Under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought, the IPBCN studied and implemented the directives of the 19th CPC National Congress and the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Plenary Sessions of the 19th CPC Central Committee.

The IPBCN continued to promote theory-learning among its Party members by developing 32 specific measures as the follow-up to the campaign on “staying true to our original aspiration and keeping our missions firmly in mind,” organizing 20 joint Party theory study sessions and enabling these sessions to lead and promote the study of theories throughout the organization.

In addition, the IPBCN instructed Party organizations at all levels within the IPBCN system to remain up-to-date with the central messages in General Secretary Xi Jinping’s speeches and the CPC Central Committee’s policy documents and meetings through various platforms, such as Party branch general meetings, meetings of Party branch committees, Party group meetings, and Party lectures; Party schools; youth theory study groups; and online schools.

The IPBCN also organized the study of the third volume of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China to help Party members and officials within the IPBCN system gain a more profound and practical understanding of the book and let theory strengthen their political conviction.

Directives of Party-Building Meetings of Party and Central Government Agencies

The IPBCN is committed to ensuring Party’s political programs take the central stage, increasing Party members’ awareness of the IPBCN as a political organ, and helping them maintain political integrity, think in terms of the big picture, follow the leadership core, and maintain alignment with the central Party leadership; develop complete confidence in the path, theory, system, and culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics; and uphold General Secretary Xi Jinping’s core position on the CPC Central Committee and in the Party as a whole, and the CPC Central Committee’s authority and its centralized, unified leadership (“Two Upholds”).

Regarding understanding and implementing Xi Jinping’s instructions on the capital markets as a political mandate, the IPBCN promptly developed specific action plans and held regular progress reviews to ensure those plans were duly implemented.

Zeroing in on central issues, the IPBCN worked with the DDIO to conduct a three-month campaign on improving Party member conducts throughout the IPBCN system to improve market services, job performance, and supervisory effectiveness and efficiency.

Study and Implementation of the Guiding Principles of the Fifth Plenary Session

To this end, the IPBCN developed comprehensive study and implementation plans. In particular, the IPBCN organized dedicated lectures on those guiding principles and a workshop for the top leaders within the IPBCN system and distributed to Party members a companion booklet on the Proposals for Formulating the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021—2025) for National Economic and Social Development and the Long-Range Objectives Through the Year 2035 (passed at the Fifth Plenary Session) and the 100 Study Q&As on the Proposals Adopted at the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee. In addition, the IPBCN developed a rotational training program for its headquarters, invited experts and professors from the Party School of CPC Central Committee to deliver in-person lectures on the 14th Five-Year Plan and the Long-Range Objectives Through 2035, and organized a knowledge test on the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee to test the effectiveness of learning by Party branches and Party members.

Improving Awareness of the IPBCN As a Political Entity

The IPBCN enhanced political training and discourse for its officials, especially the top leaders, to improve their political judgment, comprehension, and execution. The IPBCN held Party lectures on “Enhancing Awareness of Functioning as a Political Organ and Becoming a Role Model,” organized study sessions on General Secretary Xi Jinping’s collected speeches and writings, including “On Maintaining the Party’s Leadership in All Programs,” and held monthly Party member gatherings themed “staying true to our original aspiration and passing on fine traditions.”

The IPBCN organized on-site tests for Party members, delivered through its specially developed political theory online testing system to promote political learning. In addition, the IPBCN issued the Implementation Plan for Theory Study Improvement Program for Youths at the Headquarters, launched a “youths theory study” column to recommend study materials and tapped into novel delivery platforms to facilitate such studies by Party members and officials.