Campaign to Maintain the Advanced Nature of Communist Party Members

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The Campaign to Maintain the Advanced Nature of Communist Party Members (Chinese: 保持共产党员先进性教育活动; pinyin: baochi dangyuan de xianjinxing) is a political rectification campaign launched under the leadership of Hu Jintao. The campaign aims to educate Chinese Communist Party (CCP) members on Marxist ideological orthodoxy, improve "inner-party democracy," and combat corruption and other "social contradictions" that threaten the viability of continued CCP rule.[1] The official Xinhua News Agency wrote that the campaign is "practice for the Party's efforts to promote the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics."[2] The campaign was closely linked to Hu Jintao's Scientific Outlook on Development.

In the years following the launch of the campaign, millions of CCP members were made to attend compulsory political education and self-criticism sessions.[3]

  1. ^ Xinhua News Agency, “A Basic Project for Strengthening the Building of the Party’s Ability to Govern,” 5 Jan 2005.
  2. ^ Xinhua News Agency, Zeng Qinghong advocates drive to keep Party's advanced nature Archived 2008-10-06 at the Wayback Machine, March 1 2006.
  3. ^ Shambaugh, David L. (2008-04-02). China's Communist Party: Atrophy and Adaptation. University of California Press. p. 130. ISBN 978-0-520-93469-6.