Eight-point Regulation

The Eight-point Regulation from the Central (Chinese: 中央八项规定) is a set of Chinese Communist Party (CCP or CPC) regulations stipulated by the Politburo in 2012 aimed at instilling more discipline among party members and making the party "closer to the masses".^[1] They were first announced on 4 December 2012, after a Politburo meeting led by Xi Jinping, who then had recently became General Secretary of the CCP. Detailed implementing regulations were adopted by the Politburo in 2022.^[2]

In effect, the regulations "aim to reduce bureaucracy, extravagance and undesirable work practices of Party members," calls for party members and officials in particular to "do real work, say real things", and understand the practical situation on the ground. It seeks to tackle "practices of extravagance, formalism and bureaucracy" that permeated Chinese officialdom during the rule of Xi Jinping's predecessors.^[3] Beginning in 2012, local authorities implemented the regulation and stressed reforms as such prohibiting private use of public cars, reduce and simplify official meetings, and prohibit expensive meals and showy official trips.^[3]