The Two Studies and One Action education campaign (Chinese: “两学一做”学习教育; pinyin: “Liǎng xué yī zuò” xuéxí jiàoyù) was a campaign launched by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched in 2016. It asked all CCP members "to study the Party Constitution and rules, and speeches of Xi Jinping, and to become qualified Party members".
History
On February 28, 2016, the General Office of the CCP Central Committee issued the "Program for the Study of the Party Constitution and Party Regulations, Study of the Series of Speeches, and Becoming Qualified Party Members" and issued a notice requiring all regions and departments to implement it. The "Study of the Party Constitution and Party Regulations, Study of the Series of Speeches, and Becoming Qualified Party Members" was officially referred to as "Two Studies and One Action".[1][2] On April 6, Xi Jinping described the campaigns purpose was to "strengthen the Marxist stance" of CCP members and keep them in line with "ideology, politics and action".[3]
The campaign asked all CCP members to study the Party Constitution and rules, and speeches of Xi Jinping, and to become "qualified Party members".[5] Officially. the purpose of the campaign is to:[1][6][7]
thoroughly study and implement the spirit of the speech by CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping;
promote comprehensive and strict Party governance to extend to the grassroots level;
consolidate and expand the results of the CCP's mass line education and practice activities and the "Three Stricts and Three Realities" special education;
further solve the problems existing in the party members' ranks in terms of ideology, organization, style, and discipline;
maintain and develop the party's advanced nature and purity.
