The Party’s Roles and Challenges
The CCP no longer enjoys the sense of discipline and commitment among its members that typified its earlier days. Today many Chinese regard party membership primarily as a ticket to career advancement and a higher living standard. Large doses of ideological education and tough political demands no longer confront aspiring members. Changes formally adopted at the Sixteenth Party Congress in 2002. Which allow capitalist to join the CCP, place an official stamp on the party as the organization of the elite that has emerged from the reforms.