Campaign to Maintain the Advanced Nature of Communist Party Members

The Campaign to Maintain the Advanced Nature of Communist Party Members (Chinese: 保持共产党员先进性教育活动; pinyin: baochi dangyuan de xianjinxing) is a political rectification campaign launched under the leadership of Hu Jintao.

The campaign aims to educate Chinese Communist Party (CCP) members on Marxist ideological orthodoxy, improve "inner-party democracy," and combat corruption and other "social contradictions" that threaten the viability of continued CCP rule.

[1] The official Xinhua News Agency wrote that the campaign is "practice for the Party's efforts to promote the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics.

In the years following the launch of the campaign, millions of CCP members were made to attend compulsory political education and self-criticism sessions.

It was formally launched in January 2005 with the publication of editorials in the People's Daily and Xinhua News Agency.