The General Office of the CPC Central Committee published detailed rules for recruiting new CPC members late on Tuesday, replacing the previous version, which had been effective for 24 years.

The CPC had 86.69 million members at the end of 2013, up 1.8 percent year on year, ... The CPC published detailed rules for recruitment in late May, ...

Applicants to the Communist Party of China (CPC) will be rejected in future if they are found to embrace any religion, and existing members forced to denounce their beliefs. Party authorities in ...