国内英语新闻:Nationwide campaign boosts strength of Communist Party of China

BEIJING, April 5 (Xinhua) -- The Communist Party of China (CPC) has set up more than 60,000 new grassroots party organizations nationwide while rectifying some 50,000 slack branches during an 18-month campaign to boost party building.

The campaign of studying and implementing the Scientific Outlook on Development, launched in September 2008, has covered all the 75 million Party members in more than 370 branches across the country.

The Scientific Outlook on Development, set forth by General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee and President Hu Jintao in 2003, emphasizes the well-being of the people and a comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable approach to development.

Statistics show that during the campaign, more than 1.4 million items of outdated bylaws were abolished in units and departments nationwide. In addition, some 2.1 million new ones were issued and 2.5 million were amended. The bylaws cleanup covered science and technology development, environmental protection, people's livelihood, anti-corruption among other aspects.

In the non-public sector, 12,000 new CPC branches were set up during the campaign, and another 24,000 are in the pipeline. All the law firms and certified accountant offices in China also have their own CPC branches installed.

In a meeting of the Political Bureau of CPC Central Committee in March, the CPC leaders agreed that the campaign was of far-reaching significance for boosting the cause of China's modernization drive and Party building.

CPC committees at all levels were urged to fulfill their commitments to the people, win public trust by bringing practical benefits to them and embrace innovation in Party building and contribute to the promotion of social harmony.