Xi Jinping vows 'power within cage of regulations'(2)

PARTY DISCIPLINE & WORK STYLE

Xi stressed all Party organs and members should strictly enforce Party discipline, abide by its Constitution, and implement the Party's theories, line, principles and policies.

He urged them to maintain a high degree of unity with the Central Committee and willingly uphold the authority of the central authorities.

Efforts should be made to prevent and overcome selfish localism and departmentalism, and nobody or no department should be allowed to disregard policies introduced by the Central Committee, he said.

He said the Party will never tolerate any compromise made by officials or departments in carrying out decisions of the Central Committee.

Calling for work style-improving efforts among Party members, Xi said, "Those undesirable practices, if unaddressed, will evolve to be an invisible wall that separates the Party from the people, thus leaving the Party without root, lifeblood and power."

The carrying out of "eight-point" bureaucracy and formalism-fighting guidelines, introduced by the Dec. 4 meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, is only "the first step" in the Party's efforts to improve work style, he said.

Xi said all Party organs and members should be frugal and make determined efforts to oppose ostentation and reject hedonism and extravagance.

Greater efforts should be made to promote the traditional ideas of "honor to frugality and shame to extravagance" among all Party members, according to Xi.