中央八项规定

中央八项规定

2012年12月4日，中央政治局召开会议，确定了关于改进工作作风、密切联系群众的八项规定。主要内容是：改进调查研究，到基层调研要深入了解真实情况；精简会议活动，切实改进会风；精简文件简报，切实改进文风；规范出访活动；改进警卫工作，坚持有利于联系群众的原则；改进新闻报道；严格文稿发表；厉行勤俭节约，严格遵守廉洁从政有关规定。

Eight-Point Decision on Improving Party and Government Conduct 

The Eight-point Decision on improving Party and government conduct and building closer ties with the people was issued at a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on December 4, 2012. It covers the following main areas:

• doing better research and analysis and truly understanding actual conditions when doing grassroots-level studies;

• streamlining meetings and improving the way meetings are conducted;

• making documents and briefing papers more concise and improving writing styles;

• standardizing procedures for working visits abroad;

• improving security guard work and continuing to observe the principle of doing what improves relations with the people;

• improving news report;

• having strict rules on the publication of articles; and

• promoting frugality and the strict observance of rules on incorruptibility in government.