What are the eight central regulations and six prohibitions?

1. Eight Regulations of the Central Committee:

1. Investigation and research must be improved. Go to places where difficulties and contradictions are concentrated, and where the masses have many opinions, and avoid going through the motions and engaging in formalism; you must travel lightly, reduce accompanying, and simplify reception. Do not post slogans or banners, do not arrange for people to greet and see off, do not lay out welcome carpets, and do not put on arrogance. Put flowers and plants, but don’t arrange banquets.

2. Streamline meeting activities. Effectively improve the meeting style and improve the effectiveness of meetings, hold short meetings, speak short words, and avoid empty words and clichés.

3. Streamline the document briefing. Effectively improve the writing style, and do not publish documents or briefings that do not have substantive content and may or may not be published.

4. It is necessary to standardize overseas visit activities. Strictly control the number of persons accompanying people traveling on overseas visits, and use transportation in strict accordance with regulations. Representatives of Chinese-funded institutions, overseas Chinese, and international students are generally not arranged to wait at the airport to pick them up and off.

5. Security work should be improved. Adhere to the principle of being conducive to contacting the masses, reduce traffic control, and under normal circumstances, road closures and venue closures are not allowed.

6. News reports should be improved. Members of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee attending meetings and events should decide whether to report them based on work needs, news value, and social effects, and further reduce the number, word count, and duration of reports.

7. Manuscripts must be published strictly. Except under the unified arrangements of the central government, individuals shall not publicly publish single volumes of works or speeches, send congratulatory letters or telegrams, or write inscriptions or inscriptions.

8. We must practice diligence and thrift. Strictly abide by the regulations on clean and honest administration, and strictly implement the regulations on housing, vehicle equipment and other related work and life benefits.

Two and six prohibitions:

1. It is strictly forbidden to use public funds to conduct New Year greeting activities such as mutual visits, gift-giving, and banquets.

2. It is strictly prohibited to present local specialties to superior departments.

3. It is strictly prohibited to receive or send gifts, gifts, securities, payment vouchers and commercial prepaid cards in violation of regulations.

4. It is strictly prohibited to distribute money and materials indiscriminately, show pomp and extravagance, and engage in extravagance and waste.

5. Excessive reception is strictly prohibited.

6. Organizing and participating in gambling activities is strictly prohibited.

Extended information:

1. The background of the Eight Provisions: "Eight Provisions": On December 4, 2012, the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held a meeting to review Adopted the eight regulations of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on improving work style and maintaining close contact with the masses.

2. The background of the six bans: The six bans refer to the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee’s requirements for all local departments and leading cadres to implement the central government’s “eight regulations” on improving work style and closely contacting the masses. Strictly abide by the "Six Prohibitions".

3. Requirements of the six prohibitions: It is strictly prohibited to use public funds to conduct New Year greeting activities such as mutual visits, gifts, banquets, etc. It is strictly prohibited to present local specialties to superior departments. It is strictly prohibited to violate the regulations to receive and send gifts, gifts, securities, It is strictly prohibited to issue payment vouchers and commercial prepaid cards indiscriminately, show pomp and extravagance, engage in extravagance and waste, exceed standard reception, and organize and participate in gambling activities.

4. Implementation of the Eight Points: After several years of hard work, important phased results have been achieved in comprehensively and strictly governing the party. It should be noted that the style problem is stubborn and repetitive. It is impossible to form a good style once and for all, and it is impossible to overcome a bad style overnight.

Reference materials: Regulations of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on improving work style and keeping in close contact with the masses - Baidu Encyclopedia

Reference materials: Six Prohibitions (Decree promulgated by the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee) - Baidu Encyclopedia