Legal basis: Article 9 of the Constitution of China * * * party member has the freedom to quit the Party. Party member's request to quit the Party shall be announced after discussion at the branch meeting and reported to the higher party organization for the record. Party member lacks the revolutionary will, fails to fulfill his obligations as a party member, and does not meet the requirements of party member. The party branch should educate party member and ask party member to correct it within a time limit; If there is no change after education, party member should be advised to quit the Party. Advise party member to quit the party, should be discussed and decided by the branch meeting, and reported to the higher party organizations for approval. Party member, who was suggested to quit the Party, insisted on not quitting the Party, should be submitted to the branch meeting for discussion and decided to expel party member, and reported to the higher party organization for approval. If party member fails to participate in the Party's organizational life for six consecutive months without justifiable reasons, or fails to pay membership dues, or fails to do the work assigned by the Party, he is deemed to have left the Party by himself. The Party branch meeting decided to remove party member from the list and report it to the higher party organization for approval.