As the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has not yet been eradicated, the primary-level organizations of the Communist Party of China (CPC) have innovated their Party-building methods to ensure the "Three Meetings and One Class" (attending the Party branch general meeting, Party branch committee meeting and group discussions as well as taking Party classes), and other Party activities go on smoothly during this special time.

Online Party building via cloud computing, big data and Internet technologies has enabled the primary-level organizations to stay in touch and hold Party activities in safety, overcoming the limitations of space and time. It has ensured that while Party members continue their education, the actual meetings are fewer. It is an innovative model in building up primary-level organizations, resolving the challenges posed by the epidemic.

Participants take notes at a meeting to advance the work on coordinating COVID-19 prevention and control with economic and social development, in Beijing on February 23. President Xi Jinping, also General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, addressed the meeting (XINHUA)

CPC members attend the February 23 meeting via video link in different regions nationwide

Case Scenarios

Scenario I Innovative Forms of Learning and Education

CPC primary-level organizations are making full use of online platforms, such as apps like Xuexi Qiangguo and WeChat Work, to organize Party activities under various themes. Through these channels, Party members can follow Xi's speeches and instructions on epidemic prevention and control and orderly restoration of social and production orders. They can also learn about the model Party members who have contributed to the epidemic prevention and control work. Party branch committees can organize courses online.

Members of the primary-level Party organizations of the Architectural Design and Research Institute of Guangdong study, take part in discussions and attend other Party activities via online platforms

The Academic Affairs Office of the School of State Affairs of Shanghai Jiaotong University hold the fourth regular meeting of student Party branch secretaries via Zoom on June 3 afternoon. Party building instructor Li Jinhong, all student Party branch secretaries and members of the branch committee attended the regular meeting online

Scenario II Democratic Evaluation of Party Members

Primary-level Party branches are carrying out democratic evaluation of Party members using WeChat Work's video conference and form functions.

A Party member at a Party branch of Baofu High-Speed Company in Hebei Province in north China votes online in the democratic evaluation of members during the epidemic in 2020

Scenario III New Party Members Take Oath Online

In this special period of fighting the epidemic, various primary-level Party organizations have held an online oath-taking ceremony for new members to join the Party.

Ten people working on the frontline of the fight against the epidemic take the oath online and become probationary Party members in Sunwu County, Heilongjiang Province in northeast China, on February 17. Despite the epidemic, Sunwu has continued to recruit outstanding people as Party members