What is the "sixteen-character policy" for developing party member's work?

"Control the total amount, optimize the structure, improve the quality and play a role"

Requirements for controlling the total amount. In recent ten years, the development of party member has shown a trend of rapid development. The total number of party member in China has exceeded 85 million, with an annual increase of more than 2 million, with a growth rate of about 3%. In some places and units, the quality of developing party member is not high, and some people who do not meet the standards of party member, or even people with serious problems, have joined the Party, which has affected the Party's advanced nature and purity.

"Adhere to prudent and balanced development, with leadership and planning; Adhere to the principle of voluntary membership and individual absorption, develop one mature one, "prohibit sudden development" and oppose "closed-doorism". This means that in the total control of party member's development, the proportion of development has decreased and more attention has been paid to quality.

Attach importance to the education and training of activists who join the Party, and select the best candidates. The new sixteen-character policy adds "play a role". This means preventing some people who have not made mistakes but can't play the role of party member from joining the Party, and asking party member to play an exemplary role as a new front. In short, the new 16 policy, improving quality is the core; "Play a role" is an important measure to improve quality, but also a foothold to improve quality; "Controlling the total amount and optimizing the structure" is an important way to improve the quality.

Flow chart of developing party member:

The guiding ideology of developing party member work in the new historical period

To strengthen Party building in the new historical period, the most fundamental requirement is to arm our Party with Marxism–Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory and Theory of Three Represents, and build our Party into a strong vanguard of the working class in China.

China people and the vanguard of the Chinese nation. Such a vanguard must be more mature in theory, more unified in thought, stronger in politics, more United internally and closer to the masses. It is a strong core to lead the people of all ethnic groups in building Socialism with Chinese characteristics. This requirement embodies the Marxist theory of party building, adapts to the requirements of the new situation and new tasks, and meets the needs of the party's basic line.

The fundamental guiding ideology that must be followed in strengthening party building at this stage. Developing party member is an important part of Party building. Therefore, it is the guiding ideology of party member's development in the new period to persist in building our Party into a strong vanguard of the working class in China, the vanguard of the people of China and the Chinese nation, and the leading core of Socialism with Chinese characteristics's cause, faithfully practice the Marxist political party in Theory of Three Represents, and strive to realize the basic line of the Party.

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