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The Chinese Communist Party’s revised disciplinary regulations took effect this year, with its 158 articles covering a wide range of offenses, from dereliction of duty to lifestyle.

The document aims to “further tighten political discipline and rules and provide solid disciplinary safeguards to build China into a stronger country and rejuvenate the Chinese nation on all fronts,” state media wrote.

The revisions, the first of their kind in five years, were drafted as President Xi Jinping continued his yearslong anti-corruption purge, which last year ensnared China’s then-defense and foreign ministers and several high-ranking military officials.

Political analyst Wen-Ti Sung told Newsweek a key function of the handbook is to “uphold the centralized and unified leadership of CCP” with President Xi Jinping at its core.

The following 10 behaviors are banned among party cadres. Punishments span warnings, removal from one’s party position, probation, and expulsion, depending on the perceived seriousness of the offense.

1. “Vilifying the image of the Party and the State,” slandering their leaders or “heroic models,” or “distorting the history” of the CCP, the People‘s Republic of China or its military.

2. “Creating or disseminating political rumors, seen as “undermining the unity of the Party.”

3. Engaging in “non-organizational activities within the Party,” forming cliques, gangs, and factions; or “political clinging or cultivating personal power.”

“There can be only one sun in the sky. For the leadership’s authority to be unified, officials’ loyalty must also be unified, not divided or shared between his factional boss and the party’s leadership,” Sung said.

4. Expressing a stance on a Party decision without acting on it. In an analysis on X (formerly Twitter), Sun attributed this offense to “Xi Jinping‘s repeated tirades against the ‘two-faced man’ among party cadres, going back to at least 2016.”

5. Extravagance, waste, hedonism, or the “pursuit of low-taste entertainment.”

“Impolitic display of extravagant lifestyles on the part of officials cannot be a positive in endearing the party to the people,” Sung stated.

6. Participation in activities that “undermine ethnic relations or cause incidents,” or “participating in ethnic separatist activities.”

7. “Failing to “control and educate their spouse, children or children’s spouses, thus causing adverse effects or serious consequences.’

8. Activities involving foreign interests in which their words or actions “harm the dignity and interests of the Party and the State.”

9. “Mediocrity, laziness and inefficiency,” or “failure to resolve in a timely manner problems involving the production, life and other vital interests of the public in accordance with policies or relevant regulations.”

10. Making decisions or public announcements on important policies that are the domain of the Party leadership.

Newsweek reached out to the Chinese foreign ministry with a written request for comment.