The Resolution of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Certain Major Issues concerning Persevering with Full and Rigorous Party Self-Governance was made public on Sunday.
The document was adopted at the fifth plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee on Thursday.
The resolution reviews the Party's achievements in strengthening internal discipline and fighting corruption, while highlighting new challenges at home and abroad.
It calls for upholding the CPC Central Committee's centralized, unified leadership, and maintaining a firm stance against corruption.
It also emphasizes the Party's commitment to improving institutional oversight and addressing misconduct among officials.
The resolution lists the guiding principles for persevering with full and rigorous Party self-governance as follows: serving the Party's missions and tasks; taking strengthening the Party politically as the overarching principle; exercising rigorous governance across the board; adopting a problem-oriented approach; upholding fundamental principles and breaking new ground; adhering to a top-down approach; and, running the Party according to regulations. Systematic plans for persevering with full and rigorous Party self-governance were made at the session.
Strengthening the Party spirit represents a fundamental task in the CPC's efforts to ensure full and rigorous Party self-governance.
Democratic centralism is the Party's fundamental organizational principle and leadership system, and its implementation is therefore an inherent requirement for exercising full and rigorous Party self-governance.
Strict management of officials is key to full and rigorous Party self-governance.
The resolution points out that party organizations at all levels play the principal role in exercising full and rigorous Party self-governance, and it is therefore essential to systematically advance the development of Party organizations at all levels and in all sectors to strengthen their political and organizational functions.
Improving conduct and tightening discipline are effective measures to advance full and rigorous Party self-governance.
It stresses that taking integrated steps to ensure that officials do not have the audacity, opportunity, or desire to commit corruption is both an important strategy for full and rigorous Party self-governance and a fundamental guideline for the fight against corruption.
Strengthening Party regulations and institutions is a long-term, fundamental strategy for ensuring full and rigorous Party self-governance.
The resolution says persevering with full and rigorous Party self-governance entails further improvements to Party and state oversight systems, adding that this is the common political responsibility of all Party members.
Resolution released on persevering with full, rigorous Party self-governance
Resolution released on persevering with full, rigorous Party self-governance
Scientists gathered at the 2026 World Laureates Forum (WLF) in Shanghai offered a balanced view of artificial intelligence as a research partner, crediting its vast potential while insisting that human judgment and rigorous testing remain indispensable.
The three-day forum, which concluded on Sunday, brought together laureates, young researchers and industry figures for discussions and an award ceremony. From analyzing large datasets to designing potential medicines, AI ran through much of the conversation, as researchers mapped out where the technology helps and where hands-on work still decides the outcome.
In discussions on drug development, speakers noted that AI can shorten the earliest stages of research, while the hardest steps remain unchanged.
"We can design compounds, but we still need to synthesize them and test them in animals, in cells, eventually in humans, to test the efficacy," said Yuan Junying, 2026 WLF Prize Laureate in Life Science or Medicine and director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Biology and Chemistry at the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
The same pattern emerged in discussions of scientific workflows more broadly, where researchers described AI as a way to move faster through routine tasks without shifting responsibility away from the scientist.
"AI can help to accelerate the process, say how you call the tools and analyze the data. I won't say AI will replace human at all," said Xie Weidi, 2026 WLF Prize for Young Scientists Laureate and associate professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
Similar reasoning appeared in theoretical fields, where access to the full body of published work is changing how experts approach problems.
"I think an expert mathematician together with AI tools will do more than what AI can do by itself, or the mathematician can do by him or herself, because he can now search the full literature," said Ingrid Daubechies, 2026 WLF Prize Laureate in Computer Science or Mathematics and professor emeritus of mathematics at Duke University.
"I think AI is a tremendously powerful tool that assists us in every aspect of what we do. It needs still the contribution of the wet lab," said Vishva Dixit, 2026 WLF Prize Laureate in Life Science or Medicine and vice president of Physiological Chemistry at Genentech.
As China pushes forward in AI, researchers emphasized that human intelligence must not be neglected.
"China is clearly very strong in AI and is definitely pushing that. But human intelligence is also still needed and needs to be trained. One should not overdo it," said Wolfgang Baumeister, 2026 Canada Gairdner International Award Laureate and distinguished professor at ShanghaiTech University.
Under the theme 'New Science Paradigm: Break Through for the Next Decade,' the WLF explored how scientific research paradigms, value chains and methodologies are set to evolve over the coming ten years. Discussions ran across six parallel forums, covering artificial intelligence, future semiconductors, biomedicine, aerospace information, future energy and quantum science.
Scientists weigh AI's potential and limits as research partner at World Laureates Forum
