Xi has consistently attached great importance to improving Party conduct

Whether at the local or central level, Xi Jinping has consistently attached great importance to improving Party conduct. In December 1983, Xi, then secretary of the Zhengding County Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), led the drafting of the "Provisions of the Communist Party of China Zhengding County Committee on Improving Leadership Conduct," later known as the Six Provisions. In November 2012, Xi was elected general secretary of the CPC Central Committee. After a Political Bureau meeting chaired by Xi, the "eight-point decision on improving conduct" was made public on December 4, 2012. He has led the efforts to formulate the rules, which aim to improve the Party's style of work and maintain its close ties with the people. The eight-point decision, spelled out in just over 600 Chinese characters, targets pointless formalities, bureaucratism, hedonism and extravagance, and seeks to rein in privilege-seeking attitudes and behavior. Over the past decade, the eight-point decision has kept evolving and today remains a defining hallmark of Xi and the CPC's efforts to ensure good and clean governance.