The party members of the Communist Party of China continue to develop and expand the political function and organizational cohesion of grass-roots party organizations.

　　96.712 million party members, 4.936 million members of grass-roots party organizations, and 4.936 million members of the Communist Party of China.

　　Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, June 29. The latest party statistics from the Organization Department of the Central Committee show that by the end of 2021, the total number of party members of the Communist Party of China was 96.712 million, a net increase of 3.434 million over the previous year.

There were 4.936 million grassroots party organizations, a net increase of 117,000 over the previous year.

Along the way, the Communist Party of China has always regarded the construction of grass-roots party organizations and party members as the basic work of party building, constantly absorbing new blood, and striving to forge a pioneer team, so that the party has always maintained strong vitality and strong combat effectiveness.

　　The scale of party members has been further expanded.

The total number of party members increased by 3.7% over the previous year, and increased by 15.9% over the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the total number of party members has been controlled, and the number of party members has grown steadily.

In 2021, the 100th anniversary of the founding of the party will be grandly celebrated, which fully demonstrates the youthful vitality of the century-old party. Advanced members of various industries and fields are eager to apply for party membership. The new party members developed 4.383 million throughout the year, an increase of 1.956 million over the previous year.

Among them, 2.311 million were in the front line of production work, accounting for 52.7%; 2.115 million were college graduates or above, accounting for 48.3%; and 3.540 million were 35 years old and below, accounting for 80.8%.

　　The structure of party members continued to be optimized.

There were 51.461 million party members with a college degree or above, accounting for 53.2%, an increase of 1.3 percentage points over the previous year; 28.431 million female party members, accounting for 29.4%, an increase of 1.0 percentage points over the previous year; 7.285 million minority party members, accounting for 7.5%, An increase of 0.1 percentage points over the previous year.

Compared with the end of 2012, the proportion of Party members with college degree or above, women and ethnic minorities increased by 13.2, 5.6 and 0.7 percentage points respectively.

Workers and farmers are still the main body of party members, accounting for 33.6% of the total.

　　Party member education management has been continuously strengthened.

Taking the study and implementation of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as the main line, combined with the study and education of the party history, improve the education system for party members, carry out in-depth party lectures and learning by example activities, increase the education and training of party members, and hold training courses at all levels 1.773 million During the period, party committees at or above the county level concentrated on rotational training of 4.304 million party secretaries at the grassroots level, and the quality of education continued to improve.

The party's organizational life has been more strictly regulated, and 4.248 million party branches have held special organizational life meetings and conducted democratic appraisal of party members.

　　The grass-roots party organizations continue to consolidate and consolidate.

A total of 278,000 grass-roots party committees, 316,000 general branches and 4.342 million branches have been established nationwide, making the organization more scientific and standardized.

In the whole year, 1.782 million grass-roots party organizations were re-elected, and the leaders of rural and community grass-roots party organizations were further optimized.

Among village and community party organization secretaries, 40.8% and 77.7% have a college degree or above, respectively, an increase of 14.3 and 10.3 percentage points over the previous year; 5.0 percentage points.

Under the clear guidance of the Party Central Committee to focus on the grassroots, the construction of grassroots party organizations in various fields has been further promoted, the overall progress of grassroots party organizations has been comprehensive, and the political function and organizational cohesion have been further enhanced. The effect is fully demonstrated.