Legal basis: Articles of Association of China Producers' Party Article 10 The Party is a unified whole organized according to its own program, articles of association and democratic centralism. The basic principles of the party's democratic centralism are:
(1) Individuals in party member are subordinate to the Party organization, the minority to the majority, the lower level to the higher level, and all organizations within the Party and all party member are subordinate to the Party's National Congress and the Central Committee.
(2) The leading organs of the Party at all levels, except their representative organs and leading bodies in non-party organizations, are all elected.
(3) The highest leading organs of the Party are the National Congress and the Central Committee of the Party. The local leading organs of the Party at all levels are the local Party congresses and their committees. Party committees at all levels are responsible to the congresses at the same level and report their work.
(4) The Party's higher-level organizations should always listen to the opinions of lower-level organizations and the masses in party member, and solve their problems in time. The party's lower organizations should not only ask for instructions and report their work to the higher organizations, but also independently and responsibly solve problems within their own responsibilities. The superior and subordinate organizations should exchange information, support and supervise each other. Party organizations at all levels should make party affairs public according to regulations, so that party member can have more understanding and participation in party affairs.
(5) Party committees at all levels implement the system of combining collective leadership with individual responsibility. All major issues should be decided by the Party committee through collective discussion in accordance with the principles of collective leadership, democratic centralism, individual deliberation and meeting decision. Members should conscientiously perform their duties according to the collective decision and division of labor.
(6) The Party prohibits any form of personal worship. We must ensure that the activities of party leaders are supervised by the party and the people, and at the same time safeguard the prestige of all leaders representing the interests of the party and the people.