Strictly Enforcing Party Political Discipline and Political Rules
The term "political rules" was first formally used by Xi Jinping at the fifth plenary session of the 18th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection on January 13, 2015. As a Marxist political party, the CPC's political stance is its most notable feature and its greatest strength. Without powerful political safeguards, talk of its unity would be hollow. The foundation for comprehensively enforcing strict Party self-governance is rigor in the Party's internal political activities. For the Party to manage itself, it must start with its own internal political activities; for it to enforce strict self-governance, it must start with rigorous internal political activities. Its internal rules are those norms and rules with which all levels of Party organizations and all Party members must comply. These rules broadly include the following:
–The Party Constitution is the general charter and overall rule of the Party, and must be adhered to by the entire Party;
–Party discipline is a rigid constraint, and political discipline in particular is a rigid constraint which must be respected by all Party members in their political direction, stance, speech and actions;
–The laws of the country are rules which must be obeyed by Party members and officials, as they were made by the people under the Party's leadership. The entire Party must be a role model in following them;
–The best traditions and working practices formed through the Party's long experience.
Political discipline and political rules are foremost in Party discipline and rules.
严明党的政治纪律和政治规矩
2015 年 1 月 13 日，习近平在十八届中央纪委第五次全会上的讲话中，正式提出了“政治规矩” 一词。中国共产党作为马克思主义政党，讲政治是突出的特点和优势。没有强有力的政治保证，党的团结统一就是一句空话。严肃党内政治生活是全面从严治党的基础。党要管党，首先要从党内政治生活管起；从严治党，首先要从党内政治生活严起。党的党内规矩是党的各级组织和全体党员必须遵守的行为规范和规则。党的规矩总的包括：其一，党章是全党必须遵循的总章程，也是总规矩。其二，党的纪律是刚性约束，政治纪律更是全党在政治方向、政治立场、政治言论、政治行动方面必须遵守的刚性约束。其三，国家法律是党员、干部必须遵守的规矩，法律是党领导人民制定的，全党必须模范执行。其四，党在长期实践中形成的优良传统和工作惯例，也需要很好地遵守。在所有党的纪律和规矩中，第一位的是政治纪律和政治规矩。