The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee held a meeting on Thursday to review multiple reports. The meeting was chaired by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee.

Among the reports, one is related to the work of the leading Party members groups of the top legislature, central government, top political advisory body, top court, top procuratorate as well as the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee. The others concern primary-level governance and Party inspection.

The meeting fully acknowledged the work of the leading Party members groups of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, the State Council, the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the Supreme People's Court, and the Supreme People's Procuratorate, as well as the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee in 2020, and approved their work plans for 2021.

Xi urged the leading Party members groups to correct formalism and bureaucracy and encourage CPC members to maintain a good state of mind and work to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the CPC with excellent results.

Promoting the modernization of the grassroots governance system and governance capacity is an important task in the comprehensive construction of a modern socialist country, the meeting pointed out.

A slew of requirements was listed. These include strengthening the Party's leadership, boosting governance capacity, and coordinating the prevention and control work of the COVID-19 pandemic with management services, among others.

In addition, the meeting fully acknowledged the work of the central leading group for the Party's disciplinary inspection in 2020 and approved its work plan for 2021.

The disciplinary inspection in 2021 should focus on supervising and examining the implementation of the spirit of the fifth plenary session of the 19th CPC Central Committee and the implementation of the major arrangements for the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) period.

Supervision over officials at all levels, especially principal leaders, should be strengthened, according to the meeting.

It also called for more targeted, scientific, forceful, and effective disciplinary inspection to provide a strong guarantee for a good start in the development for the 14th FYP period. 

(With input from Xinhua)

(Cover: A view of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China. /Xinhua)