CHAPTER VIII RELATION BETWEEN THE PARTY AND THE ARTICLE 55 The Communist Youth League of China carries on its activities under the guidance of the Communist Party of China. The Central Committee of the Communist Youth League accepts the leadership of the Party's Central Committee. The Communist Youth League's local organizations are simultaneously under the leadership of the Party organizations at the corresponding levels and of higher League organizations. ARTICLE 56 The Communist Youth League is the Party's assistant. In all spheres of socialist construction Communist Youth League organizations should play an active role in publicizing and carrying out Party policy and decisions. In the struggle to promote production, improve work, and expose and eliminate shortcomings and mistakes in work, the Communist Youth League organizations should render effective help to the Party and have the duty to make suggestions to the Party organizations concerned. CHAPTER IX LEADING PARTY MEMBERS' GROUPS IN ARTICLE 59 In the leading body of a state organ or people's organization, where there are three or more Party members holding responsible posts, a leading Party members' group shall be formed. The tasks of such a group in the said organ or organization are: to assume the responsibility of carrying out Party policy and decisions, to fortify unity with non-Party cadres, to cement the ties with the masses, to strengthen Party and state discipline and to combat bureaucracy. ARTICLE 60 The composition of a leading Party members' group shall be decided by a competent Party committee. The group has a secretary, and may, in case of need, also have a deputy secretary. A leading Party members' group must in all matters accept the leadership of the competent Party committee. THE ORGANIC LAW OF THE CHINESE PEOPLE'S POLITICAL CONSULTA TIVE CONFERENCE CHAPTER I. -Adopted by the First Plenary GENERAL PROVISIONS ARTICLE 1. The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (referred to in this text as the Chinese People's PCC) is the organization of the democratic united front of the entire Chinese people. Its aim is to unite all democratic classes and all nationalities throughout China by establishing the unity of all democratic parties and groups and people's organizations. This will enable them to put forward their combined efforts in carrying out New Democracy, opposing imperialism, feudalism and bureaucratic capitalism, overthrowing the reactionary rule of the Kuomintang, eliminating open and secret remnant counter-revolutionary forces. It will also enable them to heal the wounds of war, rehabilitate and develop the people's economic, cultural and educational work, consolidate national defence, and unite with all the nations and countries which treat us on a footing of equality. All this is for the purpose of establishing and consolidating an independent, democratic, peaceful, unified, prosperous and strong People's Republic of China of the People's Democratic Dictatorship, led by the working class and based on the alliance of workers and peasants. CHAPTER II. PARTICIPATING UNITS AND DELEGATES ARTICLE 2. Democratic parties and groups and people's organisations which agree to Article 1 of this Organic Law may take part in the Chinese People's PCC after they have been discussed and approved by the National Committee of the Chinese People's PCC. Individuals, upon receiving an invitation which has been discussed and agreed upon by the National Committee of the Chinese People's PCC, may also take part in the Plenary Sessions of the Chinese People's PCC and may be elected to its National Committee. ARTICLE 3. The units, number and choice of delegates to take part in each session of the Chinese People's PCC shall be determined by means of discussion by the National Committee of the previous session of the Chinese People's PCC. The units, number and choice of delegates taking part in the First Plenary Session of the Chinese People's PCC have been so determined by the Preparatory Committee of the Chinese People's PCC. ARTICLE 4. All participating units and delegates have the obligation to abide by and carry out all the resolutions passed by the Plenary Sessions of the Chinese People's PCC and by its National Committee. If a participating democratic party or group or a people's organisation disagrees with the resolutions passed by a Plenary Session or by the National Committee, it must, in accordance with the democratic principle of the minority submitting to the majority, abide by the resolutions, and must not violate them. However, it may reserve its divergent opinions for discussion at the following session. If it fundamentally disagrees with important resolutions, it is free to withdraw from the Chinese People's PCC upon request. ARTICLE 5. If a unit or a delegate to the Chinese People's PCC or a member of its National Committee seriously violates this Organic Law, the Common Program or important resolutions passed by the Chinese People's PCC, the Plenary Session or the National Committee may, according to the gravity of the offence, issue warnings, cause the unit concerned to replace its delegates, cancel the delegate's committee membership or annul the membership of the participating unit. In the event of disagreement with the disciplinary measures adopted by the National Committee the unit or delegate concerned may file an appeal at the next Plenary Sessions. CHAPTER III. PLENARY SESSION ARTICLE 6. A Plenary Session of the Chinese People's PCC shall be summoned once every three |