unhealthy practices" but also reshapes values and ideology, subtly establishing a new social ethos.
In Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision focused on optimizing the business environment, seriously investigating and punishing problems that hinder development, such as shirking responsibility and setting up hidden barriers. It also promoted relevant departments to proactively provide services and optimize processes, helping enterprises move forward with a lighter burden through a change in work style. Over the past year, discipline inspection and supervision organs at all levels have placed greater emphasis on stimulating the intrinsic motivation of Party members and cadres to work hard and innovate, promoting a new atmosphere that values practical work and rigorous implementation, and serving the people with a strong work style.
A clean and upright political climate fosters unity of purpose, and unity of purpose leads to success. On the new journey, discipline inspection and supervision organs at all levels, shouldering their responsibilities and missions, are promoting the normalization and long-term effectiveness of conduct improvement, striving to create a clean and upright political environment and a favorable atmosphere for undertaking initiatives and starting businesses. This will undoubtedly provide a stronger and more effective guarantee of conduct for advancing Chinese-style modernization.
