ARTICLE 2. _Qualifications of Party Members_: The Party members should accept the regulations and constitution of the Communist International and of the Chinese Communist Party. They should join one of the Party Organs and abide by the resolutions which have been passed by the Communist International and the Chinese Communist Party. They are required to pay the Party dues regularly. ARTICLE 3. _Procedure to Join the Party_: The candidates of the following qualifications can be recognized as Party members with the approval of the _hsien_ Party Councillor and the sanction of the Branch Organs: _a._ Factory Laborers: recommended by one Party member and approved by one Branch of Production Party Organ. _b._ Farmers, handicraft men, intellectuals and public functionaries of the lower grades: recommended by two Party members. _c._ High public functionaries: recommended by three Party members. Note: 1. The sponsor must take full responsibility for the candidate. In case qualifications are false, the sponsor shall receive punishment according to the regulations. He may be expelled in a serious case. 2. The candidate shall be asked to do some Party work for trial before he can be recognized as a member, in order that his qualifications and understanding of party principles can be examined. _d._ A candidate who is an ex-member of other Parties shall become a Communist Party member by the recommendation of three Party members of more than three years' standing. If he was an ordinary Party member of the other Party, his membership in the Communist Party shall be sanctioned by the Provincial Party Committee; if he was a special member of another Party, then his membership shall be sanctioned by the Central Party Organ. ARTICLE 4. _The Adherence of Organized Groups_: In case other political groups or branches of other parties want to join the Communist Party, their organization systems must be studied and amended according to the ideas of the Communist Central Party Organ. ARTICLE 5. _The Transfer of Members_: The Party members may be transferred from one Organ to another if they move from one place to another. The transfer, however, must be approved by the Central Party Organ. ARTICLE 6. _The Expulsion of Members_: The expulsion of members must be first passed by the general meeting of that particular Branch Organ and then be approved by the higher Organ. Until the approval is obtained, it is necessary to stop the work of the member involved. In case the member is not satisfied with the discharge, he is allowed to send a petition to the highest Party Organ for final judgment. Every Party committee has the power to expel a member who is discovered as an anti-Communist. The resolution must be communicated to the Organ to which that member belonged. CHAPTER III. THE ORGANIZATION