Chinese Communist Party Admission Oath

The Chinese Communist Party Admission Oath (Chinese: 中国共产党入党誓词) is an oath that prospective members of the Chinese Communist Party must take to become a party member according to Article 6 of the Constitution of the Chinese Communist Party.^[1]^[2]^[3]

There have been five versions of the admission oath used during different periods of history.^[4]^[5] The fifth and current version of the admission oath, adopted on September 6, 1982, during the 12th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party,^[6] is translated into English as:

Chinese (S)	Hanyu Pinyin romanization	English Translation
我志愿加入中国共产党，拥护党的纲领，遵守党的章程，履行党员义务，执行党的决定，严守党的纪律，保守党的秘密，对党忠诚，积极工作，为共产主义奋斗终身，随时准备为党和人民牺牲一切，永不叛党。	Wǒ zhìyuàn jiārù Zhōngguó Gòngchǎndǎng, yōnghù dǎng de gānglǐng, zūnshǒu dǎng de zhāngchéng, lǚxíng dǎngyuán yìwù, zhíxíng dǎng de juédìng, yánshǒu dǎng de jìlǜ, bǎoshǒu dǎng de mìmì, duì dǎng zhōngchéng, jījí gōngzuò, wèi gòngchǎn zhǔyì fèndòu zhōngshēn, suíshí zhǔnbèi wèi dǎng hé rénmín xīshēng yīqiè, yǒng bù pàndǎng.	It is my will to join the Communist Party of China, uphold the Party's program, observe the provisions of the Party Constitution, fulfill a Party member's duties, carry out the Party's decisions, strictly observe Party discipline, guard Party secrets, be loyal to the Party, work hard, fight for communism throughout my life, be ready at all times to sacrifice my all for the Party and the people, and never betray the Party.^[1]^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b "CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CHINA" (PDF). Xinhua News Agency. 24 October 2017. p. 13. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 October 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
^ Sullivan, Lawrence (2012). Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Communist Party. Scarecrow Press. p. 183. ISBN 978-0810872257.
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^ 中国共产党各时期的入党誓词. People's Daily (News of the Communist Party of China) (in Simplified Chinese). Archived from the original on 6 May 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
^ 劉玉瑛、馬正立 (2018-03-01). "A Discourse on Political Allegiance with Leading Cadres (與領導幹部談政治忠誠)". Xinhua Publishing House (新華出版社). pp. 17–19. Archived from the original on 2023-03-08. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
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