Grass-roots organizations of the Party refer to organizations established by the Party in grass-roots units of society, rural organs, schools, research institutes, street communities, social organizations, PLA companies and other grass-roots units.

Local party organizations refer to the party organizations at all levels set up according to the administrative regions of the country, and are the local leading organs of the party, including the party's provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, the municipal autonomous prefectures and counties with districts, the municipal district congresses of cities without districts and their committees, disciplinary inspection committees and standing committees, as well as the representative organs sent by the party's central and local committees at all levels.