context: Strengthening Party reach nationwide has been promoted since the 19th Party Congress. Xi Jinping 习近平 stresses rebuilding a hierarchical structure that allows central directives to penetrate into grassroots policies. Priority focuses on consolidating Party secretary authority whilst shoring up internal accountability. The ultimate aim involves recreating a tightly woven network. At the end of 2023, the CPC notes that Party presence has covered 99.9 percent of grassroots regions, noting a net 1.2 percent increase in CPC members.
At the end of 2024, the CPC had a total of 100.271 million members, marking a net increase of 11.1 percent (1.086 million) compared to 2023, reports Xinhua.
The Party had a total of 5.25 million grassroots organisations, a net increase of 74,000 compared to the previous year.
The CPC cultivated 2.131 million new members during the year
- 1.12 million (52.6 percent) work at the front lines of production or administrative work
- 1.159 million (54.4 percent) hold college-level or higher educational qualifications
- 1.784 million (83.7 percent) are aged 35 or younger
In terms of age and background
- 57.786 million hold college-level or higher educational qualifications
- 57.6 percent
- up 1.4 percentage points y-o-y
- 30.995 million female
- 30.9 percent
- up 0.5 percentage points y-o-y
- 7.734 million ethnic minority
- 7.7 percent
- unchanged in percentage points
- workers and farmers remain the mainstay: 32.7 percent
Party organisations at all levels boosted Xi Jinping Thought education. On intra-Party education
- trained members up 16.5 percent y-o-y
- 4.366 million grassroots secretaries received full-time (off-the-job) training
- organised by Party committees at or above the county level
- 3,200 local Party leadership bodies held democratic life meetings.
- 4.518 million branches
- held organisational life meetings
- carried out democratic evaluations of members
- commended
- 175,000 advanced grassroots Party organisations
- 728,000 outstanding Party members
In terms of Party coverage at the grassroots level
- numbers
- 306,000 grassroots Party committees (up 9,000)
- 330,000 general branches (up 5,000)
- 4.614 million branches (up 60,000)
- policy initiatives
- standardised organisation structure
- Party-building efforts to back rural revitalisation
- among 485,000 village Party secretaries
- 47.6 percent hold college-level or higher educational qualifications (up 3.6 percentage points)
- stationed 192,000 Party secretaries in villages, covering 39.5 percent of administrative villages
- expanding political function: back development and governance
- improved mechanisms for Party-led grassroots governance
- continued efforts to reduce burdens and empower grassroots
- expanded coverage in government agencies, public institutions, enterprises and social organisations