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The Party's eight-point code refers to the improvement of Party and government conduct and the building of closer ties with the people.

It aims to enhance research methods, reduce meetings and celebratory events, reduce issuance of documents and briefings, reasonably arrange outbound visits, streamline security arrangements, reduce media coverage of high-ranking officials, prohibit publication under an individual's name, and encourage frugality.

The code was made public on Dec 4, 2012 following a Political Bureau meeting, convened days after Xi Jinping was elected as general secretary of the CPC Central Committee. Since then, Xi's steps to implement the code have never stopped.

In March, a Party-wide in-depth study and education campaign to implement the code on improving work conduct, was rolled out across China. It will run through late this month.

In May, an article based on excerpts of Xi's major statements related to the code was published in Qiushi Journal, a flagship magazine of the CPC Central Committee. In the article, Xi stressed that good work conduct is critical to the survival of a governing party.

Since the 18th CPC National Congress in 2012, the Party has faced its internal problems squarely, taking the formulation and implementation of the eight-point rules as a starting point to advance full and rigorous Party self-governance, the article said.

These efforts have led to significant improvements in Party conduct, the work practices of government officials, social morality and individual virtues, while enhancing the Party's image among the people, it said.

While reaffirming a strict approach in implementing the eight-point rules, the article also pointed out that efforts to strengthen Party and government conduct must align with the key requirement of maintaining a close bond with the people, guard against any slackness in the process, and remain vigilant against new covert forms of misconduct to resolutely prevent any resurgence of relevant problems.