advancing Party-building among online-appointed couriers

context: The CPC Organisation Department and Social Work Department have held multiple meetings to advance Party-building initiatives. Upcoming focus include expanding Party presence in new employment groups and volunteering systems. These initiatives correspond to the 20th Party Congress’ aim to consolidate Party coverage in new types of economic organisations and social organisations.

The SAMR (State Administration for Market Regulation) recently released the ‘Guiding opinions on strengthening Party-building work in online-appointed courier groups’, reports CCTV.

Concrete measures focus on the following aspects

  • promoting political correctness
    • combine the need to resolve ideological issues and practical problems
    • guide online-appointed couriers to remain loyal to the Party
  • refining the Party-building work mechanism
    • follow
      • the coordination of Party organisation departments
      • the guidance of social work departments
    • refine the capability of market oversight departments on all levels in
      • combining commercial needs with Party-building work
      • creating Party committees for the online-appointed delivery industry according to practical needs
      • providing support via Party-building Guidance Centres in grassroots market regulation departments
    • maximise the advantages provided by individual private economy associations and related industrial groups
    • consolidate coordination mechanisms such as local joint meetings on Party-building work
  • innovating Party organisations and their functions
    • evaluate the minimal amount of Party members who are working as couriers
    • rely on the following institutions to build Party branches for migrant party members
      • commercial communities and buildings
      • platform enterprises
      • franchise enterprises
      • partner enterprises
      • individual private economy associations
    • revitalise Party political life via
      • offline working breaks
      • online networks
  • fully utilising Party members to back social governance
    • strengthen Party members’ identification with the CPC
    • recruit Party-affiliated couriers as social monitor workers
      • report any issues in food, medicine, product and special equipment quality
      • protect the legal rights of consumers
  • caring for the needs of couriers
    • mobilise its members to reflect on issues faced by online-appointed couriers
    • found a multi-layer social service system with food halls and discount shops to support couriers
    • encourage deliberation between platform enterprises, districts and residents to make it easier for couriers to deliver their products
    • provide traffic safety education, urgent firefighting training and law consulting support