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Observations and Reflections on a Thematic Lecture on Family-Style (家风) Building at the Qianxinan Detachment of the PAP Guizhou Corps

武警贵州总队黔西南支队一堂家风建设专题授课的见闻与思考

PLA Daily (解放军报) 16 May 2026

Summary

The PAP Guizhou Corps' Qianxinan Detachment held a thematic lecture on family-style (家风) building for leading cadres and their spouses, delivered by the detachment's Discipline Inspection Commission secretary, using recent corruption cases to illustrate how family members can either enable or prevent disciplinary violations. The event reflects a sustained PAP-wide effort to extend anti-corruption discipline into the domestic sphere, treating spouses as both a vulnerability to be managed and an enforcement asset—a pattern consistent with Xi Jinping's broader campaign to close off informal channels through which power is converted to private gain. The article contains no new operational or structural information about the PAP, but serves as primary-source evidence of how anti-corruption messaging is institutionalized at the sub-provincial unit level.

Translation

Guarding the 'Gate of Integrity' Together with Family Members — Observations and Reflections on a Thematic Lecture on Family-Style (家风) Building at the Qianxinan Detachment of the PAP Guizhou Corps

■ Zhang Fu, Zhou Fajiang; PLA Daily Special Correspondent Hou Lujin

Editor's Note: Chairman Xi has pointed out that leading cadres at all levels must take the lead in building good family-style (家风), inherit and carry forward China's outstanding traditional culture, inherit and carry forward the red family-style (红色家风) of revolutionary predecessors, serve as models for family-style building, strictly demand of their relatives and children, and pass the test of family affection. When family-style is upright, Party conduct is upright; when family-style is strict, conduct is strict. Party member cadres must use a pure family-style to cultivate an excellent work-style, manage their family members well, guard their family gate, and conduct themselves with integrity, handle affairs cleanly, and exercise power impartially. In this issue, we enter the Qianxinan Detachment of the PAP Guizhou Corps to hear the study reflections and insights of the detachment's Party member cadres on family-style building.

"The family-style of leading cadres is not a personal trifle or a private family matter, but a reflection of a leading cadre's personal conduct, and an important link in the force's conduct-building…" Recently, a thematic lecture on family-style building themed "Passing on an Honest and Clean Family-Style, Being a Qualified Virtuous Spouse (廉内助)" was delivered at the Qianxinan Detachment of the PAP Guizhou Corps. In the classroom, the detachment's Discipline Inspection Commission secretary explained in careful detail, while leading cadres and some family members listened attentively, jointly building a family "firewall" against corruption and degeneration through careful study.

Unlike the rigid theoretical explanations of the past, this Discipline Inspection Commission secretary selected typical cases from recent years — such as "a leader's family member failed to hold the line and was hunted by persons with ulterior motives" and "a leading cadre's lax family-style blurred the boundaries of power, ultimately leading him astray" — and delivered the lecture in a clear and accessible manner. The attending leading cadres and family members used the cases as a mirror for self-reflection, truly understanding the importance of being a "virtuous spouse (廉内助)," and gaining greater clarity on the boundaries of power and the disciplinary red lines in their work.

One cadre's family member filled a notebook with key points and wrote down many reflections. She said: "These cases are close to real life — they are about people and things around us — and carry strong cautionary significance."

Clarifying the "Dividing Line" Between Public and Private

Typical Case ①

One day, the wife of a cadre in a certain unit proposed that she hoped to use her husband's official authority to obtain a place in a military kindergarten for her younger brother's child, and subsequently repeatedly "whispered in his ear" to persuade her husband. This cadre, under the pressure of family affection, relaxed his standards and used his connections to secure the enrollment qualification for the relative, resulting in the occupation of educational resources belonging to the children of officers and soldiers. Subsequently, this cadre repeatedly exhibited a tendency to favor relatives and friends, crossed the bottom line of power, damaged the fair environment of the unit, and was ultimately investigated by the discipline inspection department and subjected to disciplinary punishment.

Study Reflections

Assistant Officer Sun of the Logistics Support Section: As a Party member cadre, one must firmly remember that power belongs to the public, not to the private individual, and must never turn power into a tool for seeking personal gain.

Studying this case immediately reminded me of something I experienced last year. At the time, I was responsible for the procurement of materials for barracks renovation. My wife's older cousin learned of this and came to me, expressing hope that the building materials produced by the factory he managed could be included in the procurement list. My wife also chimed in: "The building materials from my cousin's factory all meet procurement standards, and you happen to be in charge of this — you can help a relative out." At first, I did indeed hesitate somewhat, but the disciplinary education I had continuously received in recent years put me on alert. I set aside concerns about losing face with relatives, clearly explained to my wife the unit's discipline and procurement principles, made clear that every cent of national defense funding relates to the quality of renovation and the safety of the barracks, and explained to my cousin the seriousness of the bidding and tendering process and the consequences of violations, gaining his understanding.

Family-style is connected to Party conduct and government conduct. This study session made me deeply understand that the line of integrity cannot be separated from the family "firewall." It is essential to regularly educate and remind family members, to make clear that the relationship between public and private must never be misaligned even once, must never deviate even slightly, and to always ensure that public power is not used for private purposes, public interests are not encroached upon for private gain, and a public-minded heart is not disturbed by private concerns. When family affection and personal relationships conflict with discipline and rules, one must uphold principles and hold the line. In the course of dealing with funds and materials in one's post, one must strictly observe legal and disciplinary regulations together with one's family, carefully calculate the "political account" and the "family account," and build a firm "watershed" between public and private.

Constantly Sounding the "Warning Bell" on Power

Typical Case ②

A cadre in a certain unit exploited the positional convenience of being responsible for material procurement and expense reimbursement to fraudulently claim public funds by inflating procurement prices and forging reimbursement vouchers. Throughout this process, his wife not only failed to dissuade him but, tempted by monetary gain, acted on this cadre's instructions to help organize false documents, verify the "accounts," and assist in transferring the funds involved in the case. During a financial audit, the unit discovered anomalies, and the discipline inspection department confirmed the facts upon investigation. Ultimately, both this cadre and his wife received corresponding punishment, and all funds and materials involved in the case were fully recovered.

Study Reflections

Staff Officer Zhang of the Organization and Discipline Inspection Section: In the process by which leading cadres go down the wrong path of violating discipline and law, the acquiescence and assistance of family members often becomes an "accelerant" for corruption. In the above case, faced with this cadre's disciplinary and legal violations, his wife not only failed to dissuade him in time but instead assisted in concealing the facts, allowing him to sink ever deeper into the mire of wrongdoing. This lesson profoundly warns us that a failure to uphold family-style will inevitably lead to personal misconduct.

In the course of performing my duties, I once discussed a matter with a comrade: a cadre had attempted to misappropriate public funds, and after his family member learned of the situation, rather than being tempted by the gain, immediately dissuaded him and proactively reported the situation to the organization, helping him correct his mistake. By comparison, a family member can be either a "virtuous helper (贤内助)" or a "stumbling block" to a leading cadre in the performance of duties, and behind this lies the leading cadre's own guidance and the cultivation of family-style.

The power in a leading cadre's hands is for serving the force and its officers and soldiers — it is absolutely not a tool for private gain. In the course of performing our duties, we should strengthen communication and exchange with family members, let them understand the nature of the work and its disciplinary requirements, establish clean and honest family rules, clarify the standards of conduct for family members, draw a clear line between "responsibility" and "benefit" when facing various temptations of interest, not accept gifts of unknown origin, not interfere in sensitive work, and let family members become the family's own "discipline inspection cadres." Family-style building should be closely integrated with the faithful performance of duties, so as to both hold one's own bottom line of integrity and use a clean and honest family-style to safeguard the wholesome atmosphere of the force.

Purifying the "Social Circle" of Personal Life

Typical Case ③

A cadre in a certain unit was keen on attending banquets organized by local civilians in his social interactions. After becoming acquainted with some so-called businessmen with "connections," he gradually let down his guard, and at their invitation frequently visited entertainment venues and accepted gifts. In his personal life, he tacitly permitted his wife to show off his network of connections to outsiders, probe for information about unit projects, and attempt to broker introductions for business partners. Ultimately, this cadre was severely punished for accepting property and using his positional convenience to seek benefits for others. His conduct damaged the image of servicemembers and had a severely negative impact on the force's atmosphere-building.

Study Reflections

Staff Officer Li of the Propaganda and Security Section: To keep discipline and rules at the forefront, leading cadres must purify their own personal life circle (生活圈), social circle (交往圈), and entertainment circle (娱乐圈), strictly regulate external interactions, keep personal hobbies in check, and at all times neither indulge themselves, nor overstep, nor transgress. A failure to uphold family-style will inevitably lead to a lack of personal moral discipline. If a leading cadre's family member fails to conduct themselves properly and offer regular reminders, it may very likely brew the tragedy of the entire family suffering, which is highly consistent with the lesson of the family member in the above case who facilitated disciplinary and legal violations.

As a cadre engaged in propaganda and security work, I have frequent day-to-day civil-military interactions. I recall that on one occasion, when a local civilian unit was coordinating with me on propaganda work, it proposed hosting a weekend banquet for relevant unit personnel and their families as a gesture of thanks. We immediately declined, making clear that civil-military interactions must adhere to the bottom line of discipline, and that related work must also be advanced in accordance with the principles of seeking truth from facts and maintaining integrity and self-discipline. Afterward, I shared this matter with my family member, informing her of the potential disciplinary risks that may lie behind such social banquets. My family member expressed agreement and reminded me to always remember my identity and abide by rules and discipline in subsequent work.

I have consistently upheld the practice of converting on-the-job discipline into family rules, reminding my family member not to show off my work identity to outsiders, and guiding my family member to actively participate in family-style building, letting her understand that strictly observing the bottom line of discipline is both a responsibility to one's work and a responsibility to one's family. My family member's understanding and supervision is an important support for me in resisting temptation and holding the red line. With the whole family of one mind, we can better uphold the image of servicemembers and prevent the wrong path of misconduct arising from a failure to uphold family-style and personal misconduct.

Original Chinese

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