The Three Stricts, Three Honests () is an internal education campaign led by the
Chinese Communist Party
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(CCP) advanced by
General Secretary of the CCP,
Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping ( ; ; ; born 15 June 1953) is a Chinese politician who has served as the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), and thus as the paramount leader of China, s ...
, in 2014, aimed at improving the ethical conduct of party officials and "improving
political ecology". The campaign was essentially a response against perceived moral laxity in the Communist rank and file which has, over the years, according to the party itself, distanced government officials from ordinary people they were supposed to serve.
The campaign was also aimed at tackling the endemic careerism, collusion between business and political elites,
rent-seeking by officials, and superficiality that became pervasive in Chinese politics. It took place in the backdrop of the wider
anti-corruption campaign, creating a culture where officials "don't want to be corrupt, don't dare to be corrupt, and don't have the means to be corrupt." Since 2015, a party-wide "education campaign" began under the leadership of Xi and the senior official in charge of party affairs,
Liu Yunshan, to instill these ideas in officials of all levels.
Xi initially raised the concept on March 19, 2014, at a panel discussion at the
National People's Congress
The National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China (NPC; ), or simply the National People's Congress, is constitutionally the supreme state authority and the national legislature of the People's Republic of China.
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The "three honests" are:
*Be honest in making decisions (, also can be translated as "be honest in doing things")
*Be honest in forging a career (, also translated as "be honest in business")
*Be honest in personal behavior ()][
The "three stricts" are:
*Be strict in moral conduct (, also can be translated as "be strict in self-cultivation")
*Be strict in exercising power ()
*Be strict in disciplining oneself ()][
]
See also
* Ideology of the Chinese Communist Party
The ideology of the Chinese Communist Party has undergone dramatic changes throughout the years, especially during Deng Xiaoping's leadership and the contemporary leadership of Xi Jinping.
Ideology
In the early days of this party, the pre ...
References
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Ideology of the Chinese Communist Party
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